Home Tip Tuesday: Tips on Hosting a Halloween Party

The first step is to decide on the "spookiness" factor.

You really can’t go wrong with a Halloween party—candy, costumes, guests, it’s fun! But hosting a great party takes a little more effort. The first step to success is deciding the “spookiness factor” of your soiree. Who will be attending, young children, teens, adults or a mixture of everyone? When families are involved, it’s a smart idea to adjust the scary level to the tolerance of your most timid guests. Teens may find cartoon ghosts and bobbing for apples a bit tame, but if the décor and activities are too frightening for younger siblings, the whole family may have to leave early. Keep a few surprises up your sleeve for more daring goblins once the little ones have had their fun.

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