Once you reach adolescence, you may think that Halloween is a party suitable only for children. Even if you feel too old to ask the whole neighborhood "trick or treat", there are still plenty of ways to have fun on Halloween. In fact, this party gets more and more fun as the years go by.
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Organize a Party
Step 1. Choose a theme
Do you have a favorite horror movie or a scary character that you really like? Do you love zombies, ghosts or vampires? Use your passions to create a theme!
- The theme can suggest what kind of costumes the guests should wear. For example, you can throw a dead rock star themed party, where everyone will have to dress up as their favorite deceased rock star.
- You can also apply the theme to your party's games and activities. One idea is to organize a pumpkin-themed party, where guests will compete by carving the best pumpkin and then take on the role of judges once all the plays are finished.
Step 2. Prepare Halloween themed snacks and drinks
There are tons of fun Halloween candy recipes that you can try and serve at your party.
- You can try making "Witch's Fingers": mix honey and red food coloring, then use this sauce to coat some breadsticks, which you will roll in chopped peanuts.
- Prepare special Halloween themed drinks for your guests. You can try the "Pug Addams Punch" which requires equal parts of orange juice, grape juice, cranberry juice, pineapple juice, apple juice and lemon soda. To finish, garnish the glasses with a jelly worm.
Step 3. Set up a haunted house
Dedicate a room in your house, garage or garden to this attraction, creating a path to scare your guests.
- Use scary music and sound effects to make the house even more terrifying. You can buy CDs with sound effects designed for Halloween or you can download those files to your computer and play them at your party.
- Use red and black lights to create a scary environment in your haunted house and for your party.
- Ask some friends to hide in the haunted house and jump out to scare the guests who visit it.
Step 4. Plan Halloween themed games to try out at the party
You can organize a quiz game in which guests have to guess the costumes of the other participants, or propose to play hide and seek in the garden when the sun goes down.
- A fun game for your guests to create is a DIY costume table. Use leftover materials from a school or DIY project and give guests the ability to make their own masks once they arrive.
- Another activity you can try is to ask guests to "guess the body part" that is in a closed box. Use cooked noodles to recreate the intestines, peeled grapes for the eyes and jelly for the liver. Challenge your guests to guess what part of the body they touched!
Step 5. Purchase or make a nice costume
Decide if you want something scary or more discreet. If you have a themed party, you should choose a costume that matches that theme.
- Many teens want to dress up as their favorite celebrity for Halloween. To do this, try to include elements in your costume that make everyone understand who you are masquerading as. For example, if you have decided to dress like Taylor Swift, you can draw the number 12 on your hand and carry a fake Grammy with you.
- In recent years, zombies have often been a source of inspiration for many people's costumes. Use Halloween makeup, fake blood, and special effects to look like a living dead.
Method 2 of 3: Being with Friends
Step 1. Trick or Treat
You may think you're too big for these things, but if you're wearing a cool costume and mask, your neighbors won't recognize you! You are never too old for free treats.
If you have a younger brother and neighbor, you can accompany them. This way, you will have children by your side when you knock on neighbors' doors
Step 2. Visit the haunted places in your city
Quickly search the internet or bookstore for nearby places where ghost stories are circulating, then visit them with friends for Halloween.
- In many cities, there are historical places that you can visit as museums that have a haunted past. Find out if there are tours of haunted houses in your area for Halloween.
- Make sure you have permission to enter the places you want to explore. Don't smuggle yourself into other people's property!
Step 3. Have a horror themed sleepover
Decorate your room like you would for a big party, but create an intimate and fun environment! Just invite a few friends and put the sleeping bags on the floor of the room.
- Tell scary stories when it gets dark. Keep the lights low and challenge yourself to those who know the scariest story.
- Prank your friends and try to scare them whenever you get the chance!
- Take turns playing "Bloody Mary" in the bathroom: enter one at a time, with the lights off and repeat "Bloody Mary" three times in front of the mirror. Try not to get too scared!
Step 4. Play hide and seek in a scary place
Find a dark and creepy environment in which to play hide and seek when it gets dark. Use flashlights and take turns looking for each other. You can do this in the garden or around the neighborhood.
- Try using flashlights with different colored bulbs. This way, looking for your friends in the dark will be even scarier.
- Play in pairs or teams. This way, no one will be left alone in the dark, after everyone else has already been found.
- Make sure you have permission to enter the place you want to play and that you are not disturbing anyone.
Method 3 of 3: Stay Home
Step 1. Watch horror movies
Many TV stations broadcast horror marathons, so get comfortable, watch horror classics, and relax. If you prefer, you can rent your favorite movies and watch them.
- Around the month of October, many online streaming services are adding to their catalog ahead of Halloween, so you should have plenty of movies to choose from.
- There are many television series with horror elements, such as American Horror Story and Supernatural. Try watching one if you can't find a movie you like.
Step 2. Help distribute the treats to the children
Most likely, your doorbell will ring continuously on Halloween night. Help your parents by distributing treats to passing children.
- Many people play pranks on children, scaring them when they approach the door. You can try too, but avoid frightening very young children too much!
- Make sure you have enough treats to hand out so you don't finish them before the night is over. Plus, also avoid running out of anything to eat!
Step 3. Carve a pumpkin
Many families wait until Halloween to carve pumpkins, so you can spend the evening with this activity and arrange them in the garden with candles inside, in time for the kids looking for treats to see them.
- You can purchase a pumpkin carving kit at local supermarkets. Many kits also contain stencils that depict designs of all kinds, from scary scenes to characters from your favorite movies.
- If you have younger siblings, you can help them carve their own pumpkins and make sure they don't cut themselves using the knife.
Step 4. Read scary stories
There are many series of scary tales, which you can find in local bookstores or on the internet. Spend some time reading horror stories so you can scare yourself without leaving the house.
- There are also many podcasts that tell scary stories. They can be especially fun in the dark and with headphones.
- Among the most well-known collections of horror stories you can find the Goosebumps series.
Advice
- Leave the porch light on if you want to attract the kids in search of treats. When you have no more sweets to distribute, turn off the light.
- Use foods like jelly (liver), spaghetti (intestines) and grapes (eyes) to add a touch of horror to your party!
- You don't need to throw a big party. You can just invite a couple of friends!
- If you're worried about looking too big and people will refuse to give you treats, bring a little brother or cousin with you. If you are short for your age, you will have no problem.
- He only knocks on houses with the lights on. If the porch lights are off, the owners are probably not home or have no treats to distribute!
Warnings
- Be especially careful when crossing the street. There is a lot of traffic on Halloween night.
- Always go out in a group or accompanied by a friend and stay together. Let an adult know how long you will be out.
- It is best to carry a light source with you at night. Plus, light up your driveway with garden lamps, carved pumpkins, Christmas lights, or glow sticks.
- Tell your neighbors in advance that you are planning a party and invite them.
- Remember that young children are easily frightened, so use common sense if you're planning on setting up a haunted house or wearing a terrifying costume.
- Always obey local laws. Avoid vandalizing other people's property or illegally breaking into them.
- Don't serve alcohol.
