Ghouls Night Out 2011

Man, oh man, have I been busy! I have been putting together everything for my Halloween party, "Ghouls Night Out". Here are some tidbits.. I'm going to share more with you Saturday and Sunday...



Prizes for the costume contest.
[[Sexiest, Trashiest & Most Glamorous]]

Party Menu, Games & Entertainment

Drinks:

• Witches brew-(apple cider)... Our local Wal-mart sells it by the gallon, but it is almost $5.  I am cheap and decided to try an alternative. I bought some apple cider flavored tea, added sugar and  Pink Lady apples into the cauldron.
• Toxic Punch – my version of "trashcan" punch. Just some punch and vodka...
• Pond Water and leeches  (Sweet Tea) with lemon (us Southerners love sweet tea)
• Various sodas (that I have those Halloween labels for).
• Frozen Snot (Jell-O shots).. I didn't use any of these recipes, but check out this site... too cool! I used lime jello and tequila.

http://www.myscienceproject.org/halloween.html

Snacks:

• Chips and Earwax (Queso)
• Candy (Various)
• Pirate Teeth Jell-O
• Worm Dirt (Chocolate pudding with gummy worms)

Main Dishes:

• Mummy dogs (hot dogs with crescent rolls wrapped around them.. commonly known as pig in the blankets.) with Chimera Urine Paste (Mustard)
• Brain & Tumors (Spaghetti) Served with Rumpelstiltskin's Two-headed Goat Cheese (parmesan cheese).

Side dishes:

• Swamp greens (broccoli, cucumber & celery slices) with ectoplasm (Ranch dressing)

Dessert:

• Kitty litter cake (thanks to my mom’s boyfriend for making!.. or so they think)
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  Eyeball Cakes (Cupcakes with eyeballs obviously haha)

Games:

• Treasure Hunt (I made up four different intros with two different "games" within a game.. If you want more info, just ask lol :)) and of course the two-woman team than wins, receives a prize (small "goody" bag).
• Spirit of Children Charity Raffle - party goers that are interested can enter the raffle ($5.00 per entry). I am raffling off a 30 minute massage as the main prize. The more money that is raised, the more prizes that are added to the pot (I have some Bath and Body Work products). ALL proceeds go to the Spirit of Children charity (see link listed).http://www.spirithalloween.com/spiritofchildren/
• Costume Contest winners are chosen by the judges. The categories are: Sexiest, Trashiest and Most Glamorous. Winners receive a movie (picture shown above) and I might throw some more tidbits in as I go.

The kitty litter cake

Entertainment:

Joni Duncan (Slumber party representative)

Give more than just Candy...

Halloween isn't just about handing out candy to eager trick-or-treaters, cleaning up toilet paper messes from high school goblins, or about scaring the yell out of people. Halloween is also about being a part of your community. What is a better way  to be involved, than through a charity? I will give you insight into two charities (one national & one local program) that I support.

Spirit of Children is a program (brought to you by Spirit of Halloween) that brings fun and funding to hospitals at Halloween and all year long. The charity focuses on hospitals that pays more attention to kids because they want to help to make hospital stays less scary for kids and their families.

Supported by Zombie Izzie

Testimonial

(Taken from the site)

"...This past year I will never forget one of our older patients got to pick a costume and he was so excited he told me because now his mom doesn't have to use her work check to buy him a costume and it would help her out! He was so worried about how his mom was going to find money for a costume and now she didn't have to worry... We are also going to use the money for weekly community re-entry outings. We will use the money to treat the kids to baseball games, cooking classes, go out to dinner, mall trips etc..."
Kim Adkins, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital

Casen's Crusade
I also want to mention a local charity that involves a friend's son. Casen was diagnosed with Batten Disease and his family strives to get more information about the disease to the public. Awareness is the first step towards reaching a cure.
Links:
Casen's Crusade 
Batten Disease