7 Easy Halloween Party Ideas for the BEST Halloween Ever

Looking for ideas on how to throw a Halloween Party or what to bring to a Halloween Party? These 7 Easy Halloween Ideas will help you celebrate in ways that delight kids AND adults. You can even do them last minute!

A collage of four Halloween Party Idea photos - 1. Skeleton charcuterie board. Various pink and red meats are wrapped around the skeleton's head and arms, surrounded by lots of cheese, crackers, fruit, and fake bugs. 2. Halloween Printable Props that include three different monsters and four different glasses. 3. Four DIY Halloween gift bag printables. A mummy, a jack o'lantern, a monster, and a ghost. 4. A glass pitcher of golden apple cider that includes apples peeled and craved into to look like distressed shrunken heads.

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Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I'm not big on horror movies or haunted houses, but I do like cute and spooky decor, food, and fun.

Before last year, we threw a little family party every Halloween. The adults enjoyed fun treats and drinks. The kids enjoyed their favorite cupcakes and goodie bags. The memories still make me smile ear to ear.

Here are some of the BEST and easiest Halloween Party Ideas that have brought us and others so much joy.

1. DIY Printable Treat Bags

Every Halloween, we make goodie bags for the kids in our lives. We fill them with candy, little toys, and more. They’re always a hit.

Six handmade, paper Halloween goodie bags that are bursting with candy, toys, and other Halloween party favors. The homemade bags are made into an adorable ghost, a neon green frankenstein monster, a purple bat with black wings that extend from the treat bag, a devilish werewolf with yellow eyes, and a happy black spider with long legs.

I started to make Halloween goodie bags for my Etsy shop. They were also a hit. I spent most of September and October, each year, making bags.

To make things easier for everyone, including my own hands, and to accommodate my fellow procrastinators, I created DIY Printable versions of my popular, handmade goodie bags.

They are available for INSTANT download. All you have to do is print, cut, and glue!

These cute Halloween bags are great to surprise the kids in your life, pass out as party favors, bring in for your kid's classmates, or even as gift bags for adults. Everyone seems to love them!

Four printable goodie bag Halloween characters - a mummy, a jack o lantern, a green frankenstein's monster, and a ghost - all with large, silly eyes and a cute, open smile.

Please visit Love Mischka on Etsy to see all the designs and more.

All you need to do is print, cut, and glue the designs on a bag of your choice. You can get bags at the DollarTree or Michaels.

I use brown kraft bags that are 4.5" x 2" x 5.75”. These Brown Paper Gift Bags by Fun Express are the perfect size.

Six adorable handmade Halloween goodie bags - 1 orange jack o'lantern, 1 white mummy, 1 black spider with long legs that stick out from the bag, 1 neon green monster goodie bag, 1 purple bat google bag that has wings jutting out from each side of the treat bag, and 1 white ghost. All characters have large, goofy eyes and a cute, happy smile to bring some fun to your Halloween Party.

If you use a bigger bag, some of the bag will show behind the design. Which is still cute!

Pro Tip - I use ~~Martha Stewart’s Precision Scissors~~ to cut clean, precise lines. Unfortunately, they're no longer available. But, I'll try some new brands and let you know!

For more tips and designs, please check out - Easy DIY Printable Goodie Bags.

These adorable goodie bags are one of the best easy Halloween party ideas. They're a cute way to brighten someone's day!

A homemade, neon green, Frankenstein monster gift bag made with cardstock paper and his easier, digital, printable bag version.

A white mummy homemade party favor bag and it's easy printable version.

A homemade, white ghost gift bag (made out of cardstock paper) and a printable version of the same white, adorable ghost with big, goofy eyes, and cute smile so people can easily make the same DIY goodie bag at home.

A homemade (from cardstock paper), purple bat goodie bag with large goofy eyes, adorable open smile, and large black paper wings that extend from the treat bag and the printable version for easy homemade party favors.

A bright orange, green-eyed, happy, handmade gift bag and the quick, easy, and cheap printable party favor version.

Thinking ahead to Christmas? Check out these posts:
- How to Make DIY Reindeer Gift Bags
- How to Make DIY Reindeer Candy Canes

2. Easy DIY Printable Ghost Banner

A list of easy Halloween party ideas wouldn't be complete without some decor.

Decorate your house with this printable boo banner. It comes in black and orange. It’s an easy way to have a more festive holiday.

A Halloween printable banner that says "BOO" in black letters with orange or black framing (both are seen in the photo) and adorable ghosts on each side of the word. Additional ghost characters are included below.

It also includes extra ghost designs, which means you can make an additional ghost banner!

3. Halloween Photo Props

Every year, I make lots and lots of Halloween Party Props for people with my Etsy shop.

This year, I made printable versions of the monster photo props and added some super cute Halloween glasses.

A collection of printable Halloween props for a photo booth, including the top half of a bright red demon's face with black eyes and large black horns, the bottom half of a killer clown's face with a bright red nose and haunting smile of sharp teeth, the top half of frankenstein's monster's face with bushy black eyebrows, stitches, and silver electrodes, and four adorable, festive glasses.

I’m really excited about the glasses. Especially the ghost ones.

I recommend printing these photo props on high quality, white cardstock. Neenah Exact Index Cardstock is my favorite.

I usually add chipboard to the back of my props. This provides more structure and durability. It can be a hassle cutting the chipboard to perfectly match the design though.

If you’re interesting in adding chipboard, this ThunderBolt Paper’s 24pt Chipboard is easier to cut by hand than most.

After printing and cutting the Halloween photo props, attach each to a wooden dowel. I always buy Woodpeckers’ 3/16 inch x 12 inches Wooden Dowel Rods. The size works with both large and small props.

I use a hot glue gun to attach the dowel to the back of the prop. Let it dry completely then you’re ready to go! Or should I say... ready to paaarrty. 🤓

4. Spooky Halloween Cheese Board and/or Charcuterie Board

Every holiday and gathering needs a cheeseboard or a charcuterie board.

But, this easy Halloween party idea isn’t for an ordinary, boring board.

No way.

It’s for an extra creative, fun one... A charcuterie board with a skeleton that has meat rotting off his bones!

A skeleton charcuterie board. In the center of board, amongst pieces of cheese, crackers, and fruit, sits a skeleton head that is wrapped in pink prosciutto. There are large black, plastic spiders crawling on the skeleton. On the sides of the Halloween charcuterie board are skeleton arms that are wrapped in various pink and red meats.

It is still my absolute favorite. Kids and adults LOVED it.

I bought the skull and hands at the DollarTree. After cleaning them, I wrapped them in plastic wrap then carefully layered all different types of meat - salami, prosciutto, pepperoni and more.

A skeleton charcuterie board next to a pitcher of apple cider with shrunken apple heads in it on a table with a festive green Halloween table cloth.

I also arranged plastic bugs on the cheeseboard as well as pecans. Because pecans kind of resemble roaches.

If this cheeseboard is too gruesome for you or it’s too much meat (it was pretty expensive), the following Halloween cemetery cheeseboard might be a better choice.

A medium-sized, wooden charcuterie board with many different cheeses, including a piece of Brie that is cut into a large coffin, sharp cheddar cut into cross gravestones, and colby jack in the shape of tombstones. Behind the halloween charcuterie board is a platter of jello shots with a sign of their names - Pumpkin Fire and Chocolate Bomb.

I simply cut pieces of cheese like tombstones. A big block of Brie was perfect to make a coffin with.

5. Pudding Shots!

As you can see in the above photo, I also made pudding shots that year.

Pudding shots are incredibly easy to make. You combine instant pudding, milk, booze, and cool whip.

I used Halloween stickers to distinguish the two types. Amazon has lots of different holiday stickers. I really like these character stickers.

The Pumpkin Fire one was so so so good.

It is made with a small package of Pumpkin Spice Instant Pudding, ¾ cup Whole Milk, ¾ cup Fireball Whisky, and 8 ounces of Cool Whip.

You mix the ingredients together in a bowl. Scoop the mixture into little shot glasses or individual cups. I used these Plastic Portion Cups With Lids.

Then freeze for at least two hours. Super easy.

6. More Boozy Halloween Ideas!

I like to get creative with my Halloween adult beverages.

One year, I made a “Melted Witch Brew". I even tried to make a broom with the ladle. 😂

A glass container of bright bluish-green liquid with a sign that says, "Melted Witch Brew". Next to it is a ladle with a paper craft addition to make it look like a broom.

My absolute favorite drink was an Apple Cider Sangria with shrunken heads.

I wish I remembered the exact recipe because it was gooooodddd. When I make things for myself (not the blog), I’m guilty of just adding ingredients until it tastes good.

This one had white wine, apple cider, and fireball whisky… I believe. 🤔

I do have this simple, delicious Baked Apple Cider Donut Muffin Recipe. Feel free to check it out! It's a delicious fall treat!

You can add shrunken, creepy heads to whatever drink you make. It doesn’t even have to be alcoholic!

Apples, peeled with eyes and mouths craved into them, sit in a pitcher of golden apple cider for a spooky, fun halloween drink.

Just peel a bunch of apples and carve faces into them. The sadder and creepier, the better.

7. Halloween Funfetti Cupcakes

Cupcakes are the ultimate Halloween party idea! For an easy option, you can make Pillsbury Funfetti Halloween Cupcakes with this mix.

All the kids in my family LOVE these. Most years, I quickly make a batch.

I buy a white frosting for them, BUT make 2-3 different frosting colors with food dye. For a fun, easy twist.

McCormick Neon Food Coloring works the best for bright Halloween colors, like purple and neon green.

To make orange, simply mix red and yellow food coloring dye (both are available in this box of McCormick Assorted Food Colors) together.

If you're making two different colors, divide the white frosting into two small bowls. Add your first color choice to one bowl and mix. Add your second color choice to the second bowl and mix.

It's best to add the food coloring in increments. This gives you better control over the color and ensures you'll get the one you want!

If you want a fun topper for the cupcakes, I highly recommend spider and bat rings. The kids were so excited. This pack of Halloween Party Ring Favors has a cool sparkly spider ring with a gem. They also have rings that glow in the dark.

You could also make my Easy, Homemade Pumpkin Cake with the BEST Cream Cheese Frosting for the adults. It's DELICIOUS and perfect for fall.

Happy Halloween!!!

If you try any of these ideas, I would love to see a photo!