The spooky theme is great fun for children, (see spooky parties for adults on the Themes4parties website). This theme is not just for Halloween, it can be used for Friday 13th parties as well. Browse down the page for food and party game ideas.

Spooky Parties for Children

• Scary movies are a great activity for Halloween and Friday the 13th parties.

Spooky Clothing and Costumes

• Party Costumes - lots of party costumes and dress-ups delivered anywhere in Australia for $9.95.  See Halloween themed costumes for Devil costumes, fake wounds, vampire teeth, huge fuzzy spiders and much more. 
   
• Costume Box - Thousands of Fancy Dress costumes for adults and kids for all occasions. Most costumes dispatched within 24 hours. Based in Sydney with Australia-wide and some international delivery.
  • Boys Costumes Horror and Halloween
  • Girls Costumes Horror and Halloween

Spooky Party Products

• Party Products Australia - Your one-stop shop for party supplies, based in Brisbane, Queensland, with flat rate shipping Australia wide.  They stock over 6000 items including a comprehensive range of Halloween themed party products.
   
• Parties Online - Sydney-based party products store in operation since 1991. They specialise in themed and coloured tableware, balloons costumes and more. For some spooky products and costumes see the product range for Halloween.
   
• Scrapbook and Craft Superstore Find everything you need for your craft and scrapbooking projects from over 18,000 scrapbook and craft supplies. Select Halloween from the Shop By Theme menu to see their spooky craft supplies. Flat rate Australia-wide delivery.
   

Spooky Party Ideas

Many party game standards can be given a spooky twist

• Mummy Wrapping: divide guests into teams and have them wrap one member in toilet paper. First to finish their roll without breaking it wins.
• Creepy treasure hunt: use plastic bugs, spiders and ghosts
• Apple bobbing: pick up apples floating in water using only your mouth
• Pin the Hat on the witch: variation of 'Pin the tail on the donkey'
• Pass the Pumpkin: Fill a plastic pumpkin-shaped container with lollies and chocolate.  When the music stops, the child takes a lolly.

Spooky Party Food

Spooky parties are a great opportunity to eat strange, gruesome and disgusting foods you cant serve any other time. 

• Tomato soup makes great 'blood'
• Stuff lychees with red grapes to make creepy eyeballs
• Freeze jelly or soft drink in a thoroughly cleaned rubber glove and float in punch.
• Dismembered fingers: Make short-bread dough into finger-shaped cylinders.  Pinch dough slightly to form knuckles and draw in lines (to make curling fingers, drape over rolled-up aluminum foil). Bake and cool. Use icing to paste on almond halves for fingernails. Blood red icing for the ends of fingers is optional
• Worms in dirt: put some worm lollies into cups of milo.
• Put sultanas into drinks to make bugs