How to Have a Vampire Themed Party
- 1). Design vampire party invitations by affixing to a 2-inch-square piece of red card stock a bat die cut, sticker fangs or a vampire clip art image. Affix the red card stock with a glue stick toward the top of a 4-by-5-inch black blank card base, leaving one inch on the top and sides. Use a red gel pen to write a phrase like "Fly to My Vampire Party," "Ghouls Night Out" or "No Garlic Allowed" across the bottom of the card. Print the party information like the location, time, date and RSVP details on a piece of 3-by-4-inch red cardstock to adhere inside the card with a glue stick.
- 2). Decorate the party room by draping black fabric over the windows to protect the vampires from harmful sunlight and hanging red balloons and streamers adorned with bat stickers along the ceiling and doorways. Adorn room corners with faux spider webs. Create table centerpieces by placing black floating candles in shallow bowls of water turned red with drops of food coloring.
- 3). Prepare vampire-themed beverages like blood red fruit punch, tomato juice or a red-colored sports drink. Cut finger sandwiches and cheese slices with bat-shaped cookie cutters and serve red salsa with red and blue-black tortilla chips. Use a sharp knife to trim red apples into thin slices to resemble fangs, sprinkle them with lemon juice to keep them from turning brown and serve with strawberry dipping sauce.
- 4). Play vampire-themed games for prizes like vampire-themed movies and books. Start a Hot Potato-inspired game that requires players to toss a head of garlic to one another as classical music plays in the background. When the music stops, the player holding the garlic is out. Continue playing until only one vampire remains.
- 5). Organize a vampire trivia contest with a list of questions about vampire folklore, ways to guard against vampires, books like "Twilight," "Interview with a Vampire" and "The Vampire Diaries" and movies like "Dracula" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Award to the person who gets the most answers right a vampire gift basket filled with items like red-colored snacks, vampire-themed books and a gift card to a restaurant where the winner can "grab a bite".
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