Ultimate Halloween Checklist for A Wol-derful Party

As Halloween is just right around the corner, there must be a lot of things you need to double-check before the big day comes. No matter how much time you spend on the preparation, shopping, and decorating, it’s always something missing out that may affect your party. Hence, this ultimate Halloween checklist will help you ease out the tension, and carry the party smoothly as you expected.

In this article, we will group every aspect of Halloween preparation into different categories for you to track easier.

And now it’s time to get down to business.

Holding a party is never an easy task, and with a pretty important Halloween party, you probably don’t want to let your guests down due to unprepared mistakes.

The following Halloween checklist will make sure you cover everything you need to and if you miss anything in there, it’s OK. Now you have time to either buy or simply ignore it if it’s not necessary. Your judgment will be based solely on your party style.

• • Make sure a spooky entrance is already set up in your front door and yard. Don’t forget to hang a personalized pet-welcome flag to inform any guests about the appearance of your pet indoor as well. Or you can simply get a personalized metal sign and hang it right under your house address number or doorbell, where visitors can see the cute pet-alert message immediately.
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  • Check around your house, whether lanterns, candles, pumpkins, and corn are placed where they’re supposed to be according to your decorating ideas.
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  • Look and check whether your light decorations are hanging in the places and work perfectly for the night.
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  • Don’t forget to decorate your bathroom as well since it is one special place where you can get extra scores with your guests. If you plan to have a pet-themed Halloween party, then hanging a personalized canvas featuring you and your pet would be lovely to look at when using the bathroom.
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  • Check your speaker, projector and laptop, or iPad if you want to stream some music or funny clips at the party.

• • Predict and buy the amount of candy based on the number of guests you’ll invite to your party and expected visitors knocking on the doors. And don’t forget to check all the candy before eating.
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  • Taste your signature Halloween cooks before serving to your guests to make sure those will impress your guests as expected.
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  • Provide Halloween-themed snacks such as chocolate cupcakes, pumpkin cheesecake bars, or cheddar crackers, to diversify your food range service.
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  • Stock a variety of beverages for different ages.
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  • Don’t forget to place some water stations for pets as well as chews and treats for them too.

• • Check and try on your costumes and your pets’ costumes before sunset to make sure everything is fit and repaired if needed.
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  • Provide playgrounds for kids, and pets separate from adult gathering places.
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  • Test your photo booth (if you set up one) to see the background is neat and thrilling for a perfect photo yet. You should check the camera battery and other light assistants in the booth, too.
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  • Set up games you prepare for the Halloween party ahead of time. Check other items needed in the games such as a red carpet for a costume contest, apples for bobbing for apples game, or tin can for Frankenstein bowling, just to name a few.
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  • Make a playlist of all your party songs that you want to play at the party and just wait for the right time to play.
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  • Download, rent or buy your favorite Halloween movies to prepare for a spooky movie night surrounded by your loved ones.

• • Fill up your first aid kit box with necessary items such as bandages, gauze rolls, and pads to get ready if something happens during the party.
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  • Make sure all the extinguishers in your house are ready to use if needed.
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  • Prepare costume repair tools such as needles and thread, and extra buttons to fix you or your guests’ costumes if needed.
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  • Follow a pet safety guide to make sure pets have a great Halloween night as well.
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  • Provide hangover pills and throw-up bags just in case your party is a little too fun.
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  • And add emergency contacts to your phone, or write it down somewhere easy to see.