Party Wednesday: 50’s Halloween Party

             I just want to bring back some good old family Halloween.  Back to when times were simpler and the decorations were cheesy.  Let’s step back in time, grab your poodle skirts and sweater vests and swing back in time.

Décor

                        I just wanted to keep it simple and feel like you have walked threw your parents or grandparents house.  Halloween back in this period wasn’t as big as it is today.  People were more likely to dress up than to go all out on decorating, but it is important to decorate for this theme. 

            Using paper cut outs of black cats, pumpkins, and witches.  I would tape them all around the room you are hosting in, you can never have enough.  You can also make a daisy chain of paper pumpkins or bats along the walls as well.

  

http://gliha.blogs.com/materialarchive/2009/10/vintage-halloween-decorations.html

How can you go wrong with carved pumpkins?  I say buy a lot since your décor is very minimal and place them outside, on a window sill, floor, table, you name it there is a carved pumpkin.

  

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/holiday---celebration-recipes/halloween-recipes/how-to-carve-a-pumpkin

Next step is a game section.  You can do pin the tail on the cat (really fun when you are drunk), some ring toss, or you can do a bobbing for apples.  Just be sure to have some towels lying around incase your guests get a little to wet.

  

http://streetscenevintage.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-best-kind-of-halloween-costume.html

For your table you can either do a simple black or orange table cloth or you can go a little bit chees…err….festive with a pumpkin or more themed table cloth.  For your centerpiece pile on those carved pumpkins or add more paper craft black cats or skulls. 

  

http://www.topdreamer.com/20-ideas-halloween-table-decoration/

Flatware use Halloween themed paper plates, cups, and black plastic utensils.

 

http://www.vintagehalloween.com/vintagebeistle.html

Top off the evening with some vintage Halloween music.  I found a site that has a YouTube links to various 1950’s Halloween songs: http://my50syear.blogspot.com/2011/10/14-october-1957-halloween-songs.html#/

And how can we forget about the appropriate costumes to wear to our 1950’s Halloween party:

For the girls:

  

http://midcenturyliving.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-costumes-1950-1969.html

For Boys:

Food

            Mummy Wraps

  

http://www.tastebook.com/recipes/2383540-Pigs-in-a-blanket-Halloween-mummy-wrap-

Dead Man (Rumaki)

http://www.thenakedkitchen.com/holiday-rumaki/

Black Cat Cheese Ball

  

http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2011/10/i-created-this-recipe-last-halloween.html

Candy Apples

  

http://www.justataste.com/2011/10/candy-apples/

Big Bowl of candy from the 50’s

Drink

Apple Pie Martini

  

http://celebrationsathomeblog.com/2010/11/autumn-cocktails.html

Tom Collins

  

http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/tom-collins-drink-recipe

Sinner (Gin and Sin)

http://www.in-the-spirit.co.uk/cocktails/view_cocktail.php?id=126

Big Mac Daddy

http://www.in-the-spirit.co.uk/cocktails/view_cocktail.php?id=31

            With this party you should return to your youth or your parent’s youth of joy and whimsy with out the entire scary adult world to hinder you.  I just want to take a moment and say THIS IS MY 100 POST HERE!  I have been posting since January and it has been an interesting experience thus far.  Thank you readers or bots that come to my page regularly.  You all have helped me get up to a little over 1300 views as of now; lets see if we can break 1800 before the end of the year.

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