| Halloween party can be the best party of the | | | | decorative across doorways or from the corners |
| entire year if the whole family entertains its | | | | of the room to the chandelier in the center. |
| friends, children and adult. This type of | | | | Perhaps you remember, from kindergarten days, |
| entertainment renews the joy of the family. For | | | | how to make them. It's easy to do. Take two |
| such a great big party a perfect preparation is to | | | | strips of crepe paper, one black and one orange, |
| be done for quite a long time before the party | | | | of equal length and equal width two inches is a |
| begins. This article will guide you to make a | | | | good width. Fasten the strips together at right |
| perfect preparation. | | | | angles to each other. Then fold the orange strip |
| Halloween - that night of nights when all the | | | | over the black, then the black over the orange. |
| spooks are on the loose and the witch rides high. | | | | Continue until the entire lengths are folded. You will |
| That night our youngsters insist is the proper time | | | | now have a pile of folded squares. Stick or pin the |
| for a party a wonderful party when the whole | | | | ends of the two strips together. Then pull out the |
| family entertains its friends, children and adults | | | | folded papers. You will have a very attractive |
| alike. The children avow our family Halloween | | | | black and orange chain. |
| parties are the best parties of the entire year. | | | | A colorfully decorated home, even though |
| And the carefree gaiety of these parties has an | | | | inexpensively done, adds much to the party |
| equally strong appeal to the adults. | | | | atmosphere. But the real secret of a successful |
| No richer opportunity for effective decoration is | | | | family party is to have games people of all ages |
| given by any season. Autumn leaves, cornstalks, | | | | can enter into. |
| and lighted pumpkin jack-o-lanterns are traditional | | | | When the big night comes its fun to have a ghost |
| and easily prepared. Free-hand cutting of witches, | | | | junior-size open the door as the guests arrive and |
| cats, bats, fairies, spiders, owls, cauldrons, | | | | solemnly point to white footprints on the floor. |
| broomsticks and peaked hats of black and orange | | | | The man-sized (paper) footprints lead to the |
| construction paper may be pinned about on | | | | room where the dads and grand-dads can leave |
| curtains and walls. And how the whole family | | | | their wraps. The smaller ones lead to the parking |
| loves to help with the cutting. | | | | place for the women's and children's wraps. |
| Candles, dishes of alcohol and salt and blue | | | | In each of these rooms have large paper sacks |
| Christmas lights make a ghostly illumination. Be | | | | to be worn over the head, one for each guest. |
| sure that all candles are safeguarded to prevent | | | | Before the night of the party cut in each sack |
| fire hazards. To convert your lampshades into | | | | holes for eyes, and with black crayon draw on |
| festive Halloween lights cut strips of orange paper | | | | other features, handle-bar mustaches, etc. Also |
| long and wide enough to go around the shade and | | | | mark on each sack a number to come just below |
| pin the ends together. Gather the top edge and | | | | the chin. When wraps are removed, each guest |
| hold in place with a one-inch band of black crepe | | | | immediately puts on one of the sacks and is given |
| paper. Place a black cat or witch here and there | | | | a stiff card and pencil. The object of this mixer is |
| on the shade. When the light is on the shades look | | | | to have each guest list by name and number as |
| much more elaborate than they really are. If your | | | | many of the paper heads as he can. Of course |
| walls are papered you can pin black cut-outs to | | | | each person, while trying to discover the identity |
| the wallpaper with common pins. At night the pins | | | | of others, endeavors to keep himself a |
| do not show and the pin mark is too small to mar | | | | mysterious stranger. The one who first completes |
| the paper. On painted walls stick the cut-outs on | | | | a correct list of the names of all the guests is |
| with Scotch tape. Witches, bats and cats are | | | | dubbed "Chief Paper Head" for the evening. |
| very effective when they are Scotch-taped on | | | | When all adults of the family come together with |
| mirrors and windows. | | | | the kids, there is always a great joy and fun. No |
| Black and orange crepe-paper chains are very | | | | matter how scary and frightening night it may be. |