24 Creepy Halloween Birthday Party Ideas

Get started on your spooky celebration.

Vampire lovers will enjoy this easy-to-make graveyard treat.

There's a ghost of a chance that there'll be one left for you after the kids get at 'em.

This popular carnival treat becomes a creepy delight for your guests.

Serving this comfort food fave in pumpkins makes it ghoulishly great.

These chicken fingers are definitely 'bloody' delicious.

A secret spice turns this classic, easy-to-make snack into a spooky treat.

Add some 'devil' to the dishes you'll be serving your little angels.

These ‘bones' are a healthy way to give your own kids' bones a treat.

Add some 'haunted' to your house this Halloween with these eerily easy ideas.

Get your little ghouls excited about these monstrously fun Halloween games.

It was a dark and stormy night when suddenly you remembered you purchased some L.E.D Zipper Pulls from MEC to keep the kids and their guests safe on All Hallows Eve. Attach it to their loot bag and you'll have parents howling with delight over a safety-themed gift the kids will love playing with. That's incredibly bright.

Keep your skeletons in the closet, but let these ones out for some fun. Tie the skeletal tags (made by Canadian Etsy shop StuffbySteff77) around chair backs, on loot bags, use as name tags and more. There's nothing scary about outsourcing the small details that will make a big impact on your little guests.

Hoping to surprise kids with something they'll go ape—make that ‘piggy'—over in their loot bag? Forget the ‘big idea', all you'll need is a Pig Snout Nose Piece from Canadian costume site, costumechik.com. It may be the least expensive gift you ‘ll ever give, but we promise the kids will squeal with delight over this one.

Getting in character is always easier when you're in costume from head to toe. Polish up your reputation as a loot bag goddess and drop in a bottle of Piggy Paint's non-toxic, odourless nail polish available in many fun colours. Parents won't mind giving mini-mani to little vampires or princesses for a special occasion, and you'll have totally nailed it with this gift idea.

You could bottle up the liquid that's been stuck to the seat of the high chair for a month, but why go to the extra effort? Alex Toys, the arts-and-crafts purveyors, has a slimy gift contained for your guests already. Their Mix ‘n' Slime Kit just requires water to create three different slime options (including glow-in-the-dark) and will be the perfect party take-away for kids who like to their creativity to ooze out all over the place.

Pillow cases are passé, and the effects of plastic bags on our environment are a true horror story, so for lugging around their loot this year, a Halloween themed ChicoBag can handle all their treats, and folds up into its own pouch afterwards, too. It's so perfect as a loot bag gift, it's almost scary…

Bringing over some bright babies for a Halloween party? Give them what they deserve: a fun, brightly-coloured Noisy Monsters book with a sound button that produces a spooky (not really) laugh.

Make your mark as an effortless party parent this Halloween. Save on expensive, decorated napkins, plates and name tags and create your own with these self-inking stamp sets. They're inexpensive, and can be used to create an atmosphere on just about any piece of party paraphernalia. We're completely bewitched by this idea.

Do you have the balls for a great Halloween loot bag? Fear not: Pottery Barn has you covered with spiders and eerie-eye orbs that flash, glow and bounce. Stuff them in a sack or dribble them around tables for festive appeal. Choking Hazard, not recommended for kids 3 and under.

One thing that isn't scary about Halloween are these non-toxic, face-paint pencils that are free of lead but full of colour. If you feel like splurging, give to your guests as a complete set, or drop one colour into each loot bag to spread the non-lead love around.

There's the play-date party, the family party, the neighbourhood party, the school party, and the actual night. Spice it up with spider-web tights. Little girls will love to find these webby tights in their loot bags. Just don't tell them it's probably the only time they'll welcome spider veins on their legs.

Spiders bursting out of a sac sounds horrifying to us, but at this time of year scary is superb—especially for kids. We're happy to report that despite their name, once submerged in water, each of the green sacs bursts forth a multitude of balls, not spiders (some 100 times the original size). These can then be bounced, rolled, thrown and squished.

Toys that encourage achievement—crayons, dress-up clothes and blocks—provide rich creative-play opportunities, as they promote experimentation and self-assurance. Draw on Doodle Bear to create oodles of doodles! Each bear also comes with a stencil that has three shapes in it for tracing. Then wash the bear clean and start all over again. Each bear comes with two double-ended washable marker/stamper combinations – providing four colours of doodle fun. Read more about milestones and enter to win the Fisher Price Birthday Gift of the Month.

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