Halloween is the festival of the bright pumpkin heads with creepy grimaces, witches, ghosts and creepy parties! Children in particular are looking forward to it and go hunting for sweets. But adults also have a lot of fun and like to dress up as zombies and witches. If you learn more about this festival and also want to prepare for it accordingly, you will find it here! We have put together many tips, ideas and exciting suggestions for you that could help you prepare. Let yourself be inspired!
What is Halloween and when is it celebrated?
Halloween is celebrated every year on the night of October 31st to November 1st. The word is derived from the English All Hallows Eve and describes the evening of all saints. Many believed that the dead visited the earth as ghosts that day, wandered through the streets and frightened people. That is why you disguise yourself as a creepy figure to deter the evil spirits. The more ugly, the better!
Where does Halloween come from? Origin and history
The scary festival does not come from the United States, as most people believe, but has its origin in Europe. The Celts lived in large parts of Central Europe for a good 2500 years, in the Iron Age. The date of October 31 was the last day of the year because they aligned their calendars after the agricultural cycle of the vegetation. That day the Celts said goodbye and welcomed the winter with a big celebration and thanked her sun god Samhain for the harvest. They still believed that this evening the border between the worlds was open and that the deceased of the past year will come back to visit their relatives. With lights they showed the souls of the dead home. Over the centuries, however, custom changed because people gradually got more and more fear of the dead. This gave rise to the ritual to dress up as creepy as possible. In order to appease the spirits, small gifts were also placed in front of the house entrance. In the 19th century, Irish emigrants brought the Halloween customs to the USA and so the festival became known in North America. In recent decades, traditions have returned to Europe and are becoming increasingly popular in Germany.
Halloween cladding and customs
Today the customs have changed something, but children and adults still dress up like creepy figures, caves from pumpkins and celebrate Halloween parties. Children go from house to house to get sweets. You often hear the saying “sweet or acid” (trick or treat). If someone doesn't give sweets, the children can then play a harmless prank.
Carve the pumpkins
Holded pumpkin heads are also part of Halloween. These have the task of keeping evil spirits away, so they should look particularly terrible. Above all, the stalks-shell winter pumpkin is particularly suitable for a Jack-O lantern, but you can also use the small, round hoked kaido pulp. The delicious pulp is hollowed out and the cover gets decorations with a knife. A creepy Halloween pumpkin carving is easier if you have a carving template. A candle is then placed inside the pumpkin.
Decorate pumpkins without carving
If you don't get along well with carving, you have many other options to choose from. With acrylic paint and glitter spray you can paint beautiful patterns and motifs on the pumpkin. To do this, use the painter's band to create circles, strips and many other shapes. In contrast, glitter, sequins, tears and rhinestones give it a glamorous look.
Tinker pumpkins
The shape of the conventional Halloween pumpkin is easy to imitate from different materials. So round pumpkins from paper, yarn, fabric can be created! Also ordinary objects in the household such as cans and cucumber glasses can be quickly conjured up in orange pumpkins with a little color.
Halloween costumes for women, men, children and babies
What would Halloween be without the creepy costumes? Whether witch, skeleton, zombie, doll, vampire or pirate on our website you will find numerous ideas for suitable disguise for women, men, children and babies. If you want to dress up with a friend or the whole group, then discover our creative costume ideas for couples and groups. Even pregnant women do not have to do without Halloween fun and can creatively put their baby bump into scene! If you have already become parents, you can also get a lot of inspiration for a costume for your children or for the whole family!
Make Halloween costume yourself
If you don't want to invest a lot of money in a costume, you can put together a suitable outfit yourself. We give you ideas for simple Halloween costumes that do not require a lot of money and effort, but still look very chic. You can use old T-shirts, bed sheets or household items for this! If you have a favorite character from a film or television series, you just have to get to know your typical features: outfit, hair, accessories, colors and Co.
Halloween accessories
The accessories make the Halloween costume complete! With wigs, hair tires, necklaces, masks, hats, wings and glasses, you can quickly make a good cladding. If you plan to perform like a vampire at the Halloween party, then you need a vampire bit, while the devil has to wear a trident as a prop. Think exactly which accessories the selected characters and characters carry.
Creepy Halloween masks
The simplest and fastest way to turn into the fright of the party is to wear a mask. Finished masks made of latex and vinyl can be ordered online and seem creepy real! An alternative are homemade masks made of paper, felt, cardboard makers and hot glue gun. Animal masks are particularly suitable for children. The little ones look very cute and can even participate in handicrafts.
Halloween make-up and make-up tips
Halloween make -up is not only important for the women, but also for men and children. The Halloween make -up guarantees an eerie appearance for the Halloween party! With latex applications, artificial eyelashes, artificial blood and make -up sets you can conjure up eerie looks! Artificial wounds, for example, can be modeled with petroleum jet and toilet paper. The stubble sponge is best suited for abrasions. Features can also look particularly terrible if you add crumbled cornflakes or planed almonds. The disgust factor is guaranteed!
Make up the faces
If you don't want to wear a mask, but still turn into an eerie form, you can put on your whole face. From the trendy Sugar Skull to zombies to skeletons - it can only be creepy with the painted face! The make -up for children is not only amazed at Halloween. The faces will also make up for fun for the whole family for birthday parties!
Contact lenses Halloween
Colored contact lenses can give everyone a completely different charisma and are indispensable for every scary event! Dark demons, vampires, Werwolfs, witches and devils have yellow-green or red glowing eyes, aren't it? Particularly frightening are the trendy Sklera contact lenses, which not only completely covered the Iris, but also the dermis. The cat, dragon and snake eyes are also very stylish. Depending on the topic, you can also get motif lenses that can underline any cladding.
Ideas for Halloween nails
Ladies can also paint their nails especially for the festival! In addition to the traditional Halloween colors such as orange, black and red, you have a lot of patterns and a variety of effect paints to choose from. If you have a practiced hand, you can draw ghosts, eyes, monsters, spiders and bats on the nails with a thin brush. For the beginners and those who do not have too much time for their Halloween manicure, there are finished stickers, nail stamps and self-adhesive foils that look very realistic and professional.
Halloween hairstyles coordinated with the costume
In order for the Halloween outfit to be perfect, the women still have to think about how their hair should be styled. For example, two small dutts can represent the devil horns, while hair chalk and colored hairspray provide sparkling hairstyle with eye-catcher effect. Strongly touped hair, on the other hand, are perfect for the zombies and wife's brewing! There are also diverse hair accessories that can complete your Halloween hairstyle such as hair clips, large fabric flowers, hair grids, hair tires and plastic animals that can be attached in the hair.
Ideas for a successful Halloween party
Is your offspring on ghosts and scary of all kinds? Then a Halloween children's party will certainly give the little ones a lot of fun. Or would you like to invite guests to a Halloween dinner? Then be inspired by our party ideas, because as with every party, the good planning is the be -all and end -all! From invitation and decoration to food and drinks to organizing games - on our pages you will find suitable suggestions for a creepy successful party!
Select Halloween Party Motto
In the first place you can choose a motto for your Halloween party. Vampire party, sci-fi party, zombies party, monster boogie, dark Middle Ages are cool mottos that would inspire their guests! If you don't want to limit yourself to a motto, just stay with the horror topic. Create a ghostly atmosphere and think of every detail to impress your guests.
Make an invitation to the Halloween party yourself
You can also make nice invitation cards for the Halloween party yourself. The base forms black construction paper and on it can be glued ghosts, bats and wobble eyes. With a white painting pen you can write something short or also paint small motifs. If you have a not so beautiful manuscript or several cards to send, you can simply print out, cut it out and stick on the invitation text.
Halloween games ensure the right mood
The games should not be missing at a Halloween party! They create the right mood and are a lot of fun. You don't necessarily have to invent new games, but give the classic variant a scary effect. For example, egg spoon races quickly become an eye-catching and bowling can be used to use painted cans instead of bowling. Adjust the games to the number of participants, because some are fun in a larger group.
Halloween coloring pages so that children are employed sensibly
If you organize a Halloween party for children from 4 to 7 years, you can also prepare quiet games. Coloring pages with pumpkin lanterns, ghost locks, flying witches, haunted houses and dancing zombies are best suited. Select suitable motifs depending on the age of the child, because they shouldn't be too frightening or complicated.
Food and snacks with haunted decorations
Halloween should be creepy, but also delicious! Here you will find creepy recipes, decorative ideas and tips for serving and decorating. From Halloween Fingerfood to dishes to sweet recipes - you can easily make spooky decorations yourself. Eyes, brain, spiders, chopped hands and fingers can be put together with many simple ingredients. Sausage mummies, for example, are a funny finger food for Halloween parties and are served with a “bloody” ketchup sauce.
Bake to Halloween - cookies, cakes, cakes, muffins and Co.
Hexes and zombies also like sweet snacks very much! Cake, cakes, muffins and cupcakes can be decorated eerily-fate, even if they are not most of the decoration. Simply praise the decorations or paint motifs with a sugar pencil. For the Halloween cookies you can get special cookie cutters or simply make round pumpkins and ghost faces. Cake pops are particularly popular with children and are easy to decorate like eyes and pumpkins.
Pack up sweets and distribute children
Children move through the streets to Halloween and demand “sweets or acids”. If your homemade sweets are ready, you also need a suitable packaging. The sweet gifts can be distributed to the children or thought as a small gift from the Halloween party. Homemade bags, boxes
Drinks with a scary factor
Halloween cocktails should be red like blood, green like poison or black like the night! With a dry ice stick you can prepare a “dampening” drink. In addition, you can immerse the glass edge in red syrup and garnish with vampire teeth or plastic spiders. And how about serving red juice in syringes?
Tinker Halloween decorations
Creepy decorations for the Halloween party are a must and ensure the right ceremonial atmosphere. Instead of buying finished decoration items, you can make Halloween decorations yourself. The ideas range from fun to frightening and will really amazing your guests and neighbors! Children can also take part in Halloween tinkering and let their imagination run wild. In this collection you will find many suggestions and handicrafts for ghosts, ghosts, witches, spiders, bats, skeletons and everything that fits the subject of horror party. Simple materials, handicrafts and even household items are used!
Halloween Gartendo
Don't forget to decorate the garden to match the festival. With a little creativity, the terrace can also become a meeting point for witches, ghosts, skeletons and zombies. Homemade lanterns made of cucumber glasses, bags and cans show the way to the house in the dark evening. You can produce your own scary cemetery with styrofoam styrofoams rocking on the garden tree.
Decorations for the house entrance
Place your party guests in an eerily environment by also ghostly or monstrously decorating the house entrance or apartment door. With simple materials, the ordinary door can be transformed into a giant spider, a mummy, a witch, a cute monster or Frankenstein.
Halloween films for the whole family
On the night of horror, when ghosts, witches and vampires do their mischief again, they can stay at home and see Horror films with the family. Here you will find a list of famous Halloween films and also ideas for a costume inspired by the main characters.
