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Are you planning a party based on the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer? With the books selling over 40 million copies in over 37 countries, Twilight party ideas are going to be very hot this year. Why not start planning your Twilight Party right now.

Twilight Party Invitations

Can you write using Calligraphy? If so, you can copy the lovely font, Carmilla, and write out your invitations in script that looks like Edward’s handwriting. Use antique looking paper and take your party guests back to 1918…Edward’s era. Use Twilight Clip Art you can find online to decorate your invitations. Add all the important party info , such as:

• Who
• What
• Where
• When
• RSVP

Get those mailed right out, and now it’s on to other party planning chores.

Twilight Party Decorations

Life size stand ups of Bella and Edward can be purchased online if you’d like to have these two love birds at your party. Imagine the look on everyone’s face as they walk into your party and see Edward and Bella! What a great start to your party decorating! These life size cut outs also come with James, Laurent and Victoria…the nomadic vampires, who cause all the trouble in Twilight. Can’t afford the cut outs? Or don’t want to spend that much money on party decorations? Find pictures of Bella, Edward, Alice, Jasper and the rest of the Twilight Cast in magazines. Cut out the pages and put the pics into photo frames. Scatter them around your party room as though they are the people who live there.

Since the Cullen Family are vegetarians…which means, in vampire talk, that they only drink the blood of animals, your party’s decor doesn’t have to be the same old bloody, scary Count Dracula Vampire Halloween style decor that we are used to. The Cullen’s are a refined family with style, grace and taste.

Many of the party supplies you can use for a Twilight party might be things you already have. How nice will it be able to use decorating items you have and not have to buy more!

Alice Would Use Twinkle Lights

If you remember anything about the parties Alice decorated for, it was all roses and thousands of twinkling lights. So, there’s your first party decorating tip… twinkle lights . You can get them in white, or you can be daring and bold with red and black ones. Red and black is a pretty daring decorating statement. Very dramatic. You can use the ideas on the Twilight Saga book covers…Twilight-An apple (red and black), New Moon-A red and white Parrot Tulip (red, white and black), Eclipse-A red satin ribbon against a black background (red and black), and Breaking Dawn- a white Chess piece, the Queen symbolizing Bella, against the black background (white and black). All of these color schemes will work to create a very intense background for your Twilight Saga Party.

Use a Black Table Cloth with white or red dishes. Use white linen napkins and wrap each place setting of silverware in them. Tie them with a red satin ribbon. Place a glass vase on the center of the table and fill it with red and white Parrot tulips… or the roses Alice likes so much.

The Twilight Saga As Decorations

Scatter several copies of the Twilight books around the room. You can use the book covers themselves as decorations. You can set a dish of apples on a table, and have some white chess pieces on the tables around the room. Lay some red satin ribbons on those tables too. You can fill glass cylinders with some shiny Christmas balls. Fill one with black balls, and the other with red.
Twinkle lights will let you keep your regular lights on low and create an intimate feeling. Play the Twilight Sound track and clear an area so those who want to dance can. Keep the music low, so conversations can be heard!

Trivia Games Made From The Twilight Saga

If you are like me, you know all the books of the Saga backwards and forwards. Then you don’t have to look for Twilight party games…you can make your own. Just think of all the most interesting facts about the books and characters that you can. Write it down, followed by the answer. An example is: Who turned Jasper? The answer is: Maria. Or where was Alice waiting for Jasper? The diner in Philadelphia. I am amazed by Alice this week, that’s why these trivia questions are about her and Jazz. I am always dazzled by Edward. Where did Edward take Bella on their honeymoon? The answer is : Isle Esme. See how easy it is to make your own trivia game!

Twilight Party Music Ideas – The Soundtrack to the Twilight Movie of course! You can buy the soundtrack, or you can download some of the songs for free. Try a site like Rhapsody.com. You can also play albums of the groups on the soundtrack. The tunes and groups include:

1. Supermassive Black Hole ~Muse
2. Decode ~Paramore
3. Full Moon ~The Black Ghosts
4. Leave Out All The Rest ~Linkin Park
5. Spotlight [Twilight Mix] ~Mutemath
6. Go All The Way [Into the Twilight]
7. Tremble For My Beloved ~Collective Soul
8. I Caught Myself ~Paramore
9. Eyes On Fire ~Blue Foundation
10. Never Think ~Rob Pattinson
11. Flightless Bird, American Mouth ~Iron & Wine
12. Bella’s Lullaby ~Carter Burwell

Twilight Party Food Thoughts

Now what to serve as a party menu for a Twilight Party? I am not a cooking kind of girl, so I always try to go for the easiest party foods out there. I like Pizza and Subs…or a lunch meat tray and rolls. But if you’re looking for some sophisticated vampire party menu…I’ll give you one. How about:

A red soup…tomato, mushroom ravioli served with some grilled chicken breasts in red sauce. Not bad for a chick who doesn’t cook much! Tasty Cullen Punch and Vampire Cupcakes A drink idea is a red punch, call it

Cullen Punch and serve it in a crystal punch bowl of course. Desserts are easier for me…Vampire cupcakes. Red velvet cupcakes with white icing…with two tiny red puncture marks on each one. These are very nice looking…not gory at all. The Cullen Coven would like them!As you can see, these suggestions can help you plan a sophisticated party and a dramatic decorating scheme when you use Twilight Saga Party Ideas.

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It doesn’t matter if you have a big family or if you’re on your own… Halloween is one of the most fun holidays ever invented. But if you are a busy mom (and your house is the one house on the block where everyone goes for Halloween parties) you may be looking for some quick and easy Halloween party snacks to have ready for kids, visitors, guests, and freeloading adult friends during the Halloween season.

Looking for some new ideas for festive snacks that don’t take a hundred years (or work your fingers to the bone) to put together? The ten Halloween party snack ideas below are lots of fun, simple to make… and some of them are even healthy!

1. Rotting Eyes and Severed Fingers

This is a very healthy but rather creepy Halloween party snack that makes good use of black olives and baby carrots. Arrange the black olives and baby carrots on a party tray with a bowl of your favorite dip (I like a cream cheese veggie dip). Inform your party guests that the tray is filled with rotting black eyes and severed fingers. And then watch this snack disappear. A good way to get your kids excited about veggies!

2. Jack o’ Lantern Oranges

This healthy treat is so easy to make, and looks so pretty! Carve jack-o’-lantern faces into oranges and place on a platter. The kids will love it. And they can help, too, without ever having to pick up a knife. Have them simply draw the faces on with a black marker, and carve them yourself. Or don’t worry about carving them– they look just as good with faces drawn on.

As a variation of this fun Halloween party snack, I like to hollow out an orange with a Jack o’ Lantern face and fill it with fruit salad. Healthy, easy and quick!

3. Easy Bugs in the Bone Yard

This is such a fun Halloween snack for the kiddos. All you have to do? Sprinkle raisins into a bowl full of white-chocolate covered pretzels. (You could also use chocolate covered raisins.) Kids will eat them up once they learn the name of this snack. Or they’d eat it up anyway, since this mix tastes divine.

4. Slimy Halloween Jigglers

You know those Jello jiggler molds? They work great for Halloween! Either use whatever you have lying around the house, or go out and pick up a brain or a heart-shaped Jello mold. Make up a batch of orange, black, purple, or flesh-colored Jello and pour into your mold(s). Or make a flat pan of Jello and cut out shapes with Halloween cookie cutters instead.

5. Ghost Cereal Bars

Prepare a batch of the Rice Krispies marshmallow treats recipe on the back of the cereal box. When the mixture has set up, cut out shapes with ghost shaped cookie cutter. Pour warm white frosting or melted white chocolate over the shapes to cover. Add M&M eyes and mouth. A delicious and easy Halloween party snack.

6. Green Gelatin Intestines

This is one of the grosser looking Halloween party snacks. Make lime gelatin and add pineapple bits, chopped marshmallows, sliced bananas and mandarin oranges. Pour gelatin mixture into an angel food cake pan and let set up. Invert pan to remove gelatin mold. Slice the mold horizontally into about 5 layers. Slice the layers in half and arrange on a platter in semi-circles to look like intestines. Gross!

7. Spooky Healthy Eyeballs

This Halloween party snack is both easy and healthy. Wash a bunch of green grapes. Insert a raisin into the stem end of the grapes and freeze them all until ready to serve.

8. Monster Crackers

Color some white vegetable spread or cream cheese with green food coloring and spread on your favorite crackers. Arrange small bits of green and red bell peppers to make a green-eyed, red-mouthed cracker monster. Use small amounts of broccoli sprouts to make the monster hair. A sneaky way to get kids eating their veggies.

9. Wormy Halloween Punch Recipe

No respectable Halloween party snack list would do with out having this squeamish punch. Just make green Kool-Aid and put in a clear glass punch bowl. Set the punch bowl on top of a glow necklace so the light shines through the punch bowl. Add some gummy worms and watch the kids squirm when they see it.

10. Vampire Blood

You use V8 juice for this one so it is healthier than the wormy punch above. Pour the V8 juice in a clear picture that you have labeled as “Vampire Blood.” For an adult party, add the ingredients for a bloody Mary, if you like. For a kids’ party, well… good luck getting them to try it. It is V8, after all!

I’m Karen Talavera and I’m a Halloween addict. Which is why I write and edit the Halloween Food section of Divine Dinner Party, where there are tons more recipes for Halloween party snacks and more.

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Twilight Party Ideas are here! Are you as into Twilight as I am? I love the books Stephanie Meyer has written. The characters, the plot, everything about them thrills me. I know lots of Tweens and teenagers are into the Twilight craze that is sweeping the nation too

If your child has read all the books in the saga and has seen the movie too…why not use a Twilight birthday party theme for their next birthday. I’ll bet they will jump for joy when you suggest it Mom. It’s an easy party theme to plan and decorate for.

Twilight Invitations

Twilight party invitations can be as simple as printing a bookmark from an online site and writing the information on the back…Who, What, When, Where…and not only will your guests have an invite, they will have a bookmark too. There are lots more ideas out there so visit some party sites online if you’d like a more detailed invitation.

Twilight Party Decorations

Party decorations for a Twilight party are easy to plan and to purchase. If you have a large decorating budget you can buy cutouts. These are life size stand ups of Edward and Bella, and they come in a few other characters too. Won’t that be an amazing site for your party guests to see. Imagine their shock when they see Edward or Bella standing in the party room.

The cutouts are a fun party idea but they’re not right for everyone. You can print out some pictures of the cast of Twilight and put them into picture frames and scatter them about the room. You can get tiny lights in black or red and decorate with them. You can even stand the books around the room. The main colors on the books are red and black and those colors would make for quite a dramatic decorating touch.

You can find magazines with the stars of the movie on the covers and spread them about the room too. Anything with Edward, Bella, anyone from the Cullen family and Jacob will help to set the mood.

Twilight Party Game Ideas
You can play games that relate to the movie. Twilight trivia is a fun party game, but the kids today really know their trivia so be sure to have a couple sets of trivia questions. Make the second one more difficult than the first so it’s a challenge to everyone.

Another fun game idea is Twilight bingo. Make bingo cards and use stickers or write character names in each of the boxes. Write down each word or sticker you use on small pieces of paper. Fold the paper up and put it in a bowl. These papers will serve as your bingo balls! Have the caller pick one and read it, while the players cross off their boards.Fill fortune cookies with twilight quotes, or read off a quote and let’s see if anyone knows who said it. Almost everything can be made into a game.

You might decide that a party in your house is not exactly what you are looking for, so bring your daughter or son and your party guests to the theater to watch the movie. Stop on the way home for some pizza and birthday cake. This is a nice way to let the kids enjoy themselves, have a night out and not have to clean up any messes.

I love to be easy on myself, especially when it means I get to go out and enjoy myself! If you or your child have not read the Twilight Saga, the books might be a great birthday present idea.

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One of the most important elements of any kids birthday party is the time spent playing party games. If well planned, they can make great memories for the birthday child and guests alike, if not, they can be a minefield of problems.

Don’t despair – a little forethought and common sense are all that’s needed to make your game time a smashing success!

Follow these Ten Easy Steps to Great Kids Party Games:

1. Group together at least six to eight appropriate party games then adjust down according to
your party timetable. Remember it’s better to have more activities planned than not enough.

2. Run through each game to iron out any glitches that might arise. The party child will be only too happy to help with this and get a sneak preview of the party agenda in the process!

3. Enlist other adults as helpers so things will run smoothly and stress-free. You can promise to reciprocate when their child’s birthday rolls around! Ages and abilities of your party guests should be considered when choosing your party
activities. A five year old won’t be capable of playing charades, but he can probably pop a balloon with his bottom to get the prize inside!

4. Timing is everything! Start your party with an icebreaker game while guests are arriving and end with a quiet game to help kids wind down from all the party excitement.

5. Gather materials you’ll need for each party game in advance and place them in the pre-selected kid-safe location. Pin the Tail on the Donkey just isn’t the same when you’ve forgotten the blindfold!

6. Arbitrate – adult leaders should understand the rules of the games and gently enforce them. Kids have a strong sense of what’s fair and will look to the adults to keep everyone playing by the rules.

7. Make sure each child gets a prize for his or her efforts so everyone feels like a winner. Wrapped candy, stickers, erasers, pencils, coins, medals and other small tokens make great prize incentives.

8. Encouragement and enthusiasm keep guests motivated and happy. For a fun twist, change the rules of the game and give a prize not only to the first player, but to the last one, saying it was the secret plan of the game.

9. Success! Congratulate yourself on a job well done! When your pooped party guests go home to Mom and Dad, this is the part they’ll talk about the most!

10. By taking the first letter of each of the ten steps above, you can spell out what you will accomplish when you follow this guideline: GREAT GAMES!

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