Last year was my son's last children's party because this year is his 13th. So I really wanted it to be special. Because he was born within a couple of days of Halloween I decided to make it a Halloween Party, he has had them before but this one topped the cake. Invitations were homemade cards with a spider on them that said, Come hang with us at Kody's Birthday Party inside was the information about where and when, etc. FOOD-I made him a ghost cake, snacks-gummy worms, cup cake with black icing and glow in the dark bugs. Games- we played Fear Factor with eye balls and maggots(deviled eyes with black olives and cooked white rice), brains(cooked cauliflower, chilled, really gross). My niece beat all the guys by a landslide. We played a game called bobbing for marshmallows, you put them in a tub of water instead of apples, but instead of your mouth you have to use a straw and who gets the most in a time limit(I used 1 min) wins. We also had a pumpkin pinata, which all the kids loved no matter what the age. Decorations can vary because you can find all kinds of thing around Halloween and sometimes you can find them even on sale. I had cauldrons, rats, spiders, skeletons, bats, you name it I think I had it around the house. In the front yard around our pond we had a cemetery, we made tombstones out of cardboard and wrote all kinds of different names, we put light through it with glow in the dark hand and feet, etc. The small kids stood in it and wanted their picture taken. At the end of the night when it was really dark we had a haunted house ready in the garage. Which was the talk of the party and some of them are still talking about a year later. We put black plastic all around the walls, black lights in place of the white ones which set the mood. When they walked in we had a on one side we had a table with a skull that lite up and bones and a tomb stone. On the other side we had a log with an ax in it with foam cut out hands with red spray paint on them, we used a camping lantern so they could see it better and it set the mood. A skeleton dropped down from the ceiling that had flashing eyes. In the next corner we had a friend set in a chair with a skull mask on with a piece of cardboard (covered in black so you couldn't see it) notched out a piece of it out so he could set his chin on it. He dressed in black so all they could see was his head. They went down a hallway where we put a mirror with glow in the dark writing on it, they seen their selves and thought someone else was there. Next was a good friend that laid in a coffin(made with cardboard when they got to her she raised up and with a sickle(made from cardboard) with red paint on it. She had on glow in the dark paint on her face with blood. Then the best of it all his dad set behind the plastic at the end with a chainsaw(take off the chain) and started it up as they were coming out. This set them off running out and across the yard. Outside of the garage we had witch's brew(punch) for them that sat in a cauldron with floating hands made of ice(take gloves fill with water, tie and freeze good)and dry ice around the outside to make it smoke, with a witch serving them. They all are still talking about his party and it has been almost a year(even the parents).