How to Throw a Great Halloween Party On A Budget

Purchase drinks and snacks for your Halloween party at any Dollar Store. Dollar stores carry lots of cheap Halloween candy, chips, dips, pop, Gatorade, Hawaiian Punch, crackers, and other delicious items to feed your Halloween guests. You can also buy beverages and food at discount grocery stores such as Save-A-Lot or Aldi. Both of these grocery stores offer cheap drinks and snacks for your Halloween party that will save you money on purchasing items at regularly priced grocery stores. Throwing a Halloween party doesn't mean you have to spend a lot on food for your guests. Simply put together great snack ideas and toss in some crackers, cheese, and dips, and you'll have your guests leaving satisfied and happy. See resource list below for links to cheap grocery stores and Dollar Stores.

Find cheap Halloween decorations at discount party supply stores or online. Party stores such as Oriental Trading (online), Party City, and ShinDigz can be great places to purchase Halloween decorations, plates, plastic silverware, snack bowls, and napkins. Party supply stores offer Halloween decorations at almost half the price of regular stores such as Wal-Mart or K-Mart. You'll find that you can usually get the best deal on Halloween party supplies online, but you may also have a few party favor stores in your hometown. Check these out first before spending more at retail stores. Many of these online party supply stores even have great Halloween costumes for discount prices so you can get all your shopping for the Halloween party done in one place. You can even find great Halloween decorations at Dollar Stores. See resource list below for links to cheap party supply stores.

Make creative and fun Halloween decorations yourself. You can save a lot of money on your Halloween party by making Halloween decorations on your own. There are many online craft sites that offer creative ideas for making Halloween decorations and even costumes. Or, you can look into any craft store to find neat ideas for Halloween decorations. Wal-Mart also have a large craft department filled with fun creations that can be used for a Halloween party theme. Come up with your own ideas for Halloween decorations or enlist the help of friends and family to create Halloween supplies for the party with you. You'll be surprise at how many different ideas you get when you all put your heads together. For some great arts and crafts websites on making Halloween decorations, check out the resource list below for links. Many of these sites even offer delicious and easy Halloween snack recipes!

To save even more money on your Halloween party, ask each guest to bring a dish to pass. Feeding guests will be a cinch if you ask all your guests to make something to bring to the Halloween party. You can even request this on the Halloween party invitations. Most guests won't mind making foods to bring and even enjoy doing this. Ask others to chip in can save you a lot of money on food for your Halloween party. You could make this really fun and ask everyone to name their dish after a Halloween theme or object such as ‘The Witch's Brew", "Graveyard Soup", or "Ghostly Cupcakes". This can be a lot of fun especially if someone names a dish that you don't recognize the food and you have to guess what it is they brought. Get creative when having guests bring food to your Halloween party. You can really have a lot of fun with this and make guests feel better about bringing a dish at the same time.

If guests want alcohol at your Halloween party ask them to BYOB (Bring Your Own Beer). Buying alcohol for all your guests can get very costly. Asking guest to BYOB is the best way to save money on booze that people may want to drink at your Halloween party. It is not impolite to ask guest to BYOB to a Halloween party or any party. Alcohol is usually not a definitely beverage at parties anyway. All you really need to provide for guests is a few non-alcoholic drinks such as water, pop, Kool-Aid, or other types of regular beverages. If Halloween guests want beer, liquor, or wine, they really should bring their own so that the host is not stuck with a large bill. Most guests don't mind bringing their own alcohol and usually understand that they need to do so anyhow. No guest at your Halloween party would ever expect you to purchase and supply them with alcohol unless you stated this on the Halloween party invitation. If, however, you do want to supply guests with alcohol, try purchasing a keg of beer or cases of wine coolers for cheaper alcoholic drinks and savings for you