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How to Plan a Ghoulishly Good Halloween Party!

HALLOWEEN PARTY INVITATIONS

So many choices, so little time! You can buy some really rad invitations for your Halloween party at just about any retail store. If you opt to make your own, try Mummy’s creative recipe.

Mummy’s Creative Invitations

You will need:

white or off-white construction paper

scissors

pencil

a flat mummy pattern – or if you’re talented you can free-hand the mummy

white sheet, gauze, or muslin torn into approximately 2-inch strips

glue gun or glue sticks

assorted crayons

a Halloween verse that you’ve either copied or self-created

tiny round googly eyes

your address book

envelopes

stamps

Fold one sheet of the construction paper together and lay your mummy pattern on the sheet. Trace the mummy. When you cut the pattern out, leave one side uncut so that when you are finished, you’ve created a folding mummy invitation.

Next, wrap one side of the mummy with your torn strips. Gauze (the kind that you use for first-aid purposes) generally works best. If you can manage to wrap your mummy without using your glue stick, you are fabulous! Otherwise, attach the gauze with the glue stick, cutting strips to fit your mummy if necessary. Attach eyes with dots of glue, or you can draw them on your Mummy Invitation.

Pen your Halloween verse using crayons. You can make up your own or capture it from a book, or from another Halloween invitation. If you use this method, make it your pattern and create a mirror verse. The last thing you need is to be sued for plagiarizing Halloween verses.

Be sure to include the following on your Mummy Invitation:

witch date (party date)

howling time (time party begins)

tomb closing (time party ends – or they might just stay all night!)

party theme, if applicable

where the party will be held

if accommodations for children will be provided

include the r.s.v.p. option date so you’ll know how many guests to plan for

any other pertinent information your guests might need

You may want to sign onto your computer and visit www.mapquest.com to create and print out directions to your house. You can also shrink the map and paste it on the back of your Mummy Invitations.

Finally, address and mail. Be sure to mail out early so people can plan for your scary event!

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