Halloween prizes

[Spookyboo]

Hi! I am planning my annual Halloween Party and I thought I would ask the members What kinds of prizes they give out and or what was the best gift you got at a party. Thanks!

[Haunted Bayou]

Are you keeping the prizes Halloween related?

[Hauntiholik]

What are the prizes for? Costumes? Games?

[Spookyboo]

The Prizes are for games that we play, and I usually have some Halloween related give aways but It doesnt have to be all Halloween. I am just trying to come up with some new ideas

[trishaanne]

We have given out prizes for a costume contest and this year will be adding another event for prizes. At our parties, all the kids get a prize and a certificate and a goody bag. The adults get prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, and they include a cheesy horror movie (the kinds that are so bad they're good), 2 of the Halloween wine goblets, a bottle of wine, a box of microwave popcorn, some of the large movie theater size candies--a horror movie date night in a box! I've also given out huge trophies because a friend owns a trophy shop and made them for me free of charge, but then I realized that most people could care less about that, but they all love snacks..lol.

[mysticwitch]

In the past we gave trophies for best costumes--adults & kids. For the kid's games I usually have a prize cauldron filled with all kinds of things from spider rings,Halloween pencils,bubbles, clackers,noisemakers,tablets,fake bugs/rats, stickey body parts----I do not recommend them the kids open them & toss them against the wall & they stain. We usually do a Halloween pinata (more candy ). We also give away the Halloween witch broom for the broomstick limbo. Usually whatever strikes my fancy when I shop.

[Ms. Wicked]

A former neighbor used to give out prizes for games, quizzes, etc.

She picked up dvd's of Horror/Scary movies when she saw them on sale for only a couple of bucks. She had anything from old black and white B movies to things like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Basically, anything that was fell loosely under that genre.

They were great prizes.

[Haunted Bayou]

I like the "date night". I gave that as a secret santa last year it was a bucket of theater popcorn with movies and movie candy in the bucket. That is kind of a large prize.

Big Lots has $3.00 movies.

Candles can be dressed up a bit for halloween. Dark Candles has boxes of votives that are halloween related.

I forgot to ask...kids or adults?

[Spookyboo]

Great ideas so far thanks Haunted Bayou it is for adults but past Halloweens they seem to enjoy the toys as much as the kids lol

[Haunted Bayou]

LOL sounds like you have a fun crowd. You can always go with severed limbs and stuff like that too.

[kprimm]

I give out prizes for the kids and adults. For the kids i try to find halloween related toys, or make up nice halloween candy bags.coloring books, play doh,and have given away halloween dvd's like scooby-doo movies or great pumpkin or garfield halloween, hocus pocus and so on.

For the adults i give out halloween decor and small prop items, like gemmy stuff, or horror related dvd's. ( this year i am giving out a copy of Trick r Treat). I also have given away halloween type games like Boopoly or halloween yhatzee, (this year i have a peanuts great pumpkin yhatzee game).
I really like to keep all prizes halloween related.

I also give out hand made certificates and trophys for all winners and we take pictures of every winner, and they all go into a winners circle photo album, that shows the winners of every event from every year that i have had a halloween party. It all started in 1987. People love trying to win to get thier pictures preserved in the photo book for halloween party history.