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I LOVE Halloween party invitations and I sent them out every year we had a party. I agree that getting responses back is difficult but unfortunately society isn't anywhere near as formal as it used to be and so people are very relaxed about responding. I think the invitation sets the standard for the party regardless of what it's for so I tended to go for extreme to set the standard high! I would be afraid that nominating a costume theme might cause more people NOT to dress up. Personally I love seeing what people come up with - we have certainly seen some creative ideas over the years at our parties. We've experienced the opposite where we had never demanded people dress up but it just became the norm and those who didn't were actually the ones who felt out of place. You could try offering prizes for best costumes for girls, boys, men & women. This started to get to a hotly contested part of the evening for us where we had a full on costume parade and voting by clapping & cheering - lots of fun when everyone embraces the night.

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http://merriyank.com/Halloween/2013/2013_Invitation2.jpg

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http://merriyank.com/Halloween/2017/2017Invitationb.JPG

Hopefully that works........

 

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I actually put 5 photos up but can't see them. Does anyone else see them?