Halloween Dinner Party Menu
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Halloween Dinner Party Menu
Next up in the planning of my ‘Better Late Than Never’ Halloween Dinner Party was the menu. Not just designing the physical menu itself, but also what dishes to prepare…decisions, decisions!
After searching through my folder of recipes that I’ve collected over the years, through Halloween magazines that I bought in the USA this summer and online, I finally decided on the following dishes:
- Baked Mummies (sausages wrapped in puff pastry)
- Bloody Mary Soup (spicy tomato soup)
- Cheesy Cornbread
- Ghoul-ash (beef stew)
- Spooky Spuds (mashed potatoes)
- Poisoned Peas (mushy peas)
- Pumpkin Pie Crème Brûlée
I also wanted to use up some of the pumpkin flesh that was the by-product of making Jack-o-Lanterns, so I baked a pumpkin cake and some pumpkin cookies.
I designed a menu for my guests…you’ll notice some familiarity with it!
I liked the layout of my invitation so much that I decided to use the same template for the menu as well – just changing a couple of elements.
Again, using PSPX2 and having saved my invitation layout in layers, I switched out the text and changed it to the food list (using the same Black Knight FLF font as before). I also re-sized and duplicated the Jack face to fit either side of the menu title.
After printing off and cutting it out, I mounted the menu onto some black card which I cut around with decorative-edged scissors.
I then mounted that onto some orange card which was cut with regular scissors.
I’m terrible for not measuring things out exactly and tend to cut by eye, so if they’re a bit irregular..ah well!
And here’s how they looked when placed on the dinner table.
Printable Halloween Escape Rooms
Escape Rooms have exploded in popularity over the past few years, but why not bring the experience to your home this Halloween with a printable Escape Room? The games can be printed and set up in just 20 minutes, so you can enjoy the fun.
Halloween Party Game Ideas!
We love the kits from Lock Paper Scissors, and with their Spooktacular Big Escape Room Halloween Box, which contains 4 different bone-chilling kits, you can save BIG!
In fact, at just $49, you save 60% – that’s a discount of $76, to be precise. Amazing value!
The four kits included in the box are (which you can buy individually if you prefer):
- Envy Murder Mystery: A 1920’s Gatsby-style murder mystery game of debaucherous luxury and deadly feuds.
- Lost Mummy: Get ready to unearth Egypt’s ancient secrets as your crew investigates the mystery of the Lost Mummy.
- Rebel Revolt Spy Mission: Your crew of specialists must be vigilant if they hope to break into the evil government’s W.A.R. facility.
- Escape Room Z: The living dead are about to invade your living room. What do they want? Your pizza, of course!
The post is part of the Crafty October series on The Purple Pumpkin Blog. Check out Crafty October from 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012 for awesome Halloween ideas and inspiration; including recipes, printables, crafts, and more!