Halloween is the holiday to be silly, creative and a little spooky. Halloween parties reconnect you with friends and family while allowing you to demonstrate your awesome costume-making skills. Get on your friends’ "best party" lists and use PayIt2 to make it all come together.

1. Costume Contest

Embrace your friends’ Halloween spirit by awarding the cleverest, scariest and best overall costume. Collect an entry fee on PayIt2 and use the funds for prize money. Give all your guests an anonymous vote so everyone gets to participate, even if they don’t show up in a mask or makeup.

2. Have a Theme

Themes keep your guests interested. Kids enjoy simple concepts, like animals or pirates, especially when they get to dress up as kittens or puppies or wear an eye patch. Adults enjoy zombies, mad scientists, a masquerade ball or a Clue theme. To avoid having 10 Mrs. Peacocks, use PayIt2 to keep track of each guest’s character.

3. Bob for Apples

This classic game is fun for adults and kids. You risk a water fight when guests head dive into a tub of water, so you could play it safe by hanging apples from trees in the backyard. Give a gift basket to the person who gets the most fruit in the least amount of time. All players keep their bitten apples!

4. Serve Scary Food

Even your mom could go for a glass of slime now and then. It’s a simple recipe of pineapple, limeade and green vitamin water, with a gummy worm on the rim. Experiment with freezing colored liquids, like blue and red sports drinks. You can use the ice cubes to create "yucky" Halloween drinks great for kids.

5. ‘Blair Witch’ Confessionals

Celebrate a classic horror film by taping your own "Blair Witch"-style confessionals. Pass around a smartphone or tablet and ask your guests to reveal a bit of everyday anxiety in a minute or less. Keep it upbeat and comical so everyone can have a good "scary" laugh when you play all the videos during the party.

6. Spooky Décor

Sometimes the eeriest Halloween decorations are the simplest. Use jack-o’-lanterns to light the pathway up to your home and place a well-dressed skeleton or zombie in the bushes for your guests to glimpse out of the corners of their eyes.

You don’t have to do it all yourself. Many guests are happy to chip in to help you with preparation and to cover costs, so you can have fun and enjoy being together. PayIt2 makes it easy and efficient to divide the expenses and labor. Get started now or schedule a demo to learn more about how PayIt2 can work for you.

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