Weeks of planning and designing=one fun Nancy Drew Halloween party! This year I had a Nancy Drew Halloween party. The theme was the 21st Nancy Drew book, The Secret in the Old Attic. I tried to recreate the attic on the front porch complete with items mentioned from the book: trunk, wardrobe with skeleton, cobwebs, spiders, old bottles, sheet music, an old table, hat boxes, a Currier & Ives print and so forth. The Nancy Drew silhouette is featured prominently in the front window.
Inside in the dining room, we had tables set up with vintage Halloween party collectibles and lots of goodies. Take a moment to weed through all the photos from our party from the set up of the porch to the end result and the party festivities plus my Old Attic goodies I gave out the next evening on Halloween to all the trick or treaters!
Inside in the dining room, we had tables set up with vintage Halloween party collectibles and lots of goodies. Take a moment to weed through all the photos from our party from the set up of the porch to the end result and the party festivities plus my Old Attic goodies I gave out the next evening on Halloween to all the trick or treaters!
Dede, Gail, and Judy brought me this neat
Halloween/Nancy Drew decorated pail shown above and below:
Halloween/Nancy Drew decorated pail shown above and below:
I made nearly 200 goody bags for the kids featuring Nancy Drew & the Hardy Boys stickers - And ran out of them! Normally we have around 130 to 150 kids, this year over 200! WOW! Or as Nancy's friend George would say, HYPERS!
Older kids got candy, spiders, stretchy skeletons, googly eye rings,
and girls got bookmarks. Hardy Boys Skull Mountain sticker pictured above
and girls got bookmarks. Hardy Boys Skull Mountain sticker pictured above
Inexpensive Jack O' Lantern buckets (great suggestion from Ronda!) lit up with battery operated tea-lights make the perfect lanterns to line your walkway!
Just before dark, the scene becomes more spooky!
This Halloween was lots of fun and using the Old Attic theme was easy to do. The kids squealed and were delighted with the theme and the goody bags. When I was a kid, I loved getting the treat sacks, so I like to do that for the kids at Halloween!
Jenn:)
Jenn:)
9 comments:
That is so cool! You did a fabulous job! I am a HUGE Nancy Drew fan, and still love her and read her as an adult. You created a wonderful atmosphere and congratulations on a job well done!
Thanks Amanda! Check out our Nancy Drew group: http://www.ndsleuths.com
Jenn:)
Your Nan-party is too, too cool for words! I can't wait to share your blog with my daughter, who lives and breathes Miss Drew. Thank you so much. It's wonderful!
Thank you :) Hope she enjoys it!
Jenn:)
What a fabulous idea!! Halloween and Nancy Drew are two of my favourite things - never occurred to me to combine them. Impressive collection too :)
Wow, this is truly impressive... I wish I lived near your house when I was a kid!!!
Thanks, the collection is much bigger than my vintage Halloween collection. I love spooky themes and Nancy Drew was just perfect for this year's decorations.
Jenn:)
You have been busy! It all looks fabulous.
You did a great job! Thanks for sharing with us!!
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