Sat. Oct. 30Nancy Drew Halloween Party
This year, for our Halloween decorations and the annual Nancy Drew Halloween party that I throw, we decided to go with 2 mixed themes. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the classic Nancy Drew book #15, The Haunted Bridge.
The setting for Haunted Bridge is at a mountain resort with a haunted bridge in the woods and this meshed well with the setting for Sleepy Hollow and the frightful ride of Ichabod Crane being chased by the Headless Horseman across the bridge.
I created a 2 page story booklet for the guests with a tale I wrote combining the characters from Haunted Bridge and those of Sleepy Hollow where Nancy Drew and her chums attend a masquerade party with Nancy masquerading as Katrina Van Tassel, her boyfriend Ned Nickerson as Brom Bones, and the pest from Haunted Bridge, Mortimer Bartescue, as Ichabod Crane--and the same fateful ride befell Mortimer as it once did Ichabod.
The setting for Haunted Bridge is at a mountain resort with a haunted bridge in the woods and this meshed well with the setting for Sleepy Hollow and the frightful ride of Ichabod Crane being chased by the Headless Horseman across the bridge.
I created a 2 page story booklet for the guests with a tale I wrote combining the characters from Haunted Bridge and those of Sleepy Hollow where Nancy Drew and her chums attend a masquerade party with Nancy masquerading as Katrina Van Tassel, her boyfriend Ned Nickerson as Brom Bones, and the pest from Haunted Bridge, Mortimer Bartescue, as Ichabod Crane--and the same fateful ride befell Mortimer as it once did Ichabod.
I took the cover of Haunted Bridge and superimposed the Headless Horseman silhouette where the usual "ghost" haunting the bridge is. I set the scene with spooky tree silhouettes on the walls of the porch and a few pumpkins including my Nancy Drew silhouette pumpkins.
A larger scene of trees going up to columns on the edge of the porch and the "haunted bridge" complete with a ghost haunting it at the end.
Spooky Ghost. Brown artist paper was used to make the wood planks, buckets filled with sand held wooden fence posts and rope was stapled between planks.
Mortimer Bartescue/Ichabod Crane's hat and the smashed pumpkin found on the ground near the bridge...
Setting the scene at night--much more spooky!
The Headless Horseman Silhouette
Sleepy Hollow Sign
The gang on the "haunted bridge." 
Short Story to Set the Scene
Goody Bags For All
Pumpkins filled with treats
Tootsie Pop Ghost Suckers
Nancy Drew Cupcake Picks
Costumed in front of the Nancy Drew Collection
The story of Nancy Drew and The Haunted Bridge of the Headless Horseman
The Mystery To Solve
Treats...
Tricks...
The Gift Exchange Table& Gift Exchange Gifts:
Sherry Picked First--Nancy Drew Decoupaged Book
Book with Treats inside
Nancy Drew Haunted House
Nancy Drew Tin
Nancy Drew Journal
Old Attic Journal
Nancy Drew Trunk
Nancy Drew Basket - The Cat Caper
Nancy Drew Treat Jar
More treats!
The Whole Gang
Goody Bags for the Trick or Treaters On Halloween
On Halloween, we had 140 trick or treaters--a bit down from last year. We gave out goody bags to the kids with treats and toys. I loved getting goody bags as a kid so I like to do that each year for the kids. Everyone loved the decorations and the parents took pictures from time to time.
Jenn:)
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ReplyDeleteYour party looked like so much fun!! My good friend and I are hoping to throw our first Halloween party next year!
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