Halloween Divination and Tarot Reading Party

Kipling West's Halloween Tarot, on Amazon

THEME:

Invite five or six friends over for an evening of Halloween fortunetelling.

ACTIVITY:

Serve a yummy meal, then invite guests to join you around your fireplace and in your living room for Halloween tarot readings, divination and fortune telling. Offer dessert and serve tea or coffee about forty minutes before you want the party to end.

DECORATIONS:

Halloween Tealight Holders, on Amazon

Heritage Lace Spooky Halloween Mantel Scarf, on Amazon

Heritage Lace Spooky Trees Curtain, on Amazon

MUSIC:

Daughters of the Celtic Moon CD, on Amazon

Banba, by Clannad, on Amazon

Play something a bit pagan and mournful, and avoid typical "Halloween party favorites" CDs or spooky sounds CDs. Keep it classy.

APPETIZERS:

Mummy Face Pizzas, from Kraft Recipes

Spicy Vampire Bat Wings, from Kraft Recipes

Halloween Blue Cheese Crackers, from Martha Stewart

Pumpkin Cheese Plate, from That's So Michelle

BEVERAGES:

Eyeball Potion, from Kraft Recipes

Shrunken Heads in Cider, by Martha Stewart

ENTREES:

Spooky Spiderweb Pizza Recipe, from Betty Crocker

Haunted Shepherd's Pie, at iVillage

DESSERTS:

Creepy Crawler Cupcakes Recipe, at Williams-Sonoma

Moonstruck Milk Chocolate Bat, on Amazon

Spiderweb Pumpkin Cheesecake, from Kraft Recipes

Misfortune Cookies, from The Decorated Cookie Blog

Trick-or-Treat Cake Pops, from Bakerella

BOOKS FOR PARTY PLANNING:

Beyond Delicious: The Ghost Whisperer's Cookbook: More than 100 Recipes from the Dearly Departed, on Amazon

Guide to the Tarot, on Amazon

RELATED LINKS:

Divination Games for Halloween Parties (Holistic Healing/About.com)

Halloween Rhymes for Divination (Mama Lisa)

Samhain Soothsaying (Ireland/About.com)

Top 10 Flicks and Shows for Witches (The Witch of Howling Creek)

Witch Finger Cupcakes (The Enchanted Oven)

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