DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Party

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Nightmare Before Christmas Party

Here is how I made my own DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Party. A lot of work went into this DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Party for all my little Nightmares. I settled my party right around Halloween, The perfect time to have a DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Party!

This post will be an overall summary of what went into designing and making the party come to life. If you have questions or want me to go into more detail on specifics, let me know in the comments and I would be happy to make a blog all about it. There will be another post showing where I got everything for the party so you can find it too.

Decorations

Backdrop

my party backdrop was inspired from a post I found on Instagram! they had the most amazing black and white stripes for their party. I wanted to imitate that look for my event too! So to make the look I used black and white streamers from the Dollar Tree. The Banner is from my shop! you can purchase it here! The banner says “This is\n Halloween”. I picked up some floating ghosts from the dollar tree too. Nice and simple for such a great impact.

Party Table

My main party table was so much fun to put together. I found the orange and black stripe table cloth from the dollar section of target. The super cute pumpkin table runner is from party city. I pushed the table all the way up to the backdrop to keep the stripes going. I had a prize table too! this one I decorated with a basic black rectangle table cloth and a round white table cloth from the dollar tree. Right before the party I cut up the round white one to look like a spider web. I love the effect and how it turned out!

Table Decorations

Since my party was a real party this time I kept the table mostly empty to accommodate my guest dishes. My main centerpiece was my Sally Jar luminaries, which I turned into flower vases for the party. You can make your own using this tutorial. Most of my other decorations came from the Dollar Tree. Super simple and on budget. My favorite thing to purchase right now are things that work for multiple holidays. Like my Pumpkin Centerpiece is going to make a splash at my Thanksgiving this year! Since my theme was Nightmare before Christmas I used my printable Christmas gift cupcake liners, which in my opinion turned out amazing! I love how they looked with the bright Halloween frosting. My plates are from Party City’s 25th Nightmare before Christmas party line!

Food

DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Party Menu:

• Halloween Cupcakes! (Publix)
• Caramel Corn (fresh from the farmers market)
• Chips
• Kids Chicken

I wanted to keep this party nice and simple and let my guests get creative with their food. Something fun to plan for your own party is a potluck party with a spooky food prize.

Artwork & Invites:

All the artwork was created by me to show off for this Party Set up and everything is printable and available in my shop or as a bundle on my Etsy.

Alphabet Banner . Cupcake Liners . Cupcake Toppers . Food Tents.

Custom Printable: Invitation & Thank you Card

Fashion

This party fashion was so much fun to plan! To match our Nightmare before Christmas theme my husband and I dressed up as Jack and Sally. For Guine’s second Halloween she is dressing up as what we thing Jack and Sally’s baby would look like!

I found this amazing outfit on wish and customizing it to exactly what I was looking for using a sharpie. The best part of the evening was when Guine first saw Aaron she was like… NO! and she wouldn’t even look at him. Of course he had a bald cap and full make up on. I got all the cuddles. Did you dress your baby up from Nightmare before Christmas? Share your photos with my on Facebook and Instagram! I would love to see and share!

Thank you so much for joining me for my DIY Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween Party. Let me know in the comments if you are planning a Nightmare Before Christmas Party. Did my ideas help you out? I sure hope so! Photos were taken by me.

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