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Step 1
Write your invitations as though Van Helsing, the famous vampire hunter (made renown in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula), were inviting them to a gathering and is currently recruiting volunteers. Make sure that he ‘signs’ each invitation as well. This kind of invitation is ideal for parties with a vampire hunt activity planned for the party.
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Step 2
For fun (especially if the invites will be handed out versus mailed) include a Transylvanian address on your envelopes.
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Step 3
Finer stationary stores sell elegant sealing wax along with a myriad of different seals. You can either choose a letter for the last name of the host/hostess or of the ‘head vampire’ hosting the party. Additionally, they have designs such as regal lions and medieval shields. Before sealing your first envelope, you might want to practice first on a piece of paper – sometimes the drip of wax takes with it a small flame (which you should be ready to blow out immediately.) Also, make sure that your invitation fold is securely flat so that the seal can take (don’t let the flap come up even a little or the wax won’t seal the invitation.)
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Step 4
If particularly ambitious, be creative on how you DELIVER the invitation. Have someone dressed up as a vampire, Van Helsing or a Transylvanian villager hand deliver the invitation or announcement.
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Step 5
For something over the top, DON’T tell your guests where the party will be held…but rather, give them instructions to meet someone at a specific time near the party’s location who will ‘give them further instructions.’ It could be a vampire waiting for them or Van Helsing himself. Be creative in where you station the volunteer who will then relay the secret party information to the party guests – on the top of a tall local building, in a darker (but safe) alley, etc. Before your guests even arrive, they will have already been on a mini adventure!
