Picking a Date for a Teen Halloween Party

Series Summary

Afraid that young Dracula might try to sneak a sip of red wine? Worried that the teen werewolf might have a pack of cigarettes hidden under his fur? Or just imagine the look of horror when a parent finds out you let their kid watch a movie they would have never been allowed to watch at home! Indeed, the scariest part of your Halloween may be the thought of a house full of teenagers. Yet your child really, really wants to throw a party and somehow you gave in. But you didn’t realize quite what you were getting into. Expert Village is here to help, with our free series of video advice on how to host a Halloween party for teens.

Our Halloween expert Matt Cail already has everything planned out for you, from movie and music suggestions to tips on keeping out party crashers. Don’t know when to send out invitations? Not sure what kind of food to serve or what kind of games to play? Wondering how to keep your guests away from dad’s record collection and mom’s china cabinet? Matt has the answer to all of your haunted party questions.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Matt Cail and on behalf of Expert Village I'm here today to show you how to throw a Halloween party for teenagers. So you want to have a Halloween party, well first you have to decide when you're actually going to have the party. There are two schools of thought; on this there's peers who say it's a Halloween party so you got to have the Halloween party on Halloween October 31st. The problem with this though, what if October 31st is on a Wednesday? A lot of your teen friends are not going to be coming over for Wednesday for a couple of hours for milk and cookies. Much better is to have it on a Friday and Saturday even if Halloween itself is not on that day, there's another rule to keep in mind here. November 1st forget about it, Halloweens past so Halloween is on a Thursday you have a problem, you don't want to have your party on Friday November 1st people are weird with a holiday observances, once you go passed it there kind of done with it they moved on. But forward is okay what I would do is you have it on the proceeding Friday or Saturday, this is a nice night people, it's not a school night you don't have to worry or at least your curfew is probably less strict. Try to have your party on the weekend before Friday or Saturday both work equally well."