Are you planning to throw a truly spooky Halloween party, but the planning itself is starting to feel a bit scary? It is quite understandable. Halloween is one night but the list of things you need can feel endless. And then what? Most of it sits in your cupboard for the rest of the year or ends up in the bin.
There’s a better way. SHARE Oxford’s Library of Things has everything you need for a Halloween party, and you can hire it instead of buying it.
Here are five things you can hire from SHARE Oxford’s Library of Things instead and put the money you save towards the party itself.
Decor
1. Disco Lights
You can’t have a spooky party with a normal ceiling light. Disco lights transform a room in seconds. You can set them to purple, green, or red and your living room instantly becomes a party venue. You can even create a haunted disco, or a creepy colour wash for the whole room.
2. Bubble Machine
This is the underrated hero of a Halloween party. Paired with disco lights, bubbles look like fog. On their own, they’re pure joy for kids. Either way, they make the party feel like an event. It’s instant atmosphere with zero effort.
3. Gazebo
A gazebo is a must-have of an outdoor Halloween party. It gives you shelter, and it instantly defines a space. But it can be so much more than just a rain cover. You can turn the gazebo into a haunted house. Hang fake cobwebs from the roof beams. Use disco lights inside to create an eerie, shifting glow.
You can also turn it into the ‘Witch Kitchen’/ Food Station. Set up a food table inside the gazebo to serve drinks, snacks, or a potluck buffet. Drape the roof with fake vines, hang plastic spiders, and label the tables with spooky signs. Your friends would love to try out the ‘Eyeball soup’ or ‘Spider cookies’ in the Witch’s Kitchen.
Multimedia
1. Projector
Best for creating an instant Halloween atmosphere. Project spooky films onto a wall, project ghosts and cobwebs onto your windows, or create a haunted house effect on your garden fence. You can practically turn any surface into a screen. Or you can screen your favorite scary movie for your friends. It’s always more fun to experience jump scares with your mates.
2. Speakers
A hired speaker is the easiest way to change the entire mood of a party. It’s small, powerful, and does all the heavy lifting for you. You can play the sounds of creaking doors, howling wind, owls, or distant thunder on loop in the background.
Be a Halloween DJ and play your Monster Mashup playlist. What’s more, some speakers come with microphones too for properly scary karaoke.
Food
1. Popcorn Machine
Have you ever tried creating Halloween-themed popcorn snacks like Popcorn Spiders, or little red Popcorn Brains, or turning popcorn balls into little Popcorn Pumpkins? Whether you’re throwing a Halloween dance party or a scary movie night, popcorn snacks are the easiest ones with great potential to go creative with.
2. Candy floss Machine
Turn sugar into clouds, or spider webs, or perhaps a sweet little ghost. You can mix a little cinnamon and nutmeg into the sugar before spinning and your candy floss will turn out tasting like autumn.
Our Library of Things includes a professional candy floss maker, perfect for parties and it works with any type of sugar. We have some ghoulish colours in stock if required!
3. Reusable plates, glasses and extra cooking kit
This is a good practical one to save money and waste. A Halloween party with 20 guests means 20 plates, 20 cups, and 20 sets of cutlery, and if you buy disposable, it all goes in the bin. As well as high quality reusable tableware, we also have hobs, saucepans, rice cooker, mixers, juicers and more if you’re cooking for guests.
Other Items
There are a number of other things you might like to hire from our library, for instance;
- Wheel barrow as a party prop
- Fairy lights for a fairytale party
- Pompom maker tool for making little spiders or pumpkins with yarn
- Cake tins for making a gooey green cake for Halloween
- DIY tools to help with an elaborate costume
- Garden Fork as a costume prop, because why not?
- Games and activities for your party
- Foldable tables
- Buckets
Halloween is supposed to be scary. The cost doesn’t have to be. Hire what you need, return it after, and skip the post-Halloween clutter. Hiring makes parties sustainable without compromising on the fun!
Browse the Library of Things and get creative!