How to Hold a College Halloween Party in Your Dorm

Believe it or not, the dorms are the best place to hold an amazing college Halloween party! Free from the constraints of curfew and pesky adults telling you to put all the Halloween candy in the freezer (so they can go eat it when you're not around!), college Halloween parties allow you to take a break from the stress of your midterms and let loose with your friends. These Halloween party ideas will help you plan the best college Halloween party at your entire school!

Decorations

If you are a Resident Assistant looking for a fun bonding activity for your wing, try having a college Halloween party a full week before the holiday-host a Halloween themed dorm decorations party! You can turn this into a contest to see who can make the scariest dorm decorations. Or if you prefer, have the students make funny Halloween dorm decorations. You could get other wings from your dorm in on the fun and have a competition for the best Halloween dorm decorations in the entire residence hall! Or have each residence hall put up dorm decorations and compete for the "Most Halloweeny Dorm!"

What if your wing is not in the Halloween spirit and doesn't feel like putting up festive dorm decorations? No worries, you can just get your own dorm decorations and put them up in your room. Glow in the dark window clings make great dorm decorations for college Halloween parties because they can cast an eerie glow while you tell scary stories in the dark..and they'll serve as dorm decorations for everyone outside to see as well!

Other great dorm decorations for college Halloween parties are plastic spiders and fake spider webs, cardboard tombstones, caution tape, scary masks, a witch's hat or a plastic cauldron (which can double as a place to store Halloween Treats such as candy corn!)

Halloween Treats

No college Halloween party is complete without Halloween treats! The easiest way to serve Halloween treats at college Halloween parties is to buy several bags of fun-size bars and pour them into large containers. But if you want more original Halloween treats at your college Halloween party, you can try serving caramel apples, candy corn, popcorn balls, Halloween themed cupcakes (such as graveyard cupcakes), gummy worms, or even have your college Halloween party guests bob for apples! Or, if it all else fails, do what you always do in a pinch and order pizza.

College Halloween Party Entertainment Ideas

-Hold a College Halloween Party costume contest! If you're a resident assistant, have the entire wing compete, or get the whole dorm in on it! Give awards for scariest costume, funniest costume, strangest costume and most creative costume.

-Tell ghost stories. This can keep your college Halloween party guests entertained for hours! Turn out the lights, pass a flashlight around the circle, and try to spook each other out!

-Have a Halloween dance! This is best done in a dorm basement filled with Halloween dorm decorations. Play songs like the "Monster Mash," "Thriller" or favorite songs from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Dancing in costumes at college Halloween parties is the ultimate form of stress relief.

-Watch scary movies...or really bad horror flicks that are supposed to be funny but are just pathetic, like the movie Halloween. You could have a sleepover in your room and watch Halloween movies as you drift off to sleep. Or maybe they'll be so frightening that your college Halloween party will last long into the night.

-One of the best kept secrets of college Halloween parties is how much time is spent playing Halloween
pranks. If your college Halloween party is running off steam, add some excitement by spooking some of the other students in the dorm. Or toilet paper someone who lives off campus. Just don't get caught (of course, they'll probably be so wasted, they won't remember what happened).

Whatever you decide to do at your college Halloween party, be sure to infuse as much Halloween spirit as possible! Even if you have few dorm decorations and are too poor to buy Halloween treats, you can make the most simple college Halloween party fun with your own enthusiasm. Because college Halloween parties are all about letting go and enjoying Halloween!