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Plus Halloween party ideas for girls! Here are our favourite Halloween party ideas for a birthday in October, from cute Halloween birthday puns for a birthday on Halloween, to best spooky birthday party themes, decor and party favour ideas and Halloween party activities ideas - we hope you enjoy!
Spooky Halloween birthday themes for girls
1. A 'cider'd to turn [age]
A really cute pun that everyone will love!
2. Our little pumpkin is turning [age]
This will never not be super cute!
3. A pumpkin Cinderella theme
Make use of the seasonal produce with this fairytale theme! You could even theme it 'bippity boppity two!' for a second birthday theme - and center it around the fairy godmother scene in Cinderella - think pumpkins and sparkles and cute bow party touches!
4. A Harry Potter party theme
Or wizards and warlocks as a twist! This is great for a party near Halloween time. Capture all the fun and spooky vibes within this fall perfect theme!
5. A black cat or kitten theme
A spooky sweet theme for an animal lover, why not try a cute cat birthday party theme for your recipient!
6. A 'Happy Boo-day' theme
This spooky theme would be great for an October month birthday!
7. A Hobbit or Elven themed party
An amazing and creative nature themed birthday party theme you can have so much fun with! You could even set up a hobbit dress code, or create a hobbit home shaped birthday cake, plus some rustic style party decor touches and some signs written in cool Elven style calligraphy. For an Elven theme, try a paper 'Elven crown' decorating activity, that guests can wear afterwards!
8. A Wednesday themed party
This theme fits spooky season and would be great for fans of Halloween, all things spooky, or the TV show! You could create a cute banner saying 'party like it's Wednesday' and even reuse some spooky Halloween decor to create an eerie ambience and fit the theme.
9. A Chapter [age] theme
A book theme would be so cute for this season and is a cosy theme to choose! If your little one is in to reading, they will love this and you can make it as spooky as you like!
10. Our cutie pie is turning [age]
You could try a picnic style setup for this sweet pie birthday party theme - or go all out with cute gingham party accessories and accents - plus serve some mini pies with different fillings!
11. A Spooky One theme
This irresistable theme is just right for a fall first birthday!
12. A deer little One theme
A deer theme would be so cute for a first birthday and represents a popular Halloween costume choice for little ones! Think woodland forest party decor, some cute rustic accents and ombre neutral balloons.
13. One for the spellbooks theme
A cute storybook theme for a 1st birthday!
14. A 'How to train your Drag-one' theme
A dragon theme would be so much fun! It fits perfectly into the season too, with warm and cinnamon spiced party treats, warm jewel toned party decor and cute rustic touches.
15. A little boo is turning Two
A cute 2nd birthday theme that perfectly references the season!
16. A Too Whit Two owl theme
This nature inspired theme would be so cute for autumn or fall! Try lots of forest foliage party decor and even an owl mask painting or decorating activity - you could even try face painting if it's ok for guests!
17. Night at the Twoseum theme
If your recipient likes dinosaurs they will love this theme! It would also work so well for fall - you could put on a shadow puppet display, create separate party displays around each dinosaur for guests to explore and try some dino themed sensory activities, such as a slime or playdough area and fun excavation activity!
18. A 'Camp Arc-three-ologist' theme
You could try a fun archeologist inspired excavation activity for guests to try - even work in a scavenger hunt with secret clues they have to uncover - what is more spooky than examining bones?
19. A 'three-witched' theme
For a birthday around Halloween time, this would be a super sweet punny theme to try!
20. A 'pumpkin spice and ev-three-thing nice' theme
A 3rd birthday theme that would perfectly match the season.
21. 'Three-ler Night'
Pay homage to the song with this spooky and charming theme!
22. Into the fourest party theme
A spooky woodland or fall forest theme! You could decorate with autumn foliage style party decor, design a scavenger hunt with motifs of woodland animals and serve mini chocolate logs as party treats.
23. A Pumpkin Apple Five theme
Pay homage to the ultimate fall flavour with this punny theme! You could even create a cafe setup serving waffles with all the fall toppings, plus a milkshake/freakshake/sundae stall!
24. Five nights at [name]'s
Your recipient may be too young for the actual movie... but it's a fun play on words for a spooky party!
25. A six-tacular theme
You could opt for a spooky vampire theme with this cute pun for a 6th birthday!
26. A Spooky Seventure theme
A really cute adventure and nature inspired theme - try creating a mountainous party backdrop from cardstock or thick paper, then add cute rustic party accents, like rustic log slices to serve party treats and flannel napkins! You could even try a Winnie the Pooh theme, so cute.
27. A fete for eight party theme
A great excuse to throw a fun retro backyard fair themed bash - include spooky clowns at your own peril!
28. A nine-chilling party
Turning nine has never felt so spooky!
29. A skele-ten theme
Girls turning double digits can still enjoy a punny theme for fall with this fun and spooky theme!
Best Girls Halloween Birthday Party ideas
1. Play a decorate a witch's hat party game
Give each guest their own witch's hat to decorate and wear! You could even make these from thick paper or cardstock, using a template - a really cool and creative party activity that guests of all ages will love!

Witch hat making template ππ»
2. A funny costume dressup party game
Gather together a whole bunch of dressing up clothes and items, then set up a fun timed party game where players are given characters to dress up as - such as a princess, a bat or a ghost - and have to use whatever items they can find to create their look! As a fun twist, you could turn it in to a scavenger hunt, where guests have to search to find the dressing up items.
3. Make some special spooky potion drinks
These look amazing and are mesmerising for guests of all ages! Try creating these amazing shimmering spooky candyfloss mocktails that guests of all ages will adore! They really do look magical, even double as pretty decor and younger guests will adore discovering candy floss or cotton candy, as it dissolves so quickly and is so much fun to pull apart.
To make them, just pop a good amount of pink/purple/blue cotton candy in your glasses or flutes, then a sprinkle of edible shimmer in each one - then pour purple drink, such as soda, on top of the candyfloss to make it dissolve, so beautiful to watch and so much fun for your younger guests - and your older guests! You could even add some edible flowers or toppers to drinks to make them extra pretty!
4. Tie spooky ribbons around the base of drinks for guests
Make them violet purple or black for a sophisticated spooky look!
5. Try a spooky picnic basket party table centerpiece
Try checking thrift stores to see if they have one in your area - or you might even be able to rent one. Tie some pretty orange, rust coloured or cream coloured ribbons to the handles to make a super cute party table centerpiece! You could fill it with magical themed party treats and create a magical display.
6. DIY a spooky themed cupcake pullapart
To make this, you will need a whole set of un iced, plain cupcakes, along with some icing in a few different colours to decorate with. Choose your favourite fall design, then arrange your cupcakes in your chosen formation and layer the frosting all over the top of them, like joining the dots, icing them to create one whole shape. Then decorate and add the finer details to bring the design to life!
7. Some cute picnic basket party favour boxes ππ»

These are so cute for guests and also come in printable template form, meaning you can use to print and make as many as you need!
8. DIY some fall oat or flapjack squares for party favours
For super cute and low cost party favours, bake a sheet of sweet oat bars (called flapjack here in UK), divide in to squares and package up with a bow. These look adorable, are perfect for all ages and are super low cost and easy to make too!
9. Make some handkerchief bundle party favours
You could wrap party favours in handkerchiefs, then knot them onto sticks and twigs to make mini 'bindle' shaped favours - then attach little labels saying 'it's dangerous to go alone, take this' - a fun video game reference - guests will absolutely love!
10. Try a jumbo fall themed party table activity ππ»
11. Set up a popcorn stall
This would go perfectly with the theme - arrange all kinds of flavours such as brown sugar and cinnamon, toffee or caramel, or chocolate flavour - you could even create a fun chalkboard sign showing guests the best combinations of flavours and toppings!
12. Set up a spooky movie night
Older kids will love this!
13. DIY some candy corn coloured popcorn cones
For party favours! These are easy to make, yet look so striking and make wonderful cheap party favours ideas for guests. Make separate sets of orange and yellow popcorn by using orange or red and yellow food colouring along with corn syrup and butter (follow this recipe here!)
Keep one set of popcorn uncoloured, then fill a clear bag with layers of orange, then yellow then uncoloured (or even use mini marshmallows for the white layer!) to resemble the colours of candy corn. Guests will adore the novelty and you could even add some edible glitter to make it extra magical! You could make little popcorn parcels as party favours for guests to take home, super cheap, easy and affordable!
14. Serve some pumpkin pie fluff party dip ππ»

It looks as good as it tastes and matches the theme so well! For younger guests, just swap out any pecans in the recipe for twix or cookie pieces.
15. DIY a display of soft pretzel party favours
Use a doughnut wall or similar peg wall or board to display jumbo soft pretzels that guests can take home as party favours! This will double as cute decor - tie each with a pretty bow to create a beautiful display that guests will love.
16. Try a fall themed welcome party sign
17. Set up a mushroom gathering game
This would be so cute for a woodland theme - or you could try apple gathering! Set up a scavenger hunt where guests have to locate all the colourful 'mushrooms' - to make these, cut out a mushroom shape from cardstock or cardboard, then selotape a small prize to the back of each one and paint the front to look like a mushroom (or alternatively, wrap in colourful paper, sealing the prize inside)
18. Some personalised edible toppers for drinks ππ»

This is such a fun party touch for drinks and party treats that guests will love! These are also edible - you can even get autumn and fall inspired designs.

Edible wafer pumpkin shaped drinks toppers ππ»

Edible wafer pink pumpkin shaped drinks toppers ππ»
19. Throw a cinnamon bun making party activity
This makes such a fun party activity for guests and is perfect for the season!
20. Paint a mini pumpkin party game
The perfect creative party game for guests to enjoy! You could let guests choose a mini pumpkin to paint and decorate - and even award a prize for the most colourful, the neatest, the messiest, or most creative!
21. Try some fun gingham party accessories

Orange gingham party muffin cupcake cups ππ»

Pink gingham party muffin cupcake cups ππ»

Orange gingham party favour bags ππ»
22. DIY her a special 'birthday ghoul' sash
This is such a cute idea and will make the birthday girl feel extra special!
23. Set up a hot cocoa stall with all the toppings
Guests will adore being able to make their own loaded hot cocoa, with toppings such as cream, all different marshmallows and sprinkles plus fun toppings to place atop the cream, such as mini soft pretzels, donuts, chocolate dipped jumbo marshmallows and curled chocolate wafers as stirrers!
24. Set up some chalkboard style party signs ππ»
To direct guests to different party zones or areas. A cheap option is to use some black paper or cardstock with some chalk ink pens - or customise these cute printable designs with your chosen text!
25. DIY some cookie decorating kits for favours
These creative party favours are easy and low cost to put together! Bake some spooky sugar cookies, then prepare some small sized or mini piping bags with ready to ice colourful frosting inside. Package them into parcels for guests and voila!
26. Set up a donut wall
So much fun for guests of all ages! This will also serve as cute spooky party decor - try icing each with a cute spooky themed design to fit the theme.
27. Make a doughnut tower cake
The best unique twist on the traditional cake for donut fans! Simply arrange pretty decorated donuts in tower formation, then top with a special jumbo topper - and even some edible spider web cake decors!
28. DIY some mug cake kits for party favours
This is such a fun and cute low cost - or no cost - party favour idea they will love! Mug cakes are the perfect easy comforting dessert they will be able to make on a whim. Create some mug cake mixes (minus the milk or wet ingredient) in different flavours and colours and place each one in its own special cone or zip lock sachet. Your recipient only needs to add the wet ingredient to the mixture and pop it in the microwave to create their mug cake!
29. DIY some chocolate covered Oreos for party favours
These make such cute, easy and low cost party favours and look amazing too! To make these, try melting some batches of white cooking chocolate and mix in a tiny amount of food colouring to each, before encasing them in chocolate in a special tray - layer some chocolate in each of the moulds before gently pressing an Oreo in to each, then carefully cover it with a little more chocolate until the Oreo is completely submerged, then smooth over the top and pop in the fridge to set, once each mould is filled.
You could alternate colours for a colourful selection or even create a cool ombre effect! These would make amazing prizes or party favours!
Chocolate covered Oreo making tray ππ»
Ready made pink Halloween Oreos ππ»
30. A play with spooky coloured play dough or plasticine
This would be a great sensory party activity for younger guests, but guests of all ages will love this too! You could even make some edible playdough, in case any gets eaten, and mix in some edible shimmer to make it extra pretty and sparkly.
31. DIY some spooky candy bark for party favours
Make some super cool candy bark/chocolate slab and add some Halloween candy pieces! This is super easy to make and requires no baking and all you will need is some cooking chocolate or melting chocolate (milk chocolate or white chocolate is fine) and your desired sweets or candy pieces.
You could even change the colour of your candy bark by melting down some white cooking chocolate and stirring in a few very small drops of food colouring. All you need to then is pour in to a mold and decorate with all the cutest sweets and candy of choice, with a sprinkle of edible shimmer or glitter!
Then pop in the fridge to set and break in to pieces when cool, to arrange in a pretty bag and tie with a ribbon! There's so many ways to get creative with this and you could add a sprinkle of freeze dried raspberries or incorporate a swirl of melted milk chocolate to create a pretty pattern. Sprinkle in some jelly sweets and add some popping candy, a must have ingredient, to finish, before setting it to cool!

Jelly creme caramels candy ππ»

Fizzy jelly pumpkins candy ππ»
32. Set up a soft pretzel serving stall
With all the toppings available!
33. DIY some popcorn parcels for party favours
Make this by using a few drops of food colouring along with corn syrup and butter (follow this recipe here!) Guests of all ages will adore the novelty and you could even add some mini marshmallows to make it extra magical! You could print some super cute party tags and attach to each parcel - voila, super cute and cheap party favours!
34. DIY some leaf balloon trails
For helium balloons, why not craft and attach some leaf shapes to the balloon trails to suit the season! You could even attach some black and white photos of your recipient when they were younger on to the ends of the balloon trails, to show adorable memories of your recipient!
35. A rustic blackboard setup/photo memory wall
So all guests can write, draw and scribble their own messages on it! You could set up a giant rustic style chalkboard canvas that guests can decorate, with photos, drawings and messages! This would make an amazing photo backdrop for the party, for guests to take photos in front of. To create the canvas backdrop for guests to decorate, grab some black paper or cardstock and staple it to a base, such as a wall, fence or giant board made from cardboard. Provide guests with some chalks and liquid chalk markers and let them decorate to their hearts content.
36. Make some fall desserts in miniature form
Turn some tasty traditional fall desserts into finger foods that guests can gobble and go! You could try mini salted caramel cheesecakes, mini cinnamon rolls or mini spiced apple tartlets!
37. Serve some macarons with edible leaf toppers ππ»

Try making a fall themed macaron tower, with macarons decked out in pretty fall hues! You could then layer a sprinkle of realistic edible wafer leaves on top to create a stunning display that guests will love.
38. Serve some Smore themed cupcakes
Always popular with guests of all ages, they are the perfect fusion of smores and cake! Try baking chocolate sponge cupcakes with a graham cracker base, then topping them with marshmallow buttercream frosting and adding chocolate drizzle to finish. You could even sprinkle with some crushed cracker crumbs afterwards!
39. Set up a fall themed cupcake decorating activity
You could make different colours of edible 'paint' with some powdered sugar, water and food colouring and even provide some cute edible sprinkles for guests to top their creations with!
40. Try a spooky mask decorating activity
This would be a great party activity around the time of Halloween!
42. A game of decorate your own fall themed cookies
You could even make it in to a cookie contest!

Pumpkin shaped cookie cutter ππ»
43. Serve some marshmallow skewers
A really fun fall themed party favour idea that guests will love - they will make amazing party favours or prizes and will look great on the party table!
44. A game of guess the fall cupcake
A party game and party food in one! Set up a cupcake pullapart or arrangement, but one cake within the selection has a special fall flavour filled center, for example, a spiced apple filling. Guests have to take it turns to see who can guess the winning cupcake! You could choose any surprise center to hide inside the winning cupcake, just be sure there is nothing chokeable for younger guests.
45. Put together an excavation style game
This is perfect for young and old guests alike! For older guests, you could put together an archeology style setup, where prizes could be hidden within plaster of paris and guests have to excavate to find them. For younger guests, you could try sand, or even edible 'soil' (chocolate cake crumbs!) and they have to eat their way to the prizes!
46. Set up a cute pie station or stall
This would be so cute for the season!
47. Set up some races and county fair style games
This is great for an outdoor fall party! You could try a sack race, an egg and spoon race or beanbag throw.
48. DIY some mini smore kits for favours
These make great party favours and are low cost too!
49. Serve some candy apples
Or toffee apples! This fall speciality would be great to serve as party favours for guests, or you could even set up a toffee apple stall to delight guests - complete with different kinds of toppings! You could even make some pink chocolate candy apples and tie with a bow for your recipient.
50. Serve some salted caramel desserts
This adheres perfectly to the theme and is super popular with guests alike!
51. Serve some Harry Potter inspired Butterbeer
For fun party drinks!
52. Throw a fall themed picnic party
With all the trimmings! Young guests will enjoy the novelty of floor seating, with cushions or mats - you could even try a gingham picnic blanket.
53. Set up a fun 'potions workshop'
So much fun for guests, you could use some kid safe materials such as popping candy, fizzing bath salts and foaming bath bombs - or even a slime making activity - just be sure to supervise guests and keep out of the way of very young guests, so they don't eat any of the 'potion ingredients'!
54. Serve some spooky themed cotton candy
Or candyfloss! You could hire a cotton candy machine for this and try different spooky colours, such as orange and purple spun sugar - you could even decorate and accessorize with edible shimmer or glitter plus mini edible wafer spiders or purple wafer flowers, so cool!
55. Try some autumn and fall themed printable party games

Massive fall printable party games assortment ππ»

Autumn fall candy corn guessing party game ππ»

What's your fall name printable party game ππ»

'Who knows the birthday girl best' fall edition party game ππ»

Autumn emoji pictionary printable party game ππ»
56. Get out some 'spider web' silly string
You could even play a game of hide and seek silly string - just be sure to pop it on the invitation for guests and parents to be aware beforehand!
57. Leaf crowns as party favours for guests
A really fun fall themed party favour idea that guests will love and can keep as a memento and reminder of the event. You could arrange them atop each guest's party plate so they can wear them while sat at the party table!
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