Whether you want to throw a huge Halloween bash or host a cozy gathering with just a few of your favorite people, check out these six unbelievably fun party themes to celebrate in spooktacular style.

6 Themed Halloween Party Ideas + Invites

Halloween has the potential to be the most unforgettable night of the year - and you can do your part to make it memorable with one of these devilishly fun theme parties:

A Monster Mash featuring classic Halloween monsters
Superheroes, where everyone dresses up as a savior or villain
Horror movies, which requires everyone to dress up as a famed horror character
The Great Gatsby/Roaring 20’s (and you can draw names to see who dresses as which character)
A pirate-themed party where you summon your mates to dress the part
An alien-themed party where guests can create their own approximation of what life on other worlds looks like

After you settle on a theme, you'll need matching Halloween party invitations - but first, get a closer look at each of these theme parties.

Mixin' it Up at a Monster Mash

Classic Halloween monsters are the name of the game at a Monster Mash party. Ask your ghoul-friends (and guy friends) to dress up as anyone - or anything - they'd like for this year's festivities by using a customized costume party invitation.

Set the tone for the party by putting punch in a cauldron, offering ghost-shaped cookies and other delightfully designed treats, and decorating with plenty of cobwebs and other traditionally spooky decor. If it's a kids' party, set aside activity tables for slime-making and pumpkin decorating, and consider letting kids bob for apples for some classic fun.

Saving the Day With a Superheroes Halloween Party

Invite your guests to impersonate their favorite superheroes or supervillains at a superhero-themed Halloween party. It's the one time of year that both sides can eat, drink and be merry together.

Create a superhero "power-up station" featuring goodies like green rock candy labeled as kryptonite, a fruit tray designed like Captain America's shield (blueberries, marshmallows, and strawberries), and other superhero-themed snacks, such as Thor's hammer cupcakes (just stick a small pretzel rod into a marshmallow to create fun cupcake toppers).

Pro Tip: You can choose a specific lineup of superheroes, such as those from certain comic books, or let your guests decide and be surprised on the big day.

Throwing a Frightfully Fun Horror Movie Halloween Party

Ask your guests to dress up as their favorite horror movie characters from any era to have a terrifyingly good time at this year's bash. Whether they choose classic Hollywood characters like Frankenstein or Dracula or go over-the-top with Freddy Krueger, Hannibal Lecter or even Norman Bates, you can choose movie-themed decor to make your party even more memorable. Consider adding a large movie-reel frame for a photo booth, clapperboards with various movie titles, red-striped popcorn bags and a DIY Walk of Fame with major characters' names.

Making Memories With a Great Gatsby Halloween Party

Plunge your guests into luxury with a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party by asking them to dress to impress as Jay, Daisy, Nick, Tom, Jordan, Myrtle or Meyer - or someone else. Set the tone with an elegant Halloween cocktail party invitation (or design your own) and create a jazz-era environment by using beautiful string lights, pearl-draped accessories and a photo booth with props such as top hats, moustaches, pearl necklaces and gold-painted photo frames.

Pro Tip: Offer Gatsby cocktails, which are made with grapefruit juice, vodka and lillet blanc, then garnished with an orange slice and served in a rocks glass. Vary your menu by also offering gin rickeys, which was reportedly F. Scott Fitzgerald's favorite cocktail; all you need is 2 ounces of gin, a half lime and club soda. Pour gin over a full Collins glass of ice, squeeze the lime into the glass (then drop in the shell), and top it all with soda water.

Having a Swashbuckling Good Time With a Pirate-Themed Party

Invite your favorite scallywags over for family-friendly Halloween fun with a pirate-themed party. (Check out this charmingly spooky invitation, which you can customize with text like "Bring your booty to the Johnstons' house.") Offer plenty of privateer-friendly booty, such as gold-coin chocolates spilling from a treasure chest, fresh fruit trays to ward off scurvy, quicksand dip made from hummus, and pretzels dipped in white chocolate labeled as skeleton bones.

To batten down the hatches and create the perfect pirate party scene, drape your tables in torn black cheesecloth, use treasure maps as placemats, and create a photo booth area with swords, eye patches, and pirate flags as props.

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Creating Out-of-This-World Fun With an Alien-Themed Halloween Party

Ask your favorite sky-watchers to swing by dressed as aliens - any kind from any planet - to have an out-of-this-world party that everyone will remember. Add the details to a customizable Halloween invitation and then start planning. Encircle your plates with bendable glow sticks and hang balloon planets from the ceiling to set the mood, and set up a photo booth in front of a black backdrop decorated with glow-in-the-dark UFOs and stars.

Pro Tip: Kids love fun activities like planet ring tosses (where they have to throw a ring around a balloon) and intergalactic scavenger hunts that involve treasures like alien figurines, astronaut ice cream, and "space rocks."

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Themed Halloween Party Tips

Check out these 5 themed Halloween party tips to make sure yours is unforgettable:
Always set up a photo booth area, and ask guests to send you the pictures they take. You can also ask them to add a hashtag if they post them on social media so you can easily retrieve them for a photo book later.
Greet guests at the door, even if you're busy (and even if they arrive late).
Consider gifting guests with party favors that match your party's theme.
Set a start and end time for your party, and print it on your invitation - that way, there's no confusion about when to wrap things up.
Organize your photos and create a Halloween photo book as soon as possible after the party.

Have You Thrown a Themed Halloween Party?

If you've put together a themed Halloween party in the past, we'd love to hear about it. Share your best pics with us on Instagram (we're @Mixbook) so you can inspire others to create unforgettable parties!