How To Throw A Halloween Hoedown So Good You Scare Yourself

PEDESTRIAN.TV has partnered with Krispy Kreme to share some tips on throwing a banging Halloween hoedown at your humble aboOooOOode. Their Krispy Skremes range is perfecto for the spooky season’s celebrations, or for, y’know, trick or treat yo’self consumption at any given point of the day. You can order some for your own shindig by heading HERE.

Halloween‘s hotter than Hansel RN. Like, when most of us were growing up it was kind of a ‘thing’ – but now it’s growing to be a bigger affair than Gretchen Wieners‘ hair. 

Is this a bad thing? HELL NO. ‘Sif anyone would scoff at an opportunity to throw on a costume and act cray-cray. 

If you’re about the holiday, then you might’ve tossed up having your own party to celebrate it. Our advice: DO IT. Your friend’s appreciation of you will reach an all-time high, because there’s nothing worse than fluffing about, trying to figure out decent plans for the night. 
So, now that we’ve decided you’re having yo’self a Halloween hoedown, here’s a few tips on how to pull it off:
 
STOP, HAMMER TIME

We’re adults. Adults consume booze at parties. Adults + booze + potentially space-invasive costumes = damage to your beautiful Kmart homewares. Sure, go right ahead and live in a fantasy world where everyone behaves themselves, but the reality is accidents (and intentional destruction) are bound to happen. 
Go out to Bunnings and grab yourself a hammer. Head home, down that sausage you grabbed at the sizzle, and stand in your front door frame. Next, grab your hammer and hold it out as far as your arm will allow. NOW CAUTIOUSLY SPIN, YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMAN. CAUTIOUSLY SPIN LIKE NOBODY’S WATCHING. Obviously be sure to not harm any objects, yourself of your property in the process.    
By slowly spinning around like a hammer-wielding ballroom dancer, you’ll spot any items that could fall victim to the wrath of a boozy mate. If something was about to be messed up by your hammer, tuck it away for safety. 
This is a common practice suggested for new parents to conduct an initial baby-proofing of their house – anything that could come into contact with the hammer will probs be r3kt by a bay-bay. Yep, we live in a world where baby-proofing your crib doubles as a means to drunk proof it, because people are D U M B. 
DOUGHNUT FORGET TO FEED ‘EM
As we’ve mentioned, adults kinda / sorta drink. Being humans n’all, they also need to eat – a need that’s exacerbated by the aforementioned drinking. In short: you’re going to need to put on quite a spread for your mates.
Rather than piss-farting around in the kitchen for hours when you could be decking out yo’ crib (more on that in a bit), we recommend you go trick or treat yo’self / your guests to these cute AF Krispy Skremes.
Photo: Krispy Kreme Australia. 
The two, drool-inducing snacks pictured above are the MMM…Mummy (ft. raspberry flavoured jam, green truffle icing, white icing bandages + red choc ball eyes) and Spider Web (ft. Original Glazed doughnut, dark choc truffle icing + drizzled with white choc truffle that’s hand crafted to look like a web) doughnuts.
The two below are the aptly named Choc-O-Lantern (ft. frighteningly tasty chocolate crème filling, orange icing, chocolate buttons + chocolate drizzles) and Count Chocula (ft. purple white choc truffle icing, candy eyes, chocolate ganache features + icing teeth).
Photo: Krispy Kreme Australia. 
This monstrous line-up are available in NSW, QLD, VIC and WA until Monday, October 31st + available to order online until 5pm on Sunday, October 30th. Oh, and if you buy a full dozen (for $27) of ‘em between the 28th and the 30th in store, you’ll be eligible for a free dozen of their Original Glaze – just head HERE to sign up for the offer. 
*tfw you get free doughnuts*
Head HERE to cause your mouth to feel like a shallow swimming pool / order some for your shindig.
THEY’RE COMING FOR THE BoOoOo-ZE
If you really want to blow the sheet-based ghost costumes of your guests, put out a few Halloween-themed dranks. Here’s a good’un we dug up from domestic kween / former felon, Martha Stewart
‘Bleeding Heart Martini’ – OG RECIPE FOUND HERE.
Photo: Martha Stewart.
INGRIDIENTS
60mls of dry vermouth
240mls of premium gin
Ice cubes
4 pickled baby beets, each placed on a cocktail skewer
DIRECTIONS
“Chill 4 martini glasses in the freezer or fill with ice water and let sit until frosty, about 5 minutes (pour out water). Add the vermouth, dividing evenly; swirl to coat the glasses, then pour out. Add gin to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously until chilled; divide among chilled glasses. Garnish each with a skewered pickled baby beet, and serve immediately.”
CREEP YOUR CRIB CLASSY
Halloween, just like Christmas, is one of those celebrations where (if you’re entertaining) you’ve gotta make sure your crib looks the part. Unlike Christmas, however, you won’t need to blow a bucket load of cash (depending on your thoughts / feelings / emotions towards tinsel) transforming your joint. 
Rather than going balls-to-the-wall with spooky crap, opt for more chic, fab options (’cause you’re, y’know, an adult) like the ones below. 
‘Witch Better Have My Candy’ Cake Topper – MORE INFO HERE.
Photo: Sandra Dillon Design. 
‘Fluffy Pumpkin’ Hanging Decorations – MORE INFO HERE
Photo: Party City.
‘The Haunted Tree’ Cake Stand – MORE INFO HERE
Photo: Sandra Dillon Design. 
‘Modern Halloween’ Paper Lanterns – MORE INFO HERE
Photo: Party City.
Happy bloody halloween, y’all. We hope your party is a bonafide blast, and if it’s not, then there’s always next year lol. 

Be sure to get your claws on some Krispy Skremes for your shindig / general consumption while their deliciousness is still available by heading HERE
Photo: Mean Girls. 

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