“Over the Hill” Birthday Halloween Theme Ideas

The theme to this party was to mourn the death of the guest of honor’s youth. Invitations can be

made with the cover to “R.I.P to XXXX’s Youth.” Guests can be invited to come in costume or, if

they don’t have costumes, they can dress in their best funeral attire. 

 

Cemetery

 

Keeping in line with the R.I.P to youth theme, the first step is to create a cemetery and erect a

tombstone to commemorate this. You can simply use a Sharpie marker on a Styrofoam

tombstone to include the guest of honor’s name and more. For extra effect, lay out some potting

soil in front to create the look of a fresh grave. Include some plastic bones poking out for

creepiness and adorn with silk flowers .

Funeral Wreath and Guest Book

 

 

When the guests walk in, they can be greeted with a black funeral wreath and a guest book to

sign. 

 

 

 

 

For the wreath, get a plain styrofoam wreath ring from a craft store. Find some silk flowers from

the dollar store...there is no need to spend a lot of money since you’ll be spray painting the

flowers black. In this picture, these were originally red poinsettias and were just $1.25 a bunch.

Cut most of the stem off each bunch and spray paint the flowers back. Then poke the remaining

wire stem into the Styrofoam and arrange the flowers all over the wreath.

As a finishing touch, get some white ribbon and write your message on it. It takes a bit of time to

prepare this, but the good news is you can remove the ribbon and use the wreath on your front

door for next Halloween. 

 

For the guest book, simply find a plain black notebok and embellish it with some scrapbook

stickers and lettering.

 

 

Grim Reaper Cake

Here’s a fun cake for the guest of honor and there’s no need to worry because the grim reaper

is simply coming around for the cake. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Finish the cake off with an “Over the Hill” tombstone candle.