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Party Planning

The unglamorous half of entertaining, worked out properly. How much food to make per person, what to prep three weeks ahead and what has to wait, how to colour food without reaching for a bottle of dye, and how long a board can safely stand on a table. Calculators, timelines, charts and quantity guides — the pages you open the week before, not the night of.

A printable Halloween prep checklist stuck on a fridge with a pen hanging beside it

What to make three weeks out, one week out, the day before and the morning of. A printable countdown built around a Saturday Halloween night.

A printable Halloween party menu planner on a kitchen counter beside a pen and a cup of coffee

Three ready-made Mediterranean Halloween menus — gothic dinner, kids’ party and grazing buffet — plus the six-slot rule for building your own.

A well-portioned Halloween party food table with dips, breads and platters laid out for twelve guests

Enter your guest count and party length for exact quantities of dips, breads, appetizers and drinks. A free calculator, with no email required.