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Dracula Dinner Party

October 25, 2018 by Wifeeclectic 21 Comments

For the last year or so, I have had the opportunity to be apart of the Delicious Reads book club. The book club has been around more than a decade and is known for their fun ways of celebrating each and every book. This October was my first time ever hosting and it just so happened to be a host’s dream book. Dracula. I may have gone a little over the top with the help of the moderator, Whitney, but I was thrilled with each and every touch, so here is how we threw our Dracula Dinner party, so you can create a delightful and spooky part of your own.

The very first thing I did was add stone paper to the walls. I feel like it really changes the look and feel of the room. You can find the stone paper I used here.

I covered the table with a red fabric tablecloth and use a black lace table runner. I found these awesome candelabras at Michaels in their Halloween section and filled them with red candles.  I put teas all over the place. Some real, some electric.

Each place setting included a gold charger, a black paper plates, a rolled up red napkin with vampire teeth used as the napkin ring.

I covered my piano with black plastic tablecloths and took the opportunity to cover it in potion bottles, candles, and skulls.

You can find the full post about my potion bottles here: https://www.housewifeeclectic.com/2016/10/wizard-potion-bottles-with-free.html

You can also find the metallic pumpkins I created here: https://www.housewifeeclectic.com/2015/09/metallic-halloween-flower-arrangement.html

I found a collapsible coffin which was the perfect touch! You can find a collapsible coffin here:https://amzn.to/2yyz8PY

I also added cobwebs and bats just everywhere that they would work! The amazing bat in the center of the piano is actually real that one of the girls had! They are naturally dead bats that are saved and preserved. You can find something similar here: https://amzn.to/2D7hkPR. Please look for one that uses naturally dead bats.

Some of the vampire touches at the party itself including a red velvet cake dripping in blood.

Delicious cupcakes with a bite mark in each one.

Drinks with a shot of “blood” for each one.  We also had gummy vampire teeth and added fake flies to the drink to celebrate the book.

Overall it was an incredibly fun night based on a classic.

A List of things we used for this party: (affiliate links)

Red Fabric Tablecloth- https://amzn.to/2yytNbi

Black Lace Spider Web Table Runner- https://amzn.to/2EL3BzN

Gold Chargers – https://amzn.to/2RfwhSJ

Black Paper Plates- https://amzn.to/2yyyFwW

Vampire Teeth- https://amzn.to/2qcOpkK

Syringes for drinks – https://amzn.to/2yyyMsm

Collapsible Coffin here:https://amzn.to/2yyz8PY

 

Have you ever had a book-themed dinner party?

 

Filed Under: Books, Halloween, Holidays, Party, Tutorials Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, Party

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  1. robin rue says

    November 7, 2018 at 3:38 am

    You really went all out. Loving all of the decorations you have! Especially that cake – so much fun.

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  2. Tabitha Blue says

    November 7, 2018 at 4:39 am

    You made everything look so good!!! I can’t believe you even covered your walls, it’s amazing. And those drinks, I think that’s my favorite part 🙂

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  3. Candy says

    November 7, 2018 at 5:08 am

    I have never seen a Dracula party before. What a fun idea. That table is so neat looking

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  4. Shoshana Sue says

    November 7, 2018 at 6:04 am

    I have never hosted a book themed party. Your party theme was really all out. I would love to attend something like a Valentines themed party hosted by you because you seem to pay attention to detail.

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  5. Amber Myers says

    November 7, 2018 at 6:11 am

    This would be a neat dinner party to attend. I like the less fancy dinner parties, so this is one for me. The food is neat!

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  6. Chasity Boatman says

    November 7, 2018 at 6:40 am

    I absolutely love the creativity that went into this! Using the fake teeth as a napkin holder was a really creative idea. I also really like the syringes in the flutes.

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  7. Jeanette E. says

    November 7, 2018 at 7:31 am

    This looks amazing for kids and adults! What a great way to celebrate Halloween. I love the drink idea!

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  8. Melissa Chapman says

    November 7, 2018 at 7:55 am

    That is the way to set the scary mood. I would love to get invited to a party with so much goulish style.

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  9. Jennifer Maleh says

    November 7, 2018 at 8:37 am

    This is an amazing Dracula-themed dinner party you created. I can’t believe all of the amazing touches you did. Everything is right on the mark.

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  10. Tomi C says

    November 7, 2018 at 8:44 am

    I have a friend who goes all out for her bunko dinner parties. It’s always a treat to get invited as she is the Queen of Themes. I had to share this with her as I know she’ll love it.

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  11. Tasheena says

    November 7, 2018 at 9:01 am

    I love the way everything turned out. This is such a cool party theme. I would love to get invited to a party like this.

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  12. Melanie says

    November 7, 2018 at 12:12 pm

    I have never been to or hosted a book themed dinner party. This one looks like a blast! I may have to throw one next year for Halloween.

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  13. Cait says

    November 7, 2018 at 2:21 pm

    when is the next party because i def want to be there ha- this looks like such a fun idea and i def need to create one of these for our book party! 🙂 thanks for such an inspiration!

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  14. Marysa says

    November 7, 2018 at 5:47 pm

    What an amazing dinner table and theme for a book party! That’s pretty cool. What a fun way to celebrate reading some good books. So many great details!

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  15. Emily says

    November 7, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    Woah, I love all of the table decor and menu items! This is such a fun idea and the theme fits the book perfectly!

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  16. ricci says

    November 7, 2018 at 11:47 pm

    Now this looks like a super fun and creative dinner party! I wish I had thought of this!!

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  17. Terri says

    November 8, 2018 at 5:21 am

    And a good time was us by all! Fun fun party here. I love the syringes of blood! ❤️

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  18. Catalina says

    November 8, 2018 at 7:58 am

    This seems to a fun dinner party! I love your decoration and your party food ideas!

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  19. Kita Bryant says

    November 8, 2018 at 6:49 pm

    I had no idea there were book clubs that went beyond just reading and discussing the book. I wish my area had one.

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  20. Al says

    March 1, 2020 at 10:15 am

    What food did you serve?

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  21. Amber says

    September 26, 2022 at 4:09 pm

    Love the bats over the arch!

    Reply

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