Halloween Themed Tea Party

Step 1: Gather Your Supplies

You do not need fancy china or expensive decor.

Here’s what we used.

Decor & Dress-Up Supplies

• 2- Black Table Cloths- 1 for table and 1 for backdrop ($1 store)
• 1- Themed Potions Table Cloth ($1 store)
• Theme decorations- clip on bats, skulls, black gauze,  ($1 store)
• Purple, Pink, White Balloons ($1 store)
• Potion Book Containers ($1 store)
• Halloween Goblets ($1 store) (Also used these for St Pattys Day Themed)
• Purple Paper Plates($1 store)
• Brooms ($1 store)
• Mini Cauldrons ($1 store)
• Clip on Bats ($1 Store)
• Printable Banner (I Put A Spell On You)
• Rats ($1 Store)
• Fairy lights
• Misc. Halloween supplies I had on hand- candles, black tree, unicorn horn, rat

Potion Supplies

• Containers to hold finished potions- Spray bottle, Sugar jar ($1 store)
• Potions Books that the potion containers fit in ($1 store)
• Baking Soda
• Citric Acid
• Vitamin E
• Sugar
• Essential Oils
• Epsom Salt
• Fine Glitter
• Unicorn Bath Bomb Mold
• Potions labels from Printable 

Food & Drink

Crescent dough
Hot dogs
Grapes
Betty Crocker Wicked Cake Balls Mix
Sprite/ Cotton Candy Brew
Halloween Goblets ($1 Store)
Matching table cloth themed napkins ($1 Store)
Purple trays and bowls for serving and mixing ($1 Store)

Step 2: Setting the Scene

Creating the setting for our “I Put a Spell on You” Halloween Tea Party was surprisingly simple and mostly came from the dollar store.

Halloween Balloon Banner

To create a little photo backdrop, I hung a black tablecloth from the dollar store on the wall and printed a banner that said “I Put a Spell on You.” Of course, the girls helped tape the letters on… which means the banner proudly read “I Put a Spell on Yuo.” But honestly, that made it even more perfect. They are five, after all.

To add a little extra magic, I cut out black bats and clipped a few purple bat decorations from the dollar store along the banner.

Decorate the table

For the table, I covered it with another black tablecloth and set out purple plates, themed napkins, and Halloween goblets. Each place setting also had a tiny broom from the dollar store, which the girls immediately declared were their official witch brooms.

Each guest had their own magical place setting complete with a wand and spell book.

One of my favorite little details was the spell book I found at the dollar store. It was one of those decorative books that is hollow inside, which made it perfect for hiding our final potion bottles. I placed one bottle for our sugar scrub potion and another for our sleep spray potion inside the book and set it on their plate like a secret magical surprise.

Potion Counter

Next, I created a potion counter on the kitchen counter. I covered it with a Halloween tablecloth from the dollar store and draped gauze across the top to give it that slightly spooky potion-lab look.

I filled small plastic containers with our potion ingredients and placed Epsom salt and baking soda in candy jars I already had around the house. I also printed our spell book recipes and placed them on a small easel so the girls could follow along as they mixed their potions.

To finish the look, I added a few decorations I had on hand — candles, a skull, and a small black tree — which turned the counter into our very own little witch’s potion laboratory.

It didn’t take much to transform the space, but once everything was set out, it truly felt like we had stepped into a tiny magical workshop.

Step 3: Prepare the Food

For our Halloween tea party, I kept the food simple and fun the kind of treats that feel magical to kids but don’t require hours in the kitchen.

For the main dish, we made mummy dogs. All you have to do is take crescent roll dough and wrap thin strips around a hot dog to look like little mummy bandages. After baking them in the oven, they come out looking perfectly spooky and are always a hit with kids.

Drinks

For drinks, we made a bubbling witch’s brew using Sprite and cotton candy. We poured the Sprite into our Halloween goblets and then dropped in a small puff of cotton candy. As it dissolved, it bubbled and fizzed just like a magical potion, which the girls thought was absolutely fascinating.

For the main treat, we made mummy dogs. All you have to do is take crescent roll dough and wrap thin strips around a hot dog to look like little mummy bandages. After baking them in the oven, they come out looking perfectly spooky and are always a hit with kids.

These easy mummy dogs were a spooky and delicious Halloween party snack.

Dessert

For dessert, we made Betty Crocker’s Wicked Cake Pop Mix. The neat part is that it’s a surprise whether you’ll end up being a good witch or a bad witch, and you don’t find out until you mix the batter together.

The box comes with the cake mix and chocolate coating for dipping the cake pops, so it’s very easy to make. The girls had a blast guessing what kind of witches they would be while we mixed everything together.

In the end, we turned out to be good witches, but the suspense of waiting to see was half the fun.

Step 4: Create Something Together

For our activity, we turned the kitchen into a little potion lab.

I used my Spa Day Essential Oils Kit printable and printed out the spell book, which includes simple spa-style potion recipes that are safe for kids to make and use. The girls loved following along with the “spell book” as we mixed our ingredients together.

One of our favorite potions was the Slumber Sleep Spray. We made it with calming essential oils like lavender and added a little glitter for extra magic. The girls can spray it on their pillows at bedtime, which made it feel like they were taking home a real magical potion.

We also made bath bombs using unicorn molds, which might have been their favorite part. Watching the ingredients mix and fizz together felt like real witchy magic happening right in front of us.

Mixing our magical ingredients together to create bubbling witch brews…Bath Bombs

Finally, we made a sugar scrub that can be used in the bathtub for a little spa moment later.

The girls loved measuring, mixing, and watching everything bubble and fizz. And the best part was that all the ingredients were safe for skin and perfectly kid-friendly, so they could fully enjoy the experience of being little potion makers.

Step 5: Read a Story Together

No tea party feels quite complete without a story.

After we finished mixing our potions and enjoying our treats, we gathered around the table for a little Halloween story time. It’s a simple way to slow the moment down and bring everyone back together before the party winds down.

For a Halloween-themed tea party, fun books like Monster Manners, A Very Brave Witch, or other playful Halloween stories work perfectly. They keep the mood light, a little silly, and just spooky enough to feel festive.

The girls cuddled up with their goblets and listened as we read together, and it turned out to be one of those quiet little moments that makes the whole afternoon feel special.

Sometimes the best part of a tea party isn’t the decorations or the activities — it’s simply sitting together, sharing a story, and enjoying the magic of the moment.