You’ve decided to have a halloween party but now you have to figure out how to phrase your Halloween invitations! Halloween parties are a great way to get together and celebrate the season; it’s usually the third biggest party of the year right next to Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Making sure you have an invitation with all the important information is important but you also want it to be enticing and use some killer phrases to get your guests excited about attending. Your party name and invitation wording are the first thing people experience about your party.
Make sure you check out my other article on choosing a Halloween party theme and picking the right Halloween party name. This article even includes some free printable Halloween invitations you can use.
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- Print this free Halloween Toddler Bucket List for some fun new ideas this season!
How do you craft the perfect Halloween invitation?
With a little creativity and some fun Halloween party invitation wording you can include all the most important details in one little card and get your guests ready to attend.
You’ll have to decide if your event is happening on the 31st of October or the Saturday night around Halloween. Are you having creative costumes or a monster mash dance? It’s a good idea to decide on some of those details before writing your own invitations. So what’s important to write on your card?
- Where is it?
- Include the address where the party is taking place
- Who’s hosting?
- Include your name
- When?
- What day is it? What time does it start?
- RSVP information
- What phone number do they call or text? When do you need to hear back by?
- Dress code
- Is it a Halloween costume party?
- Who’s invited?
- Are partners welcome? May children come? Is it ladies only?
- What should they bring?
- Is it a potluck? Are you having a pumpkin carving competition they should bring a pumpkin for?

What to Write on Your Halloween Invitation:
Here are a few examples you could use word-for-word on your own Halloween party invites. Make sure you include all the necessary details like if Halloween costumes are required, if there is a prize for the scariest Halloween costume.
Be sure to let your guests know if they should bring their scariest food concoction or tasty snacks. Here are some ideas on how to phrase your entire invitation:
Ice-Scream, You-Scream, We all scream on Halloween! You’re invited to a super sweet Halloween Party. We’re making Ice-Scream Sundaes so bring your favorite topping to share…. Or beware…
- Where: (my haunted house address)
- When: (date of party)
- Hosted By: (your name)
- RSVP: (your phone #)
You’re invited to our annual Pumpkin Smash, this party is killer join us for a Halloween bash!
- Where: (your address)
- When: (date of party)
- Details: (dress code?)
- RSVP by (date): (your phone #)
We’re having a Spooktacular Boo-Boo-Que! It’s going to be a frightful night that’s sure to delight. Join us… if you dare…
- Where: (your address)
- When: (October 31st)
- Details: (dress code?)
- RSVP by (date): (your phone #)
Bats and black cats and spiders too! Come to my party and bring your Boo! We’re hosting a ghoulish gathering and you’re invited. It would be a grave mistake to miss this party…
- Where: (your address)
- When: (date of party)
- Details: (dress code?)
- RSVP by (date): (your phone #)

Oh my gourd, it’s Halloween! Bring your lil’ pumpkins for a howlin’ good time. We’re hosting a pumpkin carving party.
- Where: (your address)
- When: (date of party)
- Details: (wear a costume! Bring a pumpkin to carve! Children welcome!)
- RSVP by (date): (your phone #)
Brooms and cauldrons and potions galore… On Halloween night the witches will soar. You’re invited to my Cackling Cookout, we’ll have a wicked good time! Be there, or look out!
- Where: (your address)
- When: (date of party)
- Details: (dress code?)
- RSVP by (date): (your phone #)
Don’t be a bumpkin! Bring your own pumpkin! There’s a prize for the most gourdgeous pumpkin carving design. This party won’t be too scary you’re going to be fine!
- Where: (your address)
- When: (date of party)
- Details: (dress code?)
- RSVP by (date): (your phone #)
On Halloween night we can listen to wolves howl but I will make sure your tummy doesn’t growl. You’re invited to a Costume Cookout! Come and stay a spell.
- Where: (your address)
- When: (date of party)
- Details: (dress code?)
- RSVP by (date): (your phone #)

Long Halloween Invitation Phrases
Here are some phrases that use clever wordplay to help make the perfect Halloween party invitation. Some are spooky Halloween sayings and some are pretty sweet!
If you pair together a few of these Halloween phrases you can put them together on your own Halloween cards to create the perfect invitation.
- Come on, you’re invited to my Halloween Bash. You can dance like a fool and do the Monster Mash.
- Bats and cats and spiders too! Come to my party and bring your boo!
- Calling all you Beauties and Beasts, it’s time to come over, let’s all have a Feast.
- Brooms and cauldrons and potions galore… On Halloween night the witches will soar.
- On Halloween night let’s go trick or treat, you should come join my party it’s going to be sweet!
- You’re invited to my party on Halloween night, wear your best costume for a prize that’s sure to delight.
- Wands and spellbooks and even a black cat, come to our party and wear your pointiest witch hat!
- Will you come dressed as a ghoul or a ghost? There will be a prize for who scares me the most!
- Join us if you dare for a Halloween feast. I can’t guarantee that you won’t see a beast…
- At my Halloween party you can feast like a beast until you’re deceased.
- My Halloween dance party will be a Jack O’lantern Jive. It’ll be so spooky you might not leave alive…
- If you come to my party it sure would be dandy. I’ll make sure you leave with a whole lot of candy.
- Come dressed up like a witch or a ghoul. It’s a Halloween party where you can dance like a fool.
- Goblins and zombies and even a ghost. When the clock strikes midnight we’ll all have a toast.
- This Halloween party is full of thrills. It’ll be so cool you’re going to get chills.
- This Halloween party will make you say ‘jeepers’. All the costumes are 80’s themed so put on a beeper.
- On Halloween night the 90’s are back. For this themed costume party bring your fanny pack.
- On Halloween night we can listen to wolves howl. But I will make sure your tummy doesn’t growl.

Short Halloween Invitation Phrases
These short invitation phrases are bound to cast a spell on your friends and make your upcoming spooky soirée the talk of the town. From spine-tingling puns to chillingly creative wording, we’ve got the perfect mix of informal and fun phrases to set the tone for a frightfully fantastic gathering.
Here are some short and sweet phrases to help you craft the perfect Halloween party invite. Use bits and pieces to craft your own invitation saying by using some spooky sayings like these:
- Eat, drink, be scary.
- Join us… if you dare.
- Be there! Or beware…
- You’ll have a smash at this Halloween bash.
- Calling all monsters….
- It would be a grave mistake to miss this party
- It’s time for a frightful night, that’s sure to delight!
- No tricks. Just treats.
- Little ghouls and goblins welcome.
- Bring your lil’pumpkin to our Trick or Treat Howler
- Come and stay a spell.
- Something wicked this way comes.
- This party will give you chills.
- Come one and come all, to my Black Widow’s Ball.
- Ouija wanna go trick or treating with me?
- This party won’t leave you feeling hollow inside.
- Howl you doing?
- You’re invited to a Spooktacular Halloween party.
- We’re having a Halloween Howler.
- You’ll have a scary good time.
- Come trick or treating with us at our Halloween Sweets Soirée.
- Bring your boo to my Ghoulish Gathering.
- Come have a bewitching time…
- It’s time for a wicked good party.
- You’re going to have a wicked good time!
- Oh my gourd, it’s Halloween!
- It’s Fall, Y’all! Time for a Halloween party.
- Don’t be a bumpkin! Bring your own pumpkin!

Costume Party Wording
Halloween costume parties are like a creativity extravaganza! You get to dive into a sea of costumes, from super spooky to hilariously wacky, and become whoever or whatever tickles your fancy. It’s your chance to be the superhero, the villain, or even that quirky meme you can’t stop laughing at!
Let your imagination run wild! If you’re having a costume party, you might also want to check out these trio Halloween Costumes!
- I’m having a costume party on Halloween night, wear something fun, cute or spooky to give me a fright.
- It’s a family costume party, but don’t be afraid! All the costumes must be PG so we don’t scare the babes.
- Come one, come all to my Halloween ball, make sure you’re wearing your finest costume y’all!
- You’re invited to my party on Halloween night, wear your best costume for a prize that’s sure to delight.
- Wands and spellbooks and even a black cat, come to our party and wear your pointiest witch hat!
- Dress to distress and join us for a haunted night of tricks, treats, and eerie beats!
- Will you come dressed as a ghoul or a ghost? There will be a prize for who scares me the most!
- This Halloween party will make you say ‘jeepers’. All the costumes are 80’s themed so put on a beeper.
- On Halloween night the 90’s are back. For this themed costume party bring your fanny pack.
- Come dressed up like a witch or a ghoul. It’s a costume party where you can dance like a fool.
Halloween Party Words
Put together your own phrases with this mix and match set of Halloween party words! I’ve got a whole Halloween alphabet list you can create your own spooky halloween sayings with.
Halloween words to mix and match:
Apples | Afraid |
Black Cat | Bat |
Broom | Cauldron |
Costume | Candy Corn |
Candy | Dead |
Eeek! | Fright |
Foggy | Frightful |
Ghost | Ghastly |
Goblin | Ghoul |
Haunted | Halloween |
Ice-Scream | Jack O’Lantern |
Killer | Lil’ Pumpkin |
Lollipop | Madness |
Mummy | Night |
Owl | Pitch fork |
Pumpkin | Pirate |
Quake | Queasy |
Rat | RIP |
Spirit | Spider |
Spell | Rip |
Robe | Terror |
Trick | Treat |
Tremble | Unnerving |
Uneasy | Vampire |
Wizard | Wand |
Wolf | Witch |
Werewolf | X-ray bones |
Yowl | Zombie |
Party Words to mix and match:
Ball | Feast |
Banquet | Gathering |
Blast | Howler |
Cookout | Harvest |
Celebration | Party |
Carnival | Shin-dig |
Festival | Spooktacular |
Final Thoughts on Halloween Party Invitation Wording
Happy Halloween! I hope you’ve enjoyed this article and it will help you make some ghoulish Halloween party invitations of your own. Your party is going to be a wicked fun time with some of this cute Halloween wording. Check out this article next if you’re looking for cute Halloween couple costumes.
One last thing! If you’re looking for free printable Halloween invites, there are four of them already made for you at the bottom of this next article.
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