A FESTIVE WAY TO SERVE TO YOUR HALLOWEEN COCKTAILS

a festive way to serve your halloween cocktails - a halloween decorated bar cart

halloween cocktail and decorated bar cart

Take a sip, if you dare!

Last week, I shared my Wickedly Black Butterfly Halloween Tablescape. Today, I’m sharing a festive way to serve your halloween cocktails for your guests.

When it’s time for tricks and treats this Halloween, enjoy transforming your bar cart (or buffet table) into a spirit-filled bar by styling it in such an easy and creative way that will spook and delight your guests! The fun part? Add a life-size skeleton to be your “server”. We named our “server” ‘Skully’ – he adds that bit of spine-chilling halloween fun!

halloween cocktail recipe and a halloween decorated bar cart with a skeleton as your server

Creepy Cocktail Time

For this fun look, this is what I used:

A life-size, pose-and-stay Skeleton. If you have a bar cart, you can pose him standing in front of it and have his hands holding the cart handle. If you have a buffet cabinet or wet bar, you can position the skeleton to stand next to it and position its hand in a way that says “Welcome”, while the other hand appears to be cupping a pre-made cocktail. For fun, I gave him a black bow tie and had him hold a festive dish towel I used as a bar towel. I found a set at HomeGoods.
Black Tulle (I have 2 yards wrapped on the bar cart)
Black Butterflies
A black glass vase (similar option, here)
Preserved Red Oak Branches (I found mine at HomeGoods but here is an option). An arrangement of dark red roses can do the trick too!
I used this Jules Glass Cloche and inside of it, I inserted mini fairy lights (battery-operated) and a real pumpkin I had spray painted black.
For the decor accessories, I used this gold cast metal pumpkin candle holder and this gold brass decorative tray to hold the cocktails. Here is the larger tray option. I also placed a black votive candle holder that I had purchased from Walmart, several months ago but here is a pretty option.
Lastly, you’ll need a signature drink. Welcome each guest with this ‘Woo Woo Cocktail recipe. You’ll want to premake your cocktails a few minutes before your guests arrive.