1933 Dennison's Halloween Book (Bogie Dennisons)

Description: 1933 Dennison's Halloween Book (Bogie Dennisons) The Halloween Book A 1930s Guide for Vintage Decorations, Favors, Games & Stunts CONDITION: new, softcover, crisp and glossy covers, 19 pages, 2009 republication, size: 8x10, unabridged, published by Bramcost Publications Originally published in 1933, this Halloween book features the following ideas and suggestions for planning and decorating for vintage Halloween celebrations:Fortune Verses -- a page of clever, rhyming fortunes for use with fortune telling and couple matching games.Halloween with Mickey Mouse -- a creative party idea in which the hostess introduces herself as a friend to Mickey and Minnie Mouse and gives each guest mouse ears, felt shoes, papercup nose and white gloves to transform each guest into either Mickey or Minnie. More party details follow including a "know thyself" and "cheese, cheese it" games and suggestions for food and fortunes. Spooky Bridge -- this is a party with a play on the game of bridge where the rules are changed to make it more entertaining, with a prize for each guest based on the score. Instructions for creating chair slipcovers, score pad table markers, luncheon decoration, etc., are described. Cat and Dog Party -- decoration ideas and the party theme are detailed along with a game idea for dog/cat fight, bone fortunes that eventualy come together to create a skeleton, and human dog trick performances which end in the choosing of a dinner partner. Children's Halloween Party -- old fashioned games are described such as bobbing for apples as well as others you may not have heard of including finding the witch's cat, witch's flight, jack o'lantern, halloween witch, ghosts and witches with a menu suggestion and decoration/favor ideas.Games and Stunts -- many games with instructions for playing are included: visiting bluebeard's ghost, ghosts parade, ring in the goblet, fortune telling, three luggies, ghosts, length of life, graveyard hunt, talking jack o'lantern, witch's wood, love letters, fatal blow, digging up your fate, blind fate, knifing the jacko, black cat dance, ghost elimination dance, pumpkin dance, bad luck dance, who is she?Feeding the Ghosts and Goblins -- party menu ideas are listed including a recipe for cider apple sauce and pineapple mint cocktail. Suggestions for decorations and favor making are scattered throughout the book including:how to decorate with pumpkins, ghosts, skeletons and black catschandelier decorationsmaking a devil by decorating a floor lamp with crepe paperholiday snapper favor where you pull the ribbon ends and little party favors fall outan interesting idea for a place card, hat and party favor all in one -- when the ribbons are untied, a favor drops out and the "skirt" turns into a capideas for making paper jewelry favorspumpkin ghostmaking a hanging witch head/hands using crepe, cutouts and wiretransforming a floor lamp into a witch From the late 1800s through the 1930s, Halloween parties geared toward adults were very popular. Beginning in 1909 and continuing through 1934, Dennison Manufacturing Company entered the Halloween party niche with their colorful party idea books called "Bogie Books." The first Bogie Book was issued in 1909, the second in 1912 and from that time on, an annual issue was released every year through 1934, with the exception of a brief production interruption during World War I. Each book was filled with colorful examples of party favors, Halloween costumes, decorating ideas, party games, spooky poems and stories. Beginning in 1931, Dennison stopped calling their Halloween books "Bogie Books" and named them Halloween Suggestions, Halloween Parties and Halloween Book over the remaining publishing years. The Dennison Halloween books featured amazingly creative displays of festooned crepe swags and garland, hanging decorations depicting witches, ghosts, scary pumpkins, black cats and other symbols we associate with Halloween as well as a vast array of games and favors. The Halloween books were a great source for party planning, each year showing different ideas to match the new products being released by Dennison. They continue to be a great resource for party planning and provide interesting old-time party tips and suggestions. Please see images for a sampling of book pages and ideas that can be used for vintage, festive Halloween parties. Be sure to check our other auction listings for more Dennison and Halloween books. Bramcost Publications is your publishing resource for vintage lifestyle books and patterns. Our books/patterns focus on the way our foremothers and forefathers lived, laughed and loved in their everyday lives. Beauty, fashion, millinery, entertaining and handicrafts are the building blocks of our book/pattern offerings with an emphasis on VINTAGE:makeup, hairstyling, beautysewing, pattern drafting, fashion designknitting and crochet patternsmillinery, hat construction, hat patternsbeadwork, jewelry makingribbonwork, embroidery, embellishments, quiltingweddings, bridal interestpaper dolls, doll books, doll clothes patternsChristmas, Easter, Halloween and Valentine?s Day holiday celebrations

Price: 16.95 USD

Location: Gatlinburg, Tennessee

End Time: 2023-12-03T00:57:28.000Z

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