This elegant Halloween table in black and white has ideas for setting a moody atmosphere for your All Hallows’ Eve party. Gather friends and family for a spooky night without all the spooks!
Black and White Elegant Halloween Table
Halloween, minus the spiders, severed hands, and terrifying zombie faces can be as festive and fun with a more elegant tablescape. The inspiration for this table came from ghost cocktail napkins in black and white. While not scary, the napkins help establish the color scheme and set a fun, playful tone for the table.
Set an Easy and Elegant Halloween Table
This elegant Halloween table uses easy-to-find items such as white ribbons and white mums. The plates, flatware, and glasses are not disposable on this table, but you can find plastic or paper equivalents at party stores. And if you choose to use plastic tableware, it can all be washed to use next year for another party.
Overall Look for an Elegant Halloween Table
This dark table has a black mesh tablecloth called creepy cloth. This is an inexpensive cloth and can be used over and over. Tie smaller pieces together to make tablecloths for different-sized tables. (Click here to see how easy it is to make a Halloween tablecloth.) To brighten the table, add a white table runner. This also establishes the color scheme of black and white.
Spider Mums for an Elegant Halloween Table
Rather than using black plastic spiders to give this elegant Halloween table a spooky look, I chose white spider mums instead. I cut the stems short and placed single flowers in small clear glass candle holders. These large and showy flowers helped to create a table runner when placed in the center of the table, and it only took six flowers to fill the space. Spider mums usually last several days, but if you change the water change every day, you can extend their fresh look longer.
Black and White Pumpkins
I used (real) orange mini pumpkins and small white pumpkins for this elegant Halloween table. The orange ones were sprayed with matt black paint. The stems were covered with painter’s tape to keep them natural. You can buy faux black pumpkins (or paint them), but real pumpkins are a little more elegant.
Use Greenery for Filler
Add greenery that you cut yourself or buy as filler for the centerpiece. The cuttings on this table were taken from gardenia bushes and are long-lasting and not prone to wilting. I sprayed a few branches with the same black matt spray I used on the pumpkins and added these black and green stems to the table. The black spray paint helps preserve the cut greenery, but for the unpainted ones, place them in a vase of water when not using them.
To finish the centerpiece, I placed a few tealight candles in glass holders, black velvet pumpkins, and a string of battery-operated tiny white lights down the center.
| Cuttings from shrubs such as gardenias, boxwoods, or camellia bushes will last longer if kept in water between table settings. The same greenery can be used again for different tablescapes or as filler for a vase of flowers. |
Glassware for Elegant Halloween Table
Black Goblets
I used black glass goblets (similar ones here) on this table–they always make a table festive! If you don’t want to invest in glasses, look for plastic black goblets instead. When buying goblets, look for ones that will hold eight ounces or more if you plan to use them with a beverage for the meal. Otherwise, you will have to refill them often.
Sugar-Rim Glasses
Stemless champagne glasses are used on this table, but you can use other clear glasses in their place. Make them festive by placing honey around the rims and dipping them in black sugar crystals. Use a food-safe paintbrush or your finger to dip out a little honey and paint the outside top of the glass about 1/4 inch (about 6 millimeters) down from the rim. Use a thin coat so it stays around the top.
If you wish to create a drippy look, add more honey and let it run down the glass a little, keeping it above where you would grip the glass. Pour sugar crystals into a small bowl and twist the top of the glass in the sugar, making sure to coat all the honey. Shake off any excess sugar. Click here for a White Shivers Cocktail (or mocktail) recipe served in these glasses.
Cutlery
I tied white ribbon bows around the black cutlery and placed them on top of each plate. You can substitute pretty plastic cutlery instead. White cloth napkins were placed underneath each dinner plate, but large dinner-sized paper napkins can be used instead. The napkins and ribbons brighten the outside of the table along with the ghost cocktail napkins.
There will be no scary dreams after this party!
Other Halloween Ideas You Might Like
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