Throw a Mad Scientist Lab Halloween Party!

Jack-o'-lanterns, witch hats, and ghosts are all classics for a Halloween party, but we've been working late these nights to bring you a unique Halloween party idea that's full of frights: a mad scientist lab party! After all, who could resist test tubes filled with treats, punch adorned with bloodshot eyeballs, and a funny specimen jar that will leave everyone cackling?

So, get ready to serve some tricks and treats with this delightfully frightful Halloween lab party. Let's get mixing and mad scientisting!

This DIY Halloween decoration project not only makes us laugh but also creeps us out just a little, especially when the hair moves! All you need to get started is a photo of one of your partygoers. (Just make sure that they're on board first or that they would be amused by this kind of joke!)

Use a digital camera and a printer to print out a 4 by 6-inch picture of your victim — um, we mean your friend — with their eyes closed, making a funny face, or even pressed up against glass.

Use clear contact paper or a laminator to waterproof the picture since it will be submerged in water. If you're using clear contact paper, cut two 5 by 7-inch pieces.

Peel off the back of one piece of the contact paper. Place the picture face down on the sticky side of the contact paper. Use a credit card to smooth the paper and remove any air bubbles. Take the backing off the other piece of contact paper and center it over the photo with the sticky side down, making sure the edges match up. Keep the edges lined up as best as possible and try to keep it smooth. Use the credit card again to push out any air bubbles that might be trapped.

If you're using a laminator to cover the photo, trim the plastic so it is 1/2 inch from the sides of the photo and 1/4 inch from the top and bottom of the photo.

Fill a quart jar with water and place the laminated photo inside the jar with the face out. You can even add food coloring at this point for an even more frightful decoration.

To really give the head a realistic look, cut a few small pieces of faux fur that match the hair color of the person in the photo. Adding the faux fur creates movement and significantly ups the creep factor.

To give the jar an eerie glow, set it on top of a green glow bracelet. There are also waterproof LED lights available on Amazon that will light up the jar when glued to the bottom of the lid.

This eye-catching concoction not only tastes good but will add some punch to your decorating ideas.

Using a 3/16-inch drill bit, carefully drill a small hole in the bottom of each plastic bloodshot eyeball.

Rinse the eyeballs with soap and water. Then, use a sprayer or a small stream of water to fill the plastic eyeballs 3/4 of the way full through the drilled hole. A small space is needed to ensure that during the freezing process, the eyeball won't crack open. This will also allow for a bit of air space so when they're placed in the punch, the eyeballs will float.

To keep the drilled holes in the plastic eyeballs facing up, fill the bottom of a metal tray with rice. This prevents the eyeballs from rolling around. (There's nothing worse than a bunch of Halloween eyeball decorations rolling around in your freezer!) Then, place the tray in the freezer overnight.

Fill a drink dispenser with lemon-lime soda or sparkling water, add a few drops of neon green food coloring, and pour in the Halloween eyeball ice cubes for a creepy cold drink that even Frankenstein would love.

No mad scientist laboratory would be complete without jars, test tubes, and containers filled with all kinds of faux frights as both decorations and treats. These ideas work well for a frightful lab party or as Halloween decor all season long!

Dig through your cupboards or head to the local thrift store to find different shapes and sizes of clear glass jars. Simply fill the jars with water and add neon green food coloring. Place things like plastic spiders, hard-boiled eggs, cooked spaghetti noodles, large plastic bugs, mushrooms, cauliflower, and gummy worms in the jars for a variety of creepy laboratory specimens.

Your guests will be delighted by these snack-filled coffins that couldn't be easier to make. Simply add your favorite gummy worms or candies to wooden caskets and then add a faux or candy skeleton as a garnish!

Pop up 5 quarts of plain popcorn. Melt 3/4 cup of light corn syrup, 1/4 cup of butter, 3 cups of powdered sugar, and 1 cup of marshmallows on the stovetop. Once melted, take it off the stovetop and mix the popcorn into the melted sugar concoction, forming it into balls.

Give these popcorn balls a jolt by adding some green food coloring along with a few candy eyeballs.

Fill test tubes with spider eggs, aka black jelly beans, and top them with spider cupcake toppers.

Have fun taking a break from typical Halloween party decor and treat your friends to this delightfully frightful Halloween lab party!

Oh, and don't forget the safety glasses!