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Dennison's Bogie Book -- A 1915 Guide for Vintage Decorating and Entertaining at Halloween  
by Dennison Mfg Co.

{softcover, 33 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2010, ISBN: 193604949X}

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Originally published in 1915, this Bogie Book features the following ideas and suggestions for planning and decorating for vintage Halloween celebrations:

- guess the ghost game
- suggestions for sending creative invites to your guests
- interior decorating including details for making cat tails and
  sunflowers from crepe paper
- instructions for making three Halloween lampshades
- supper partners game which partners up party guests
- a table talk game where the hostess writes questions on the
  back of place cards that generate conversation using an
  enchanting guessing game
- ceiling and hall decorations
- a post decorated with pumpkins
- many unique party game ideas including strung, a skin game,
  charmed circle, giant's sneeze and Halloween ghost
- table accessories
- sample Halloween menus
- instructions for a witch Jack Horner and serving basket
- five costumes with basic instructions for making  (for plans
  and instructions for more Halloween costumes, please see our
  Dennison Costume book listings)
- suggestions for handmade prizes, favors and playthings
- and much more

This book also includes all of the original price lists for the Dennison stock goods (cut-outs, napkins, crepe paper, festoons, garlands, place cards, gummed silhouettes, etc) -- perfect for the collector of vintage Dennison ephemera.