Digital invitation: family Halloween at the farmhouse

The All Saints' long weekend starts with a message in the family group: 'Is tea at five or half five?' Then someone asks what happens if it rains, someone else says they will only make it for pudding, and the plan is four messages long before anyone has bought a pumpkin. A Digital invitation for a family Halloween at the farmhouse puts the whole thing on one page you can build and send today from the catalogue.

These are Digital invitations in the plain sense: a web page for your event, not a PDF. Guests open the link on a phone, no app to install, and reply there. You edit the page in the browser and the link stays the same.

Digital invitation for a family Halloween at the farmhouse

Start with the hours, not a paragraph. The editor gives each detail its own field: time, place, a short line. You can type '5:30 pm' for tea and '9:00 pm' for pudding, and leave the long explanation out. The character counter keeps the sentence short: 'Bring a torch, the lane has no lights.' If tea slips to 6:00 pm, change the time. Nobody has to resend the link.

• Tea at 5:30 pm and pudding at 9:00 pm, each in its own field, not buried in a paragraph.
• One line for the rain plan: 'If it rains, tea moves to the old press room, left-hand door.'
• A photo of the gate with carved pumpkins and lanterns, so nobody misses the turn in the dark.
• An RSVP question you write yourself: 'Tea or just pudding?' The answers land in a list inside the invitation.

What goes in the rain plan and the pudding-only note

Rain on 1 November is not a disaster if the plan is already on the page. Write the indoor room, not just 'inside': 'If it rains, tea moves to the old press room, left-hand door.' Add a photo of that room with the dark cloths and candles, so guests recognise it when they step in from the wet. If the room changes, edit the line. The link is the same.

For the people who only come for pudding, set a separate question in the RSVP: 'Tea or just pudding?' You read the answers in the list and know how many chairs to put on the porch and how many plates to cut. Then add a line to the dinner scene: 'After 9 pm, the creaky doorbell is ours.' No chasing anyone in WhatsApp the night before.

Dress code, children and the last lantern

Write the dress code in four words: 'Coat, mud and torch.' It tells people more than a paragraph about festive attire. If children come, say what the evening looks like: pumpkins on the step, sweets on the table, a film in the back room at 8 pm. Tell parents where the quiet room is. The invitation is a web page, so you can correct that line on Friday and the same link shows the new version on Saturday.

One link holds the tea time, the indoor rain plan and the pudding-only note. Change one thing and the same link is still right.

How much does a digital Halloween invitation cost?

At Send The Joy, a Digital invitation costs 29.99 EUR, one payment, no subscription. You can try the cover free before paying. When you buy, every scene unlocks: up to six of your own photos, music, and the RSVP questions you set. Pick a design that fits the farmhouse, put in the tea time and the rain plan, and send the link before the pumpkins go soft. Your guests get a web page, not a PDF, and you get the answers in one place.