Digital invitation: Halloween for kids and adults

It's 5:40 on the 31st. There's a carved pumpkin on the step, a bowl of sweets on the hall table and two messages in the family group: one asks what time the little ones arrive, the other asks whether the grown-ups are still out at eleven. One link answers both. A digital invitation for Halloween that works for kids and adults can be built today from the catalogue: pick a design, fill in your times, send it before the first candle goes out.

The hard part isn't the design, it's deciding what happens between the sweets and the last glass. Plenty of digital invitations for Halloween stop at a picture and a date. This one is a page that holds both halves of the evening, and it lives in the phone your guests already have.

Digital invitation, two time slots: Halloween for kids and adults

Write the headline field with the first slot — "Witchy tea, 6pm" — and use the phrase line to say the grown-up part starts at ten. Both hours sit on the same page. If the venue asks you to open the doors earlier or push the drinks back, you edit the hour and the link stays exactly as it was, so nobody has to forward anything.

• Headline with the tea time and the drinks time, on two separate lines.
• A phrase line asking for a fun mystery costume: a sheet with two holes counts, no real scares.
• Cover photo: the carved pumpkin on the step, candles lit.
• RSVP question: tea, drinks, or both.

How much a digital Halloween invitation costs

One payment of 29.99 EUR. No subscription, nothing to print and nothing to post: a single invitation covers the kids' tea and the grown-ups' drinks. You can try a design for free first — in test mode you edit the cover without paying — and buying unlocks every scene.

Guests open the link in any browser and answer from their phone. That's the grandmother who doesn't install apps and the friend who works out at nine that he can come after all.

One link, two hours, and nobody messaging you at half past ten to ask whether the party is still on.

How to create the atmosphere before the door opens

Upload up to six of your own photos and mark the cover: the carved pumpkin outside, the cobwebs in the hallway. They frame themselves. Add low mystery music so the invitation creaks a little before anyone reads the date, and use the chained scenes to tell the night in two acts — one named for the tea, one for the last drink.

The wording that stops a six-year-old ringing the bell at eleven

Two lines do the job: "6pm to 8:30pm, tea and pumpkins. From 10pm, drinks for grown-ups." Keep the dress code in a field you can change later: fun mystery costume, nothing with blood and nothing a child can't breathe in. If a parent needs to tell you about an allergy, add a line asking them to message you directly — the invitation carries your words, not an automated form. Confirmations land in an ordered list inside the same invitation, so you never count replies in the family group. Location, map and dress code can all be edited after you send.

You have two hours, one venue and one invitation to build. Try a design for free, set the tea time and the drinks time, and send the link before the first pumpkin goes out. If the grandparents want something for the fridge, print a couple of copies yourself and keep the link for everyone else.