Suddenly, they spot Emily being lured into the woods by an old woman. Instead, he points out a violet plume of smoke rising above the woods: a sign that witches are conjuring. He hurries outside and asks his best friend Elijah if he's seen her, but he hasn't. For inspiration ideas for your Hocus Pocus event check out our Pinterest board.In 1693 Salem, Massachusetts, Thackery Binx (Sean Murray) is awakened and notices that his little sister, Emily (Jodie Rivera), is gone. Make sure you have plenty of witches brew, salt and brooms ready for your party guests, and let us know how your event goes! Send photos to and we’ll include them in a future post. The ever popular “I put a spell on you”.Why not make a little music playlist of your own? We took the inspiration from 1993. The Sanderson sisters did a great performance hexing the parents at the Halloween ball. Hocus Pocus playlist: this may be one of our all time favorite event ideas – ever.Click here to check it out or you can find it on our Pinterest board.

Disney has an awesome quiz that can be displayed easily at your event.

Quiz your guests: Ask guests to figure out what Sanderson sister they are.

You never know when the Sanderson sisters may be flying overhead. If you feel like being really creative, create salt designs on counter tops and outside areas. Think of salt inspired treats and drinks that bring back the memories.

Salt: salt circles were the only thing that could save the ever-desirable children in the movie from the Sanderson sisters.

Use black in fun and different ways around your party like black candles, cutlery and plates.

Black is the new black: in the movie both the Zachary Binks and the Virgin Candle were black.

Here are some great tips on creating your own Hocus Pocus themed event for Halloween. We even find ourselves doing the Sanderson sisters walk from time to time around the office.īeing event planners extraordinaire, you can imagine the natural next step for us is to create a Hocus Pocus themed event. Halloween is a time of year when everyday people can be super heroes, bloodthirsty zombies, or their favorite comic book characters.Īt the EOE offices we could all agree (except Cindy – sorry Cindy) that one of our favorite things about the Halloween season was the Disney movie Hocus Pocus.

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