Dennison’s Bogie Book — A 1921 Guide for Vintage Decorating and Entertaining at Halloween and Thank

Originally published in 1921, this Bogie Book features the following ideas and suggestions for planning and decorating for vintage Halloween and Thanksgiving celebrations: the house “made ready;” decorating your diningroom; favors and food for Halloween repast; Halloween table decorations; fortune games including: for weal or woe, spinning the web of fate, magic fortune teller, the

Originally published in 1921, this Bogie Book features the following ideas and suggestions for planning and decorating for vintage Halloween and Thanksgiving celebrations: the house “made ready;” decorating your diningroom; favors and food for Halloween repast; Halloween table decorations; fortune games including: for weal or woe, spinning the web of fate, magic fortune teller, the rainbow ball; little folks entertaining; children’s party complete; children’s Halloween table; instructions for making a pumpkin centerpiece with pull ribbons that hold little toys; games for Halloween and Thanksgiving including: the art gallery, riddles, learning which way the wind blows, the witch’s stocking, rare species, unwelcome ghost, cat-echism, luggies, blind man’s bluff, hope in ashes, on a string, candles four and many more; Halloween table spread for many; decorating a Halloween hall; decorating a Halloween punch table; regalias and favors for a large party; costumes for pretty waitresses; matching dancing partners for an innovation dance; costumes for Halloween affairs (for plans and instructions for more Halloween costumes, please see our Dennison Costume listings); suggestions for dressing up; decorating a Thanksgiving table. Centerpieces, favors and novelty suggestions and ideas fill this book as well as instructions for making fringed crepe, rolling crepe, effects when crushing crepe, and wrapping wires to make each of your projects a success. The Dennison Bogie books featured amazingly creative displays of festooned crepe swags and garland, hanging decorations depicting witches, ghosts, scary pumpkins, black cats and other symbols we associate with Halloween as well as a vast array of games and favors. The Bogie Books were a great source for party planning, each year showing different ideas to match the new products being released by Dennison. Sample book pages are shown at the top of this page. ***FOR MORE BOGIE BOOKS, please see our other listings***

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