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A Halloween party table takes more punishment than a dinner table: punch, frosting, melted candy and whatever gets knocked over in a costume. This runner measures 73 by 13.8 inches and prints bats among spider webs, so the surface doing that work also looks like part of the decorating rather than a cloth pulled out of a cupboard.
Two motifs do the whole job here. Bats scatter across intricate webbing, which reads as Halloween from across a room without anything gruesome on the table where people are eating. The print suits a child's party and an adult gathering equally well, and it sits beside carved pumpkins, paper garlands and orange string lights without any clash of style.
Candy bowls, cups and plates all collect on one surface at a party, and that surface takes scratches, spills and the heat of a dish straight out of the oven. The runner stands between them and the table. A cozy indoor dinner or a covered patio setup both get the protection, and the wood underneath is untouched afterwards.
Wrinkle resistant polyester comes out of storage ready to use, which is the difference between decorating at six and ironing at five. Fade resistance keeps the black of the bats dark rather than grey after several Octobers. The fabric also holds its shape on the table instead of creeping into ridges as bowls and platters get moved around during the evening.
Light marks come off with a wipe while the party is still going, and anything worse goes in the machine afterwards without fading or shrinking. That decides whether a runner gets used again the following year or thrown out. Folded flat and packed with the rest of the Halloween decorations, it takes almost no room in the box on the shelf.
Turkeys, pumpkins and fall leaves on plastic wide enough for the dining table, with a second cover for wherever the children eat.
Printed covers at 52 by 87 inches, two in the pack, that fit a standard eight-foot table and later tape to the wall as a photo backdrop.
