Fun with Spider Web!

Decorating the house for the party! Since this is going to take some major time I've already started. Soon I'll have the Creepiest house in the subdivision!

Haunted Foyer

I spent quite a while yesterday decorating the 'foyer'. So when people come in they'll get a good taste of the pirate theme and scary. It is cross between pirates of the Caribbean , and the giant spider lair from Harry Potter. So far I really like what I've done. It needs much more work. I'm going to go crazy with the 'spider webs'.

Hauling the coffin down from the attic is the next challenge. Jim made me this coffin (isn't my hubby a sweetie?) Yes some women want jewelry, I go for the Halloween props! anyway... The dining room is going to be turned into a Haunted Crypt/ buffet. I found the perfect 'bowl' at Ross's. gotta go back and get it! Why I didn't pick it up when I saw it.... Groan! I hate when I do that!

I figured I might as well get the decorations up and enjoy them for while maybe tweak them up a notch for the parties.

Happy Haunting!

Haunted Crypts

Working on some new ideas for improving the haunted crypt. 2005 and 2006 are posted below. Any suggestions would be welcome! I'd love it to be truly frightening! I'm hoping I get my corpse done in time!

Scenes from 2005 Haunted Garage the tips to make it BETTER!

The harstest thing I've found is making a realistic dummy. The hands especially have given me fits. I now have a pretty easy method for making the hands seem more real and they can hold things if they aren't too heavy. I make a "skeleton" hand out of heavy gadge craft wire or coat hangers, roll the new paper or plastic bags aound the fingers then place the glove or tape over them for the finished dummy hand. The wire makes it so you can bend the hand to hold things. This is a time consuming little project so not for every dummy. But if I'd used the method in 2005 my ghoul chewing on a leg would have been more scary. I use the same trick for legs and arms with coat hangers. Coat hangers also make good shoulders. It is easier to make a more realistic form if you have "bones" you just cover.

Another trick I've found is using 2-liter plastic pop bottles for necks on dummies. the stiffness keeps the head up. I just cut the top off to the length I need.

I've found the making a oval ball of newspaper covered with a plastic bag taped makes a great head to put a mask on, better than a balloon because it doesn't lose air and slowly shrink.

sCROLL DOWN TO SEE GHOUL PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM. this picture was take after the party and he is a bit worse for wear...

Setting a scene

Making a Mad Scientist Lab is pretty easy to do just save some large jars! We just floated plastic body parts in colored water. Dragged out the old quack machines, you can find them at fea markets for about $150. It makes a nice gory scene!

ENJOY!

Decorating for the Bar

I've found having something tall at the back helps it sets the scene and you can see it through the munchies and bottles. I've used fake pumpkins and faux grave stones for height.

Using some Halloween themed serving items makes it FUN too. Last year I found the Blooding skull punch set at Wal-mart for $25. Talking skull tray is a BIG hit. I've bought after Halloween all the glasses At Walgreens for about .50 cents, before Halloween they were $1.99. I've slowly collected more every year. The after season sales are a real deal! The next year you'll have a KILLER table!

Great site for a Halloweem dinner party

I make projects http://bravo.imakeprojects.com/projects/halloween-supper/

This is one sick puppy! I LOVE IT! what he's found and done is just AWESOME! Or should I say gruesome? Any way check it out! I want to go to this dinner party!