Thanks ManicMom!! I created the wall by using regular white styrofoam panels 4x8 (larger and cheaper than the pink). I drew the lines on them with a sharpie and then used a Dremel tool to freehand the lines, painted the lines black and then used gray on the rest. When I was done I did use a can of gray "stone" paint to muddle it a little. Oh...prior to painting I used a heat gun to kinda make the "indentations" in the styrofoam....but remember... the night is our friend

. I looked at your pictures and loved the idea of using a sand colored blanket as a beach or at least it looked like a blanket. Oh....just so you know.....the bottle of Captain Morgan
was full but remember...the night handn't begun yet!! lol. By the end of the night the bottle was "hauntingly" empty courtesy of a couple bilge rats that help me with my haunt!!