Our haunt this year will be split into two sections. All will enter into our HUGE inflatable haunted house where we plan to have a voodoo room set up and a woman doing the voodoo voice and theme who will direct the little kids through one door to the Peanuts Great Pumpkin patch (very child friendly) and the other door leads to our hard core walk-through haunt in the back yard for the adults.
We've never done a voodoo room or voodoo woman costume before. Any tips, tricks or help would be appreciated especially because this is the first room that our victims will enter and will set the mood.
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I don't know just how much help I'll be, but we did our bathroom in Voodoo last year. LOTS of candles. We also created voodoo dolls that we hung on the walls and such all over. Got some black rocks and painted them with white paint (runes) and placed them on the counter. I think the big thing also was that I had voodoo chants playing in the background. Actually very relaxing music by the way. A lot of people said that was a big part of the mood in there. Lots of mossy type stuff ( i used this when I made the voodoo dolls too). I had a little bit of a decoration party with the dolls. I got a ton of scrap fabric from a friend of mine, and had about 5 people (my self and gf included) and we just all got creative and made voodoo dolls. It was a blast. I also had a rubber chicken. Pigs feet in a jar is a good thing too. I'll see if I can think of anything else. Unfortunately, I don't have pictures, but do some research online. It really is a fun theme. I don't really remember where I found the chant music. I got it free though, I'll see if I can find the website. That's about all I've got right now. Our bathroom was much smaller than what you're doing.
2 words: Voodoo Altar! The items on a real altar depend on what loas (voodoo spirits) are being honored, but here are some general non-specific items: tobacco (cigars, cigarettes), money (laid out in a veve-like pattern), flowers, booze (just bottles with colored water will do!), food (fruit, veggies, meat, bread, whatever-- fake might be best for safety's sake).
If you have random bones or a skull left over from other projects, chuck them on there with raffia or twine and maybe feathers tied on them. Lay these items out on mismatched dishes and bowls, especially wood or brass. Hit the thrift store for the cheapo dishes...
Look around at your local grocery stores for those tall pillar candles in colored glass jars. A few of those in different colors would be pretty and appropriate. Even better would be the glass jar candles with pictures of saints on them. If you have or can find a rubber snake or 2 or 3, wind them around the items on the altar.
Real voodoo practitioners, at least those in New Orleans that I've seen &/or met, wear white during ceremonies. White top/shirt over white skirt/pants, with a colored sash for a belt. Barefoot or sandals would be OK for footgear, and jewelry would likely be made of wood, real or simulated stones, or beads. Voodoo priestesses usually have their hair covered; women wear a turban-style headcovering. I don't know if priests cover their hair...
For veve patterns, watch Skeleton Key, or just wing it. Most veves start with a + shape and have (usually) symmetrical lines and curves crossing the lines of the +.
HTH! I'd love to do a voodoo theme someday. Can you tell?????
i have a witche's potion shelf - a lot of the things in that would be good for a voodoo room as well - so different jars & bottles with coloured liquids/ boiled chicken bones that kind of thing - I also had a jar of dirt - like jack sparrows! calypso/tia dalma in potc used shells & crab claws as runes to so have things like that lying about. old style lanterns (try the outdoor gardening dept) & ropes/ fishing net (i made a fishing net from rough string) use cored apples - preferably dried out a bit - as candle holders
I don't know just how much help I'll be, but we did our bathroom in Voodoo last year. LOTS of candles. We also created voodoo dolls that we hung on the walls and such all over. Got some black rocks and painted them with white paint (runes) and placed them on the counter. I think the big thing also was that I had voodoo chants playing in the background. Actually very relaxing music by the way. A lot of people said that was a big part of the mood in there. Lots of mossy type stuff ( i used this when I made the voodoo dolls too). I had a little bit of a decoration party with the dolls. I got a ton of scrap fabric from a friend of mine, and had about 5 people (my self and gf included) and we just all got creative and made voodoo dolls. It was a blast. I also had a rubber chicken. Pigs feet in a jar is a good thing too. I'll see if I can think of anything else. Unfortunately, I don't have pictures, but do some research online. It really is a fun theme. I don't really remember where I found the chant music. I got it free though, I'll see if I can find the website. That's about all I've got right now. Our bathroom was much smaller than what you're doing.
Would love to see pictures of your Voodoo bathroom! We're doing a Voodoo bathroom this year.
Also wanted to share a couple links for making your own Voodoo dolls:
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The first thing that comes to mind is "rolling the bones". I am not sure if it's actually voodoo but it was used as an ancient method of divination. I think they used chicken bones.
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How I wish I could show you pictures of our bathroom. I think it turned out really well. Unfortunately, I didn't have my own digital camera last year and had to depend on my neighbor to take pictures. She did a great job snapping some of the guests, but alas, there were NONE taken of the props. Sorry, I'd share if I could.
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