Thread: Steam punk theme?

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So, the Hubby and I are thinking about attempting a steam punk theme for our party this year. Obviously I know what we'll do costume wise...but decor wise does anyone have any ideas? I have a few good ideas for the inside of the house, but my concern is for the backyard. We always have a cemetary setting...and last year we made our own cornfield (thanks to a client of a friends that provided me with as may cornstalks as I needed) I'm thinking since steam punk is a combo of victorian/goth/industrial that a victorian horror kind of setting would be appropriate. Any thoughts though? The wheels are turning now...

a wall full of rusted out copper pained pvc pipes that blasts fog at random intervals.
Steampunk time travel...a marriage of two themes, might give you more ideas!

steampunk jack the ripper murder scene?

Good ideas...both of you! I'm definitely thinking victorian horror...or gothic horror. We've always done lots of crazy lighting in the house. Purple string lights, orange string lights etc. etc. I'm thinking of keeping it to purple to give the house a creepy feel with tons of cob webs to give an old feel. Our house is VERY tiny so our living room and kitchen area completes the downstairs. That's why our outdoor decor is so important to us...a lot of the party takes place out there.

At any rate...in the house...I'm thinking of setting up a small table with some gears/old steam punkish looking stuff with cobwebs and what not. Everything else would be made to just look really old and creepy. I'm just kind of stuck on what to do outside.

I guess there is part of me that feels bad too because I don't know how much or our current Halloween decor we would be able to use. But...there's always room for more....right?

Found this online...it would work outside, and is definitely steampunkery!
I can easily see a whole backstory themed around something like THAT!

Originally Posted by Eyegore

Found this online...it would work outside, and is definitely steampunkery!
I can easily see a whole backstory themed around something like THAT!

That's freakin awesome!!! I'm not sure I could make something like that though...if you could....please come here and HELP!!! Omg...that would be incredible though!

Imagine what kind of statement you'd make, if it were an entrance into the party!
You might can build it using those large wooden cable spools...where you'd find them though, and at a good price (FREE!) is the challenge!

Originally Posted by Eyegore

Imagine what kind of statement you'd make, if it were an entrance into the party!

You might can build it using those large wooden cable spools...where you'd find them though, and at a good price (FREE!) is going to be difficult.

Imagine what kind of statement we'd make if that was a part of our decor anywhere in the yard?!?!?! As much as I'd love to say that we could build something like that...I'm just not sure. My hubby and I did buy a new tape measure today at Lowes though...I suppose that's a start

You can do a large 2d version on the cheap with a couple of pieces of plywood and paint. If you have a projector you can enlarge the above image, project it onto the plywood, trace it...add a few personal touches( foamboard gears, lights) and paint it up! Just a thought.

I love the weird drill machine. I'm sure I saw it in an old movie that tunneled to either a place or time where they encountered Dinos.
Anyway, H.G. Wells and Jules Verne are on my mind lately, and there are plenty of steampunk thoughts to be had in 20,000 Leagues and also Master of the World.
Literary / SF themed haunt

Of course, Frankenstein is the original gothic horror, and lots of technological opportunity there too!