Beetlejuice Theme??

**SweetnScary** · 07-30-2011,03:06 PM

Considering doing a Beetlejuice theme for this years party but not 100% sure just yet. My hubby & I have been throwing around ideas to decorate the outside of the back of our house (where the entrance is for our finished basement and bar room), with the outside of the "Dante's Lair" ***** house from the Beetlejuice movie. Then doing the immediate interior of our basement as the "waiting room scene" (complete with a couch with a safari hunter w/ shrunken head and the girl who has been sawed in 1/2. Plus the receptionist/Miss Argentina "You don't have an appointment")
After having them walk through the 'waiting room" and into our bar, i'm not sure what to do...

Does anyone have any ideas?
Does this theme seem to be too over the top?

**Rikki** · 07-30-2011,04:16 PM

Sounds like a fun theme to me! Lots of black and white, maybe the super-sized cemetery miniature scene with the fake turf? Oh, and sandworms!

I took a paper mache book and painted it to look like the Handbook of the Recently Deceased back when the hubby and I went as Beetlejuice and Lydia.

**SweetnScary** · 07-30-2011,07:31 PM

The handbook idea is great! and how could I forget the sandworm? Thanks for the ideas. Not sure about our costumes, might have to mix it up a little... maybe I'll go as Beetlejuice... I just don't see my husband dressing up like Lydia LOL

**Rikki** · 07-31-2011,06:22 AM

Odo and Delia could be fun costumes.

**freudstein** · 07-31-2011,07:31 AM

That's a fantastic theme!! Guests will love it. I'd be very happy to see puctures of your progress and final set ups!

**SweetnScary** · 07-31-2011,01:47 PM

I will definitely post photos as we are going through the process. Trying to come up with more ideas on how to incorporate as much of the movie details we can, without it being too much. ANY IDEAS??