Thread: Scary Tales 2012

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I always plan my theme parties a year in advance so I can collect items throughout the year and take advantage of holiday clearance sales. At my daughter's request, we'll be having a Scary Tales party next year. My premise is Mother Goose and all the creatures of fairytale land live in a magical, candy cottage in an enchanted forest. A sinister witch has put an evil spell on Mother Goose (me - Mother Gross) and hexed the cottage and it's inhabitants.

My daughter and I brainstormed and came up with fifty props we could make/display. The outside will be a disenchanted forest with rotten candy cottage decorations. The bathroom will be the Queen of Hearts court with red, black and white decor. The invitations will be a storybook and the food will be theme related. I've searched all the scary tales/twisted fairytales on the forum and came up with many ideas but still need help with the usual: decor, food, games. Also, any creepy pictures I could incorporate into the storybook invitations would be greatly appreciated.

Here's our prop list:

SCARY TALES 2012

PROPS:
Ghoul reading a storybook to creeped out dolls; book pile - Grimm’s Fairytales, Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, Aesop's Fables, etc….

1. Snow Fright and Seven Evil Drawfs – SW skelly and creepy dwarfs, poisoned apples, drape black ribbon between two flying ravens.
2. Little Dead Riding Hood – red cape with basket of goodies and bugs.
3. Goose That Laid the Rotten Eggs – goth goose and basket of gold, mossy eggs.
4. Queen of Broken Hearts – queen costume and fake hearts.
5. Hansel and Dreadel – H. in cage with chicken bone.
6. Gingerdead Men – skeleton GB on tray.
7. Knight of the Living Dead – skelly in knight costume.
8. Sinderella’s Slipper – glass slipper with foot (‘if the shoe fits’…sign).
9. Ghouldilocks and Three Bears – bears eating doll.
10. Tragedy Ann & Andy – bandaged and bloody.
11. Jack & Jill Dead on the Hill – chalk outlines and bucket.
12. Old Mother Hubbard’s Bone Cupboard – bone cabinet, empty dog dish.
13. Belle in Hell – yellow torn dress in wolf hands, sticking out from garage door, fog, red lights.
14. Crooked Man Walking – half a corpse on walker, with cat and mouse.
15. Aladdin’s Green Genie – lamp with green ‘smoke’.
16. Jeeves the Pied Piper – Edwardian butler with trail of rats and flute with snakes in the holes.
17. The Sorcerer’s Broom of Doom – dancing broom with Mickey’s wizard hat.
18. Ugly Muckling– stuffed duck with pulled out eyeball, covered in black oil.
19. Puff the Smoking Dragon – dragon with hookah.
20. Three Little Porkers – wolf roasting pig, ribs, and bacon on BBQ; straw, sticks, bricks and TNT box nearby.
21. Little Miss Mummy – doll wrapped in spider web, bowl of turds and whey (oatmeal with fake poop).
22. The Not So Itsy Bitsy Spider – giant spider, web, egg sacs.
23. CHumpty Dumpty – cracked, bloody egg halves, yolk, brick wall.
24. Emperor’s New Clothesline – spider web clothesline with empty hangers and a crown.
25. Little Fiji Mermaid – fiji mermaid with red hair floating on pool.
26. Three Blind & Bloody Mice – blindfold, tails cut off, bloody knife, mousetraps, moldy cheese.
27. Little Boil Blue – beheaded boy under haystack with horn.
28. Bo Creep’s Sheep – sheep wrapped in barbed wire on sheppard’s hook.
29. Stinkerbell – fairy in jar with rotting garbage.
30. Captain Crook’s Hook – pirate hook in crocodile’s mouth, eye patch.
31. Frog Prince’s Throne – frog on toilet with pop up green monster inside.
32. Big Bad Werewolf – wolf mask and hands on dummy.
33. Peter Piper’s Poisoned Pickled Peppers – skulls in pepper jar, poison label.
34. Mary’s Little Lambchop – bloodied lamb in pot.
35. Ring Around Rosie – “Rosie’s” ashes in urn.
36. Grumpelstiltskin – evil gnome with hay and gold cloth.
37. RIPpunzel – wig on corpsed skelly head.
38. FeFeyesFoFum - giant’s eyeballs.
39. Chicken Licking – rubber chicken, bloody feathers.
40. Rub-a-Dub-Dead – skellies in tub with bubble fogger–
.....Butcher (apron/butcher knife/ body parts)
.....Baker (chef hat/bread with roaches, snake wrapped around rolling pin)
.....Candlestick Maker (bleeding candles/twine for wicks).
41. PINocchio – pinhead puppet.
42. Princesses and the Frogs – deviant art princess prints in frog photo holders.
43. Magic Mirror of Macabre - mirror with face.
44. Polly’s Kettle – teapot with scary eyes, face.
45. Peter’s Pumpkin Hell – bloody woman’s body parts in pumpkin.
46. Rock-a-ByeBye Baby – broken baby doll in busted cradle.
47. Malice in Wonderland – creepy Alice doll.
48. White Rabid – bloody rabbit with great stuff intestines.
49. Jack Horner’s Thumb – plum with a thumb.
50. Wicked Bitch of the East – stripped stockings, red shoes under house.

Malice in Wonderland - [bath: red/white/black, strobe, heartbeat sound] “by order of her Majesty’s request, ‘off with their heads’” hanging shrunken heads, dead rabbit, giant cards, clocks, painting the roses red with paint can and rabbit foot (brush), chess board, b/w checkered covered walls, drink me bottles, ‘through the looking glass’ – mirror dusted with spray snow and shattered borders (white poster board), broken glass pieces, skull centerpiece with bleeding candles, blood gel clings, skellymingos. Deviant art Alice on door.

WOW! That is going to be some party! One for the books when its complete! Already looking forward to the pictures of this one.

tannas, that sound FABULOUS! I will be watching eagerly to see how you achieve some of these things. I am considering the Sleeping Beauty and Hansel and Gretel scenes myself. Since I'm new to hauting, I haven't done any of these so it will all be new to me.

If memory serves I think Hallorenescene has either done something similar or did a compilation of story book themes over the years. I don't think it's on her page but I'm sure if you send her a message she would happily help you with tips and links to her pics.

Thanks for the heads up Halloween Lady. I looked through your 'Looking Glass' album - superb work, absolutely amazing!!

I'm trying to incorporate things I already have, like for the not so itsy bitsy spider, I have all those items. And I ran a daycare so I have things like stuffed animals, princess dresses, etc. I was able to buy a wolf mask/hands, Rapunzel wig, red cape, the beast hands, chain and lock, forest scene setting...all on clearance this year. I'm not really a builder but these props are easy - an empty hanger with a crown, jar of peppers, .. lol

I think I'm really going need help with the games. Tempt you Fate is always good but I like to somehow incorporate the props into a game or a scavenger hunt.

Originally Posted by davidsdesire

tannas, that sound FABULOUS! I will be watching eagerly to see how you achieve some of these things. I am considering the Sleeping Beauty and Hansel and Gretel scenes myself. Since I'm new to hauting, I haven't done any of these so it will all be new to me.

I also thought of Sleeping Beauty as a skelly with sleeping mask and covered in webs but didn't want too many skelly princesses.

I must say I am not a big fan of themed parties - but wow! I must admit this one sounds awesome...great ideas...looking forward to seeing how it unfolds - as for food you could always cook the golden goose and eat his eggs...

Great Idea . I really Got Best one thing.

You may have already looked at these :http://www.halloweenforum.com/member...adow-show.html

I had a title called Dark and Secret's Pandamonium Shadow Show which was a carnival that housed Scary Tales for the "show."