Thread: Small Bathroom needs big impact

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I'm thinking of the spider bathroom idea as well for my guest bath. For an added effect I'm going to hang black or gray thread from the ceiling in the hallway and on the bathroom door frame (which ever color is most invisible in the light) and when my guests head down the hall or pass through the bathroom door their face will brush against the thread making them feel like they walked through a spider web. It's really creepy especially when you see that small room filled with spiders. I wouldn't put the thread in the bathroom or near the toilet however... someone might...well...miss the target so to speak....

We cut down small trees (undergrowth) or branches that were just tall enough to wedge against the walls in the bathroom and canopy over the ceiling. We had trees all the way around the bathroom. Then we hung bats and spiders in the trees. We had a couple of sound activated monsters hidden in the jungle too. Then we took one of those candy dish bowls that has the hand that grabs at you when activated and put the toilet paper in the bowl. We also had some sound activated skulls on the back of the toilet. We used the cheap party black light bulbs in the ceiling fan to cast of an eerie glow. The trees were a huge hit and other than a bunch of dead leaves to clean up after wards, it was easy to do. I know I have pics somewhere. IF I can find them, I will post them.

Originally Posted by Venomiss

Great "batroom" pics! I think I saw someone posted something about red lights too. I think I'll pick up some red or green lights and pop them in the fixtures. I finally decided on a costume (black dress with red underneath) so I'll be "black widow" or something to that effect.

I saw lowes had a black widow dropping spider and I have the PERFECT vent to hang it from in the bathroom! ...it's a start anyhow!

I was a black widow a few years back and had a blast with it. Try this: using spirit gum (in with the halloween make up at the stores) glue those little plastic spiders on you. I did one on my cheek and one just below my clavical. I had a little girl who just couldn't stop staring at the spiders, it was too cute. lol

I dont know if anyone has mentioned it, but what about a floating led pool/hot tub light, green or red to simulate a bubbling cauldron with the jets going and lights off. Might be cool.

I love everyone's bathroom ideas. I never thought abut decorating the bathroom before. My favorite idea is the spider bathroom. I know lots of people, one of my friend in particular, that hates spiders. Hehe...... One idea I just thought of was making it look like there is a killer behind the shower curtain like its going stab you like in Psycho or has a chainsaw or something.

i have been sooooo inspired by this thread I'm not sure how to thank everyone! Since ya'll are so creative, perhaps you can help me... My theme is Nightmare before Xmas meets the Haunted Mansion, and the ONLY time people will be INSIDE the house is for the Bathroom, so I wanted to creep it up a bit with some haunted mansion type of stuff... Its a VERY tiny bathroom, no shower or tub. It's really a half bath. We CANNOT use real candles at ALL. Last year a drunk person no one knew showed up and broke the candle, and we had glass and wax EVERYWHERE for weeks. I have Black Towels, and I was thinking of trying to find some "ghost" audio (I really dig the audio idea... Will SURELY scare a few people).

I'm at a LOSS for what else to do though. I can't stress TINY enough, but I want it to be memorable, like the rest of our party will be. OH and BTW, the walls are seafoam Green (Not my house so I can't paint the walls!) obviously I don't have a lot of $$ to spend, but I'm sure yall will be able to help me figure something out!

To Prevent people from wandering the house, we'll have a Bloody Curtain Blocking off the rest of the House with a sign that reads "The Ghostly Residents are Restless and Ask you to KEEP OUT!"

my search for audio continues... And also my search for my missing ipod shuffle to put the audio ON!

I took cheap black garbage bags and cut then so they were HUGE... then taped them together and covered every wall in my house. The bathroom was the best, hidden walls that people hid behind and scared the girls who were trying to apply makeup.. black lights above the mirror that was smeared with karo syrup and red food coloring hand prints. I took black light lipstick to the mirror with a deadly poem, as well as black light paint on the wall opposite the mirror... Major hit that year!!!
Last year i did the black walls again, only spread cob webs all over the ceiling and floor, then threw dollar tree fake leaves and spiders all around...

This year.. not sure.. bigger OLDER house with a huge front porch, yard, TALL windows.. thinking the hanging man for sure!!!

I have a really small bathroom. It's not blacklight oriented but we heard a scream every time someone went in there. The trick is that the first thing you see when you open the bathroom door is the mirror and hence the reflection in the mirror = instant scream. The shower curtain has a pocket that contains a sound/motion sensitive scream maker (bought at Kmart I think). The bloody hand prints on the tile are children's bath paint we got at Target. The blood red water in the tub was children's bath water color changer that we also got at Target. The whole set up is about $30 max. And thank you Skellycat for the bloody towels- we will be adding those this year :-)

My bathroom is also just a half/ bath (4'x6'), not much room to decorate but it still freaked out a couple of guests. All I did was smear the word "REDRUM"on the mirror with fake blood and a couple of handprints. Put some PVC candles out,drinking and flames DO NOT MIX. And had my ipod stuck under the sink on loop with little external speakers (1"x3") playing the twins from "The Shining" and some audio from BIOSHOCK , just loud enough so you could hear but not figure out were it came from. The mirror was just a framed mirror so I made a "never ending" case for it ( not sure what its called but you take a mirror and that mirrored film for autos and make a two way "never ending" hole in the wall) so that when they look around for the sound they open up the mirror and find the hole. And up in the corner of the ceiling on the door side was a Demon ( stuffed animal monkey with horns and latex added to its face, didn't look the greatest but he did his job), that in the dim light you didn't see right away. One guest said it freaked her out so much that she had to hurry up and get out of there, my work was justified.

Here's one I've always wanted to try (but haven't gotten to yet): I have a tiny powder room that really only gets used by guests. I thought of calling it the 'Lunatic's Lavatory' and hanging misc. mirrors (brought in from all over the house) and hanging/leaning them all over, but at different angles so that they are crooked. The water faucet would have a constant drip (mess with the washer). The light bulbs would be replaced with red and there would be 2 strobe lights flashing at different speeds - this will cause a very disoriented feeling. There would be, hidden in the vent, insane laughter, alternating with incoherent mumblings such "I'm not crazy...they deserved what they got.." or whatnot. On the open shelving and inside the medicine cabinet I would place old prescription bottles (empty or filled with m&ms) with phony medicine labels intended for the insane (I would have to research these, as I am not actually insane) and maybe syringes from the toy dept.
The idea is to make the guest feel disoriented and as if they could possibly their mind. Again, I haven't actually applied this theme - it's just an idea. I'd love to hear any additions to this theme because I think I'm gonna do this next year. Highball, I think your 'never-ending mirror' would work great in this bathroom!