My party plans so far! Themed rooms

**AriaDragonfly** · 10-10-2009,02:58 PM

So far I have the hallway, bathroom, living room and kitchen themed and started.
Any suggestions would be appreciated! I don't really like cheesy though.

Hallway (entryway) of darkness
I will be hanging black something (streamers/gauze) so that you can't see the party on entering and have to push through it to get in all the way to the living room, probably have some sort of sign on the door "party goers enter if you dare" sign (it's a very safe nice apartment complex so I shouldn't have to worry about much)

Abandoned mansion living room
Spider webs everywhere, white sheets covering furniture, dead roses, Already have some nice mansion-y looking paintings to string spider webs on, dead leaves, candles (still deciding on if I'll make those pvc ones... probably will)
Fog (got the fogger, building chiller to keep it on the ground)

Murder bathroom
Bloody shower curtain
Blood filled tub (going to test a few red things first to see if they stain)
Lipstick on mirror (already tested all good)
I have a false ceiling that is clear so maybe sillouhettes or red plastic across it to make the bathroom tinged red.
Maybe those spider sacks (they where so awesome)
Sound effect under sink (whispering, crying something)

Witches kitchen
Feather/bone mobiles
Potions
Bones
Cauldrons
Spell book

Menu (I am vegetarian)
Skewered pumpkin
Pumpkin soup served in a pumpkin
Harvest bread
Candy (of course!)

Hand in punch bowl

Carmel apple martinis
-Vodka
-Buttershots
-Green apple pucker

That is it so far, hoping to add a few more menu items and research a couple more drinks (I'll have an open bar as well, but I like to have a few premixed drinks for ease)

**seelie8504** · 10-12-2009,10:56 AM

this sounds really awesome! I love the caramel apple martini idea - those sound really good!

**housedragonmom** · 10-12-2009,11:08 AM

love the voices under the sink. I am so doing that! Otherwise sounds great.

**Tippy** · 10-12-2009,12:59 PM

AriaDragonfly, can you share your caramel apple martini recipe with us? I tried a recipe last year but it was not very good.

**AriaDragonfly** · 10-12-2009,01:52 PM

Sure!
Carmel Apple Martini
1 part vodka
2 parts buttershots (or butterscotch schnapps)
2 parts sour apple pucker

Shaken with ice and strained into a martini glass
Rim the martini glass with carmel or butterscotch for an extra special treat!

If you want this less sweet and a bit sparkly (the way I prefer it)

Sparkling Carmel Apple Martini
1/2 part vodka
1 part soda water
1 part buttershots
1 part green apple pucker

Dont shake stir with ice!

One of my original drink recipes

Going Going Gone
1 part rockstar (either guava or pomegranite)
1 part margarita mix
1 part either tequila or vodka

Stirred with ice.

**MonsterBoss** · 10-12-2009,01:57 PM

Your ideas sound great - the blood filled tub is especially creepy and so is the crying sounds coming from under the sink

**Caution! Robot** · 10-12-2009,09:22 PM

Re: "sound effect under sink (whispering, crying something)" I'm trying the same thing, just ordered an Eviltron from thinkgeek. I hope it will sound ok...

**senorita** · 10-13-2009,10:46 AM

I did something similar for the bathroom last year (blood, spider sacks etc), but I had "kids playing" sounds in the closet, really quiet, it ended up being really creepy, you could barely hear it, it turned out great! I'm going to try the "crying" sounds this year!

I'm also doing the themed rooms idea, but we've got 10 rooms and I'm running out of ideas! If anyone has any more ideas please post them! So far I've got the bathroom, similar to what AriaDragonfly is doing, the entrance/hallway is also similar, very dark with a few green spotlights on the spiderwebs in the corners and dark material hanging on the staircase before you get upstairs, living room will be "red" theme, red lights, lots of candles, black curtains, hallway will also have lots of things hanging from the ceiling, with curtains draped at both entrances to the hallway, some skeleton scene setters on the walls and a strobelight, "blacklight" room downstairs with ghost scene setters on the walls, old creepy forest room downstairs, and I'm thinking spiders everywhere on the patio.

But I'm not sure what to do with the dining room, a staircase seperates the living room and dining room so you can see either room from another, but don't want to carry the same theme over either. And we've got another empty room downstairs that I don't know what to do with!! I've done the witches kitchen twice now so want to do something else in the kitchen but not sure what.

Any tips would be greatly apprecaited!!! Thanks!