Thread: Haunted Luau

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I have been struggling for a theme this year and last night my dear hubby came up with the idea for a haunted luau I am really excited about it I only hope my guest will be last yr was the first yr we didnt do a theme b/c my friends complained that it was to expensive to follow a specific theme well a luau is about as cheap of a theme as I can think of. So anyway I would love to hear any ideas for spooking up the decor for our luau and wonder if anyone else has done the haunted luau before

Tiki's totems are fun to make, and are relatively easy out of chunks of foam. You can make 'em all creepy and stuff, after you drylok 'em, a little rough painting with brown, then watered down black. Put 'em everywhere. Add some straw all over. Maybe go crazy and make a thatched roof that you can roll up and store - but can be attached to the ceiling of one of your rooms. Add some LED flickering candle lights to some tiki torches, along with green and red regular bulbs for that much needed ambient light, and you should be straight.

As far as friends who complain about "themes" - what I have done (just recently) to circumvent that is to not "require" they come dressed in theme, but offer an award for best themed costume. So if we are doing a zombie theme, they get a best zombie. Next year - is carnival, so there will be a best Carnie Trophy (which would include sideshow attraction, clown, ringmaster, etc..)

We had two Indian Jones attendees one year. One of them spent just at $500 on all the pieces, authentic whip, movie replica gun, real fedora, authentic leather jacket, special ordered gas mask bag with custom leather strap, etc... the other bought a $40 "kit" and looked pretty good too. Luau is pretty open ended, but depending on where you are - Michigan in my case - it's too cold to pull that off in October on most years. We were thinking about doing a Haunted Luau in June / July as just a party some year.

Good luck with your party! Hope this helps.

Thanks so much those are some great ideas and we are in Alabama so its usually still fairly warm we always have our party outside around the pool some ppl even still swim at our haunts lol they are braver than I but these ideas are great thanks

Originally Posted by silent_cries_go_unheard

we always have our party outside around the pool some ppl even still swim at our haunts

see if you can find some spookie submersible color changing lights to but in the pool, looks spiffy at night.
Also toss some white flowers in the pool, the give off a voodoo vibe floating on top if the water, or maybe thats just me

makes some shrunken apple heads as party favors!

oh yeah decorate you bathroom and kitchen countertop (if you have a bar) with
"voodoo bottles" and "potion bottles" like:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TcySxYpZoU...pell+jar+1.jpg
&
http://www.facelessautumn.com/images...ulBottle02.jpg

and dont forget to hang a "dead" rubber chicken up somewhere ^.<

oh yeah, and seve zombies > http://www.drinksmixer.com/cat/3236/

I hadnt even thought of the voo doo aspect thats awesome I love it thankyou this is why I love this site when I am on total brain lock which is most days lately you guys pull thru Happy Haunting

If you do spooky shots or jello shots, like many members serve at their parties, I noticed today at my local Dollar Tree had those little shot glasses a bunch for a buck. They also had a bunch of luau items: blow up palm tree (something spooky in it or behind it), lais: all colors, all kind of stuff you could bloody up or make creepy. I think a Halloween Luau would be an awesome theme. I will search around and see if I see any ideas. This place has a ton of stuff for that kind of party, just got to scary it up a bit: http://www.shindigz.com/catalog.cfm?cat=14832. Read up on Hawian urban legends, ghosts, etc. and see what you can find that might spark something to add scary. Good luck!

thankyou peewee I will definately be checking out the dollar tree this week the first chance I get I am so excited I never would have put luau and halloween together b/c luau you think summer so i am interested to see how it goes over and thanks for the links and ideas

In addition to the other suggestions, skeletons with leis around their necks (and maybe coconuts bras on some) and, of course, tiki torches would be very fitting. KMart has some light-up tiki solar lights that could be ideal, too: http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_1...7=friki%20tiki

Good luck with your party, silent_cries

Those are awesome thanks Garth I dont usully shop at kmart but I will be for these thanks

You're welcome