Thread: "Scary Tales" Party

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Hey everyone! I haven't been here for a LONG time but I'm glad to be back!

I'm planning a Scary Tales/ Twisted Fairytales party. I need some help with lighting and decor ideas because I have a pretty large house and have absolutely NO idea where to start... I pretty much have my theme set in stone.

Entry way: Forest... Black lights only, eyes made from poster board on the walls 'watching' everyone as they enter.
What can I use for the trees? How can I give it that forest deep in the woods feeling?

Living Room: I was hoping Rapunzel meets Snow White meets Cinderella. No idea where to start on this one.

Dining Room: Three little pigs, Hansel and Gretel. Having the food tables each adorned with a pigs head. (3 in total) 'Poison Treats' (Hansel and Gretel) no idea.

Den: Little Red Riding Hood. Hanging wolf skin.... no idea what else.

Kitchen: hansel and Gretel?

Should I add more fairy tales such as Alice in Wonderland, and the Wizard of Oz?

Thanks in advance!

Dead Ted did a great scary tales theme a few years back. Here are some links to his threads. If you do a search for mother goose, you find many other threads from other members who have done a similiar theme.

Fairy tale party/prop pictures

Ransom/Fairy Tale Invitations

"Yes, and they all lived happilly ever after on unemployment ."
"Here's your $50.00 don't spend it all in one place!"
I know, fairy tales aren't supposed to borrow quite THAT heavily from reality are they, sorry.

How about some demented white rabbit stuff?

Like this:

http://www.halloweenasylum.com/wicke...t-costume.aspx

I have seen some more things like this around as well.

I was thinking about your forest. What if you made it so you just saw the trunks of the trees, as though they were very tall? You could make 2 or 3 actual standing tree trunks and then paint the rest of the forest to the left and right on the walls (on a canvas, drywall or sheet or something, of course...). Then you could put your eyes in the few trees you created as well as the "backgrounds" and it would be 3D.

Then, adhere dry leaves to the ceiling, play some whistling wind and rustling leaves music and add some kind of scent - maybe pine or even a hint of rosemary?

Great ideas, Mysterymaiden! If you want to add another sort of scent to your forest, you can go to any store that sells hunting stuff and buy what hunters use as cover scent. They have discs that smell like acorns, or fresh earth. I have used both in my haunt in the past when I have had an outdoor room, though I just used scene setters and a few ficus trees, you got that 'creepy woods' feeling from the smell alone.

Ooh fresh earth! That's a fantastic idea. Fresh earth scent, luau zombie sound tracks - there's nothing that isn't available these days!

Sounds really cute...can't wait to see what you come up with

Thanks so much everyone!!!!!! especially mysterymaiden.

Alice in Wonderland is definitely cool... it would add a creepy element!!!