Thread: Broken Time Machine Theme

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A group of friends of mine are having a halloween bash and calling it "Broken Time Machine". We are looking for ideas for decorations for the tables and around the room (in a rented space with a bar). Any ideas you can suggest?

Wow that's a lot to work with. If you choose pieces from different eras, you could really go wild, especially at yard sales...Old West, different war eras, the 1920's, caveman, geez you could do anything....plus I would use lots of clock faces in your decor....I'm interested to see what everyone comes up with...

I say use everything and anything, has long its not cutesy for your Halloween's Broken Time machine. What do you have? Put it to good use. I see endless ideas and none to type down...

Originally Posted by pandora

Wow that's a lot to work with. If you choose pieces from different eras, you could really go wild, especially at yard sales...Old West, different war eras, the 1920's, caveman, geez you could do anything....plus I would use lots of clock faces in your decor....I'm interested to see what everyone comes up with...

I started picking up odds and ends at thrift stores. broken spiral photo frames, assorted wood shapes, bags of scrap materials (fabric, crafts) Some really odd bags full of old toys and parts of games... I even found a small grain feeder top in hunter green that could be the beginning of something wonderful (I hope!)...

Originally Posted by NOWHINING

I say use everything and anything, has long its not cutesy for your Halloween's Broken Time machine. What do you have? Put it to good use. I see endless ideas and none to type down...

We have a bunch of folks into Steam Punk and they are really crafty... I hope to meet with them soon and show them some of the stuff I am collecting. I figure I have stuff and a dremel... I can create something!! LOL

I would make each table a different era. Maybe 70s with a lava lamp and tie die tablecloth, 80s with neon and a big rubiks cube or something, 90s flannel tablecloth to tie into grunge. I really like the idea of the clocks and you could use digital ones and not set the time so it keeps blinking. Also some regular wall clocks or bedside clocks that maybe the glass is broken and some springs are coming out, maybe burned and melted. Even for the older time periods you could find the sand timers. Lots of ways to do it, but I think the broken "stopped" clocks are a neat way to incorporate the theme.

Definitely heavy on the clocks, and if you get them from garage sales you can break them - shatter the glass, bend the hands... I wonder if you can get a spinning clock somewhere.

You could also use calendars - create some online or at a print shop with the different eras (it could be fun pulling these together from ebay or kijiji as well) and put a different calendar in each area to explain the era without having to verbally explain it or put up a sign or anything like that.

LOVE the Calendar idea!! I will recommend that to the group. I know someone is working on collecting old clocks to use pieces on each table. We talked about doing different era's but the calendar idea would really help pull that idea together! I can already see one member getting out his pin-up calendars! LOL

Ohhh... I like the blinking digital clock idea! that is cool... and the whole "time has stopped" idea. Okay the juices are starting to flow. We are going to check out some movies and shows like twilight zone and back to the future for ideas too. Thoughts on any movies or shows we should check out???

Just for the sheer fun of it - rent Time Bandits - really old....but hilarious.....