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I always plan my theme parties a year in advance so I can collect items throughout the year and take advantage of holiday clearance sales. At my daughter's request, we'll be having a Scary Tales party next year. My premise is Mother Goose and all the creatures of fairytale land live in a magical, candy cottage in an enchanted forest. A sinister witch has put an evil spell on Mother Goose (me - Mother Gross) and hexed the cottage and it's inhabitants.

My daughter and I brainstormed and came up with fifty props we could make/display. The outside will be a disenchanted forest with rotten candy cottage decorations. The bathroom will be the Queen of Hearts court with red, black and white decor. The invitations will be a storybook and the food will be theme related. I've searched all the scary tales/twisted fairytales on the forum and came up with many ideas but still need help with the usual: decor, food, games. Also, any creepy pictures I could incorporate into the storybook invitations would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Here's our prop list:

SCARY TALES 2012

PROPS:
Ghoul reading a storybook to creeped out dolls; book pile - Grimm’s Fairytales, Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, Aesop's Fables, etc….

1. Snow Fright and Seven Evil Dwarfs – SW skelly and creepy dwarfs, poisoned apples, drape black ribbon between two flying ravens.
2. Little Dead's Riding Hood – red cape with basket of goodies and bugs.
3. Goose That Laid the Rotten Eggs – scary goose and basket of gold, mossy eggs.
4. Queen of Broken Hearts – queen costume on skelly and fake hearts.
5. Hansel and Dreadel – H. in cage with chicken bone.
6. Gingerdead Men – skeleton GB on tray.
7. Knight of the Living Dead – skelly in knight costume.
8. Sinderella’s Slipper – glass slipper with foot on pillow.
9. Ghouldilocks and Three Bears – bears eating doll.
10. Tragedy Ann & Andy – bandaged and bloody.
11. Jack & Jill Dead on the Hill – chalk outlines and bucket.
12. Old Mother Hubbard’s Bone Cupboard – bone cabinet, empty dog dish.
13. Belle in Hell – yellow torn dress in wolf hands, sticking out from garage door, fog, red lights.
14. Crooked Man Walking – half a corpse on walker.
15. King's Blackcrow Pie - crows 'baked' in a pie.
16. Jeeves the Pied Piper – Edwardian butler with trail of rats and flute with snakes in the holes.
17. Sorcerer’s Broom of Doom – dancing broom with Mickey’s wizard hat.
18. Ugly Muckling– stuffed duck with pulled out eyeball, covered in black oil.
19. Puff the Smoking Dragon – dragon with hookah.
20. Three Little Porkers – wolf roasting pig, ribs, and bacon on BBQ.
21. Little Miss Mummy – doll wrapped in spider web.
22. Not So Itsy Bitsy Spider – giant spider, web.
23. CHumpty Dumpty – cracked egg halves, yolk, brick wall.
24. Emperor’s New Clothesline – clothesline with empty hanger and a crown.
25. Little Fiji Mermaid – Fiji mermaid with red hair floating on pool.
26. Three Blind Rats – blindfold, moldy cheese.
27. Little Boy Blew his Head Off – beheaded boy under haystack with horn.
28. Bo Creep’s Lost Sheep – sheep wrapped in barbed wire on sheppard’s hook.
29. Stinkerbell – fairy in jar with rotting flowers.
30. Captain Crook’s Hook – pirate hook in crocodile’s mouth, bloody hand nearby.
31. Frog Prince’s Throne – frog on toilet with pop up green monster inside.
32. Big Bad Werewolf – wolf mask and hands on dummy.
33. Peter Piper’s Poisoned Pickled Peppers – skulls in pepper jar, poison label.
34. Mary’s Little Lambchop – browned lamb in pan with bugs.
35. Ring Around Rosie – “Rosie’s” ashes in urn.
36. Grumpelstiltskin – evil gnome with hay and gold cloth.
37. RIPpunzel – wig with spiders on skelly head.
38. FeEyesFoFum - giant’s eyeball.
39. Chicken Licking – rubber chicken, bloody feathers.
40. Rub-a-Dub-Dead – skellies in tub with bubble fogger–
.....Butcher (apron/butcher knife/ body parts)
.....Baker (chef hat/bread with roaches, snake wrapped around rolling pin)
.....Candlestick Maker (bleeding candles).
41. PINocchio – pinhead puppet.
42. Princesses and the Frogs – deviant art princess prints in frog photo holders.
43. Jack Horner’s Thumb – plum with a thumb.
44. Polly’s Kettle – teapot with scary eyes.
45. Peter’s Pumpkin Hell – bloody woman’s body parts in pumpkin.
46. Rock-a-ByeBye Baby – broken baby doll in busted cradle.
47. Malice in Wonderland – creepy Alice doll.
48. White Rabid – bloody rabbit with red eyes, green foamy mouth.
49. Magic Mirror of Macabre - mirror with face.
50. Jack Jumped Into the Candlestick - corpsed skelly, giant candlestick.

Malice in Wonderland - [bath: red/white/black, strobe, red lights] “off with their heads” sign, hanging shrunken heads, skelly queen in tub, dead rabbit, giant hearts/diamonds/clubs/spades on walls, clocks (time to die), painting the roses red with paint can, chess board on wall, drink me bottles, ‘through the looking glass’ – mirror with shattered borders (clear contact paper), broken glass pieces, skull centerpiece with bleeding candles, skellymingo, key tied on door.
 
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Thanks for the heads up Halloween Lady. :) I looked through your 'Looking Glass' album - superb work, absolutely amazing!!

I'm trying to incorporate things I already have, like for the not so itsy bitsy spider, I have all those items. And I ran a daycare so I have things like stuffed animals, princess dresses, etc. I was able to buy a wolf mask/hands, Rapunzel wig, red cape, the beast hands, chain and lock, forest scene setting...all on clearance this year. I'm not really a builder but these props are easy - an empty hanger with a crown, jar of peppers, .. lol :D

I think I'm really going need help with the games. Tempt you Fate is always good but I like to somehow incorporate the props into a game or a scavenger hunt.
 
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haha yes, I did see these when I was stalking you :cool: but I totally forgot that you did this theme. Creepy cool and gruesomely good job there peewee!! How did you make the giant cards? rofl about the oven in the woods. :D
 
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We did Scary Tales 3 years ago, I was Mother Goose - I had a awesome goose purse (need that to carry my insulin and monitor) and my Husband was as his tshirt said 'Jack's not nimble, Jack's not quick - on the front and on the back - Jack didn't make it over the candle stick. and he wore the boxer shorts with the fake butt sticking out of a pair of jeans cut out around the 'butt' and burned the edges of the jeans.
 
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haha that's great! I was trying to think of a fairy tale character my husband could be but if I start asking him what he wants to be for Halloween in January I get that look. He's 6'4 but I could probably make a tall candle out of a wrapping paper roll then add blood on it and pieces of flesh....... Thanks for the idea. :)
 
#14 ·
Thanks for the encouraging compliments everyone. :) I've made a list of things to find/buy during the next year so I guess I'm committed. Things like candy canes at Christmas which I'll paint to look like snakes and gold eggs, a lamb, a rabbit at Easter time. All these props are really easy, maybe a couple of paint jobs and creeping out some things but for the most part it's throwing a dress on a skelly. :rolleyes:

A couple of years back Scary Tales was a big theme, probably because of Halloween Horror Nights, so I picked up a lot of ideas from the forum. Did anyone have a twisted fairy tale party this year that can post some pictures? And if anyone is interested in this theme or Malice in Wonderland you have to check out The Halloween Lady's album in her profile. She did an absolutely amazing, incredible job!!
 
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cinders, I was looking through your albums and am amazed by all of the impressive props you make each year!!! :) Of course, I'm particularly interested in your Mother Goose props; thanks so much for posting, you've given me some great ideas. I like how you wrote the nursery rhymes on the tombstones, very creative. Sometimes the most simplest, obvious ideas elude us - I bought a bubble fogger at Spirit's clearance sale and was trying to think of a way to incorporate it into the theme next year. Now why I didn't think of the 'three man in a tub' is beyond me, :eek: but it's perfect! And I like how the skellys all have their bath towels on them lol. Love your attention to detail. Can't wait to see what you do in 2012.
 
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Been picking up a few little things for the party as I come across them - Tragedy Ann & Andy dolls for .50 each, a Stinkerbell fairy doll, a goose... I'm just doing a party not a haunt so I can have a lot of little props everywhere. Other than that, I've been doing a lot of paper planning - finished a playlist, just waiting to see what new songs come out this year, did the wording for the storybook invitations and came up with some ideas for prize baskets:

Scary Tales Gift Baskets

Best Fairytale Costume - *Hansel & Dreadel’s Candy Cauldron Award* (cauldron with candy, Halloween treats, Candyman dvd).

Scariest - *Putrid Pumpkin Award* (funkin with pumpkin seeds, pumpkin coffee, Starbucks gift card, pumpkin ale, Pumpkinhead dvd).

Funniest - *Golden Egg Award* (gold basket with Goldschläger, gold candles, golden candy nuggets, lotto tickets).

Best Couple - *Mad Hatter Tea Party Award* (hat box or large tea cup with jam, tea, cookies, rabbit’s foot, white/red rose, Alice in Wonderland dvd).

Original - *Poisoned Apple Award* (red basket with apple butter, apple caramel dip, sour apple candy, apple pies, bottle of Pucker’s sour apple).

Sexiest - *Creeping Beauty Award* – (black/pink basket with beauty/bath products, candle, eye mask, lotions, erotica novelties).

Any ideas on what I can add to the baskets?
 
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awww thank you for the encouragement. When I look at other members albums who have done this theme, their displays are so big and impressive. I'm just having a little house party with a lot of cheesy little props. :eek: I will have some life size figures though: a witch, the big bad wolf, a skelly knight, my Edwardian butler will be Pied Piper and I'll have a ghoul reading storytime to creeped out dolls. Other than that it's mainly just toy props and I'm not sure if I can make them scary enough.

But I'm full steam ahead, I have all the planning done, I haven't actually done any work yet, :rolleyes: but should be starting on the props next month. Will post pics as I go along.

I decided on mini storybooks for the invitations, using some ideas and wording I found on the forum:

SCARY TALES

Once upon a time….

in a land far, far away was the kingdom of Port Saint Lousy. And in this kingdom, hidden deep in the enchanted forest, was a magical candy cottage. Mother Goose and all the creatures of Fairy Tale land lived happily ever after in the charmed cottage.
Until this year………………………

An evil had crept into the kingdom that twisted and poisoned all that was good. The wicked witch, Escaldofa, had put a sinister spell on the cottage and on all those who dwelt within. Many had escaped into the disenchanted forest but Mother Goose and others remain captive in the bewitched cottage, doomed to live unhappily ever after.

The only way to remove this vile curse is to have a lively gathering of deranged and demented souls more evil than the witch Escaldofa. A foul feast will take place on Saturday, October 27th at 8:00 in the evening at 111 Main Street. Disguises are required to avoid detection by the witch. Assist in saving Fairy Tale land by responding to 777-777-7777.


Borrowing an idea from another member, I'll include a bloody white feather with the invitations since I'm going to be Mother Gross (Goose).
 
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Your ideas sound amazing...Im doing Scary Tales this year too...for my awards Im going to do fairy jars (like lightning bug jars) only mine have no air holes...so my fairies will be curled up at the bottom of the jar DEAD OF COARSE and I will add some moss, twigs and a little rust and dust so they look old....oh and blood on the jar walls as if she was trying to break the glass to get out. Here is a pic of the fairy Im going to try to reproduce...either that or Im going to use the $ store skellies and do the pantyhose and glue trick :) Fictional character Art
 
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I've been working on a playlist for the party using many of star girl's excellent suggestions from this thread - http://www.halloweenforum.com/halloween-music/104519-scary-tales-playlist.html

Here's what I have so far; kind of going for an upbeat pop sound:

SCAREY TALES PLAYLIST 2012

Today was a Fairytale – Taylor Swift
Fairytale – Alexander Rybak
It’s Not Like the Movies – Katy Perry
Fairytale Gone Bad – Sunrise Avenue
The Pied Piper – Crispain St Peters
Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
Georgie Porgie - Eric Benet (Toto)
Mary Had a Little Lamb – Stevie Ray Vaughn
Puff the Magic Dragon – Peter, Paul & Mary
Little Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
Big Bad Wolf – The Heavy
Howling for You – The Black Keys
Three Little Pigs – Green Jello

Wicked World – Laura Jansen
Two Princes – Spin Doctor
Kiss That Frog - Peter Gabriel
This Kiss – Faith Hill
Prince Charming – Jade McKenzie
Castle Walls – T.I./Christina
Rescue Me – Kerrie Roberts
Ride a White Horse – Goldfrapp
Somebody’s Miracle –Liz Phair
No Princess – Ashley Tisdale
Cinderella – Britney Spears
Hey Cinderella – Suzy Bogguss
Princess of China - Coldplay, Rihanna

Fairytale – Sarah Bareilles
Vanity – Christina Aguilera
Witchy Woman – The Eagles
Burn the Witch – Queens of the Stone Age
Wonderland – Natalia Kills
White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
Tea Party - Kerli
Heads Will Roll – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Brick by Boring Brick – Paramore
Fairytale – Jason Derulo
A Fairytale Ending – The Boy Least Likely To
Farewell to Tinkerbell – Edwin McCain
Ever, Ever, After – Carrie Underwood
 
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To make the one above Im going to try polimar clay but if all else fails Im going to do the $ store skellies...also on pinterest they show how to make skeletonized leaves so that could be cheap...this pic is similar to what I would do only I would use different leaves and I would add a torn little dress...I think it could look good especially if shes curled up insted of lying flat

 
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Hee...hee. Some of that sounds familiar. Steal away :)
Our Twisted Fairy Tales party was one of our most memorable. I've got some pics on my profile, but wish I'd taken more. We were just having too much fun!
Your party is going to be a blast---I think we should arrange to have all us Florida party-planners on different weekends so we can enjoy each others parties too :)
 
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Hee...hee. Some of that sounds familiar. Steal away :)
:eek: guilty as charged. I use so many ideas that I find on the forum, I can't always remember the names to give due credit. But I do try to state that I got my idea from another forum member - eg "using some ideas and wording I found on the forum"...

The costumes at your Twisted Fairy Tales party were great badgirl!! I hope my guests get into the theme and come dressed as characters.

I need to make it to the west coast one of these times, I'll pick you up on the way and then we can head up to see kittyvibe. :D
 
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Welcome to the forum!! :) Many of the members here have done a fairy tale theme. If you do a search you'll find tons of ideas. Make sure to check out their albums too. Feel free to post any ideas you have - we all get inspiration from each other.
 
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Thanks for the welcome. I have been looking around the forum and found some great ideas especially in this post. I just started revising some props from last year and collecting supplies for the new builds and will definitely post photos as I progress. I am hoping with 6 months lead time I should have more than enough props and decorations to fill the house and the yard.
 
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