Halloween-ing a Cooler

1917 Views 16 Replies 12 Participants Last post by v_gan, Aug 24, 2009

v_gan

Discussion Starter · Aug 22, 2009

I'm currently coming up with plans for my Halloween party this year. I'm learning from my mistakes and trying to fix the things that went wrong last year. One of the big things that went wrong was running out of both drinks and ice early on. This year I want to be sure to have plenty of both, but I've ran into a problem:

How can I make a big, blue, ice cooler look spooky?

I'm open to any and all suggestions, because I can't think of anything other than a treasure chest, which I think is stupid

haha.

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Finn

· #2 · Aug 22, 2009

Paint it black?

v_gan

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 22, 2009

Finn said:
Paint it black?

No, I don't want to paint the cooler or alter it in any way. I should have mentioned that in my original post. I'm mostly looking for suggestions on how I could decorate it to make it fit the party, rather than being a big eyesore.

Thanks for the suggestion, though!

Si-cotik

· #4 · Aug 22, 2009

you could always use some kind of halloween looking fabric to cover it, make it like a skirt that's removeable. Or use black garbage bag and use decor

cinders

· #5 · Aug 22, 2009

You could get some foam core board (or stiff cardboard) and make like a 3-sided covering or get fancy and make it into a crypt. or you could attach foam tombstones to it or camoflage it behind some tombstones. Do you have a certain theme or decorations you're trying to work around?

v_gan

Discussion Starter · #6 · Aug 22, 2009

cinders said:
You could get some foam core board (or stiff cardboard) and make like a 3-sided covering or get fancy and make it into a crypt. or you could attach foam tombstones to it or camoflage it behind some tombstones. Do you have a certain theme or decorations you're trying to work around?

Oo, I like the idea of using foam board as a base for decorating it! The tombstones are also a good idea.

I don't have a theme, just a general spooky atmosphere. I haven't worked my way up to themes yet

dustin2dust

· #7 · Aug 22, 2009

Attach a coffin lid to the lid of the cooler?

Warrant2000

· #8 · Aug 22, 2009

Cover it with green fur fabric, put some ping-pong ball eyes and a nose on the top, make the inside lid look like the roof of a mouth. Make fabric arms that are attached to the side of the cooler with the hands attached to the lid - when the lid is opened it looks like the arms are helping. And there's your Monster Cooler.

Or, use black fur fabric, add 6 more ping-pong ball eyes, and make it a Spider Cooler.

You could paint it with craft paint, it's washable and won't leave a stain. I can totally see it decked out as a coffin with a skeleton hand peeking out of the edge.

Attach various rubber snakes, spider, bugs, and such to it.

Put a biohazard sign on the top.

Put a "Emergency Organ Transport" sign on it, plus a few medical items.

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Halloween_Mom

· #9 · Aug 22, 2009

wow

Warrant2000 said:
Cover it with green fur fabric, put some ping-pong ball eyes and a nose on the top, make the inside lid look like the roof of a mouth. Make fabric arms that are attached to the side of the cooler with the hands attached to the lid - when the lid is opened it looks like the arms are helping. And there's your Monster Cooler.

Or, use black fur fabric, add 6 more ping-pong ball eyes, and make it a Spider Cooler.

You could paint it with craft paint, it's washable and won't leave a stain. I can totally see it decked out as a coffin with a skeleton hand peeking out of the edge.

Attach various rubber snakes, spider, bugs, and such to it.

Put a biohazard sign on the top.

Put a "Emergency Organ Transport" sign on it, plus a few medical items.

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very creative!

Warrant2000

· #10 · Aug 22, 2009

Forgot to mention, Get some battery operated flashing LED's, preferably red or orange. Put it in a plastic food storage container (the ones used for left overs) and put it in the bottom of the cooler. It will flash and reflect off all the ice.

Haunty

· #11 · Aug 22, 2009

Hot glue_______ to the cooler
shredded cheese cloth
faux spiders & webbing

to name a few.

The possibilities are endless.

kprimm

· #12 · Aug 22, 2009

Warrant already gave my response, i was also thinking of making it into a big hairy creature.

HappyScientist

· #13 · Aug 22, 2009

How simple is "Emergency Organ Transport" ?!? I love it Warrant! Throw some faux body parts in there too. So simple! That will definitely be a staple of my parties to come!

dippedstix

· #14 · Aug 23, 2009

Warrant2000 said:
Forgot to mention, Get some battery operated flashing LED's, preferably red or orange. Put it in a plastic food storage container (the ones used for left overs) and put it in the bottom of the cooler. It will flash and reflect off all the ice.

Well aren't you creative?? Love all your ideas!

NOWHINING

· #15 · Aug 23, 2009

Martha stewart website will show you how to make it into a carldon or pumkin with cardboard and duct tape

v_gan

Discussion Starter · #16 · Aug 24, 2009

Warrant2000 said:
Forgot to mention, Get some battery operated flashing LED's, preferably red or orange. Put it in a plastic food storage container (the ones used for left overs) and put it in the bottom of the cooler. It will flash and reflect off all the ice.

That is an awesome idea! I love that, as well as the organ transplant. I think this may be what I go for! Thank you so much for your input.

v_gan

Discussion Starter · #17 · Aug 24, 2009

NOWHINING said:
Martha stewart website will show you how to make it into a carldon or pumkin with cardboard and duct tape

Do you have a link? I tried a search, but I couldn't find anything.

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