[Mogwai]

Hey guys Another quick update;

Ordered this bat mask on eBay last week and it arrived today What do you think? We're going to use it to make a figure to stand outside the bathroom window.

 

[printersdevil]

I love it! He will spook a lot of people and he is so original.

 

[ooojen]

That's a coincidence! It's the same mask I mentioned I'm going to be rigging outside my Dracula's Room window! I guess it was made to be a window-peeper-- lol!
What do I think? I think, Excellent

 

[Mogwai]

ooojen: That is so funny. You'll have to show me how he looks in yours

I searched through a lot of pretty bad quality vampire masks before I came across this one. I liked it instantly and had to buy it. My sister came over yesterday and although she is normally terrified of any kind of mask, she said this one is 'cute'. Kind of discouraging, haha. But just wait until she sees him on the night

 

[ooojen]

I agree with you! It has good potential creepy factor. The bathroom window, as you planned, is an extra-good place, because people are (generally) alone in there. It really provides and adrenaline rush when you think you're alone and suddenly you see a pair of eyes staring at you out of the darkness!

 

[Mogwai]

Exactly We're thinking of filling the bathtub with some red water and putting some floating LED tealights in, and putting a black lace curtain over the window. The tub is right in front of the window (it's also a really big window) so it should look pretty creepy, I hope.
A lot of people have a bit of a fear when it comes to bathrooms. I guess it makes sense when you think of all the horror movies that use bathrooms as a setting in scary scenes. It always makes it fun to decorate the bathroom when you know how spooky it can be.

 

[printersdevil]

We did our master bath one year as a spider room. Lots and lots of webs and spiders of all sizes suspended in the web. The corner jetted tub was filled with webs and a spider cocoon wrapped around a man. We removed the light over the two sinks and added green bulbs. The green glow and the webs gave a great effect. Although many used the hall bathroom all night, still a lot would duck into this bathroom since it is right off the kitchen dining area. It startled quite a few people and we had lots of positive comments about it.

I think your red with the black lace will also have that cool effect.

 

[Mogwai]

printersdevil: That sounds great! I've always wanted to do a spider room but it's never really fit into our theme. We have a large poseable black spider decoration that we're probably going to have emerging from our attic in the hallway this year. Maybe we could make the hallway spider / bug infested? Hmm. We do have 100+ plastic roaches to use, haha. Do you have any pictures of yours? I really like the idea of the spider cocoon.

 

[printersdevil]

You can also make spider sacks out of white tights or better white women's hose stuffed with spider webs and some small spiders placed in there. I will look for pics. I remember not getting the spider guy, but should have some of the room itself. We have done the bath that way several times.

Here is a link to my Facebook page with the spider bathroom. This is the first year and in the tub I just stretched a DT plastic tablecloth with spiders over the top. I think the other bath was a bat room that year.

Hopefully this link works, I made this album Public so I think it will.

Spider bathroom and other old decor

 

[Deadna]

I did a spider bathroom one year and had one of those thunder/lightening boxes hidden which activated once the light was turned on. The noise it made caused a drop spider to go off right over the toilet.....so fun!

 

[Mogwai]

Deadna: That sounds really scary. I bet it startled quite a few of your guests

 

[bethene]

,Mogwai, I'm enjoying this thread, can't wait to see how you pull it together! the mask is great! (funny ooojen has the same one! ) you got wonderful things thrift store shopping! !

do you have beauty school vinyl heads? I used one once,put bite marks on her head, and used her as a victim...

welcome,BTW!

 

[Wolfbeard]

The vampire theme sounds like a lot of fun!

Here are a few ideas from a vampire scene we did for our party about 12 years ago. The vamipre hunter got lucky against one vampire.
Feel free to use these ideas. It is hard to see, but I made fangs for the "Bucky" skeleton to make him the "victim" of the hunter.

Eric

 

[Mogwai]

bethene: Thank-you Unfortunately, those would be rather difficult to come by over here. I could probably do something similar with a polystyrene wig head though? Hmm.

Wolfbeard: I love your staked skelly! He's very expressive. Those skeletons are not common over here. I don't think I've ever seen one in stores, not even in October. I would really like one though, they're very versatile. I'll have to see what I can find. Your room set-up looks great, nice lighting.

 

[Erzsébet]

I had a vampire masquerade two years ago, so blood and related things everywhere. I concentrated on this gothic-victorian-blood-theme in decorations and food, and our outfits.
I had blood-filled glass cupcakes, blood in syringes, bloodsalsa for batwings, blood-eyeball punch etc. Loads of led-candles, masquerade decor (masks, fabrics etc), I had glass bottles filled with blood from different victims and labeled them as such (Girl, 15, virgin, y.1456), I made "ancestor" busts from old rubbermasks and paverpol, handed out little vials of blood as a party favor. I also built a spider room, in our bathroom, I made a huge 2m wide spider to hang from the ceiling, lots of small ones underneath and on the walls, cocoons and a severed hand cover in web, red lighting. One of my friends couldn't go pee bc it was too much spiders! (Luckily we have other bathrooms as well).

 

[Mogwai]

That sounds fantastic, Erzebet. I really like the idea of labelled blood bottles. I might use that idea for the spice rack I posted a photo of earlier.

I also like that you incorporated the 'blood' theme into the food. We have a tiered fountain punch bowl I want to fill with red punch

 

[booswife02]

I actually found a lot of great party and food ideas on pinterest while searching twilight party.

 

[Mogwai]

booswife02: I'll have a look now. The colour scheme (black, red, white) for Twilight is fitting for our party, if nothing else. I've been on the hunt for vampire-y desserts especially, but a lot of the ones I've come across have been more directed at children's parties

 

[booswife02]

Yes definitely check out twilight parties. You can just switch out the twilight character stuff but their have been some great recipes games and decor on those twilight theme parties

 

[Mogwai]

I'll have a look. Thanks