Zombie theme this year: Need your help!!

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Berserker

Discussion Starter · May 22, 2015

So this year we decided to go with the fad and do the zombie theme. I was trying my best to avoid it and save it for later however, three of my neighbors (we are kind of like The Burbs movie) want in and will dress up with me.

So I have begun planning on the decorations and need help with ideas. I want to use some of the old stuff I have but also build/acquire some new ones. For example...I am trying to figure out how to decorate MY GARAGE DOOR like The Walking Dead'S famous scene "DONT OPEN DEAD INSIDE" without making the decoration permament.

My ideas thus far:
- obvioously build my own zombie's.... but without a mask, how to make the face?
- build some dead corpses for the yard
- garage door idea but again how?
- boards on the windows
- police tape along the property? on the house?
- need more!!

I have fallen to the grace of the Halloween Forum. You are gods among insects and I take a knee to your brillance...

Ideas....go!

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pumpkinpie

· #2 · May 22, 2015

For your door I would....

Supplies...
Red paint
Blue paint
(Or u can go with black instead of the blood look)
Elmer glue
Plastic page dividers/page protectors
Magnets or tape

Mix your red & blue paint to the exact color of blood you would like...then add equal amounts of glue.

Using your protector sheets (I cut mine apart for more pages) smear your glue concoction on the sheet forming the letter of your choosing. Let dry and repeat (I taped my sheets to the patio door so they would drip too...just keep an eye on it so it doesn't get too messy). Once dry, cut plastic sheeting around each letter (leave a slight halo so the cling stays better). I removed mine from the plastic and just hung them with painters tape. But the plastic will add to stability with wind...use magnets or tape to install.

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pumpkinpie

· #3 · May 22, 2015

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Here's another thing u can do with your garage

Cool Floor Flooring Leg Footwear

For your heads, there's a how to on here using foam wig heads and here's my boards and body, which I believe I have how to listed in my album

Food Cuisine Flesh Dish Plant

Green Lighting Technology Room Animation

Green Leaf Plant

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booswife02

· #4 · May 22, 2015

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Black Tree Font Darkness Room

Tree Statue Memorial Monument Sign

Furniture Stairs Shelf Room Shelving

Terrestrial animal Grass Adaptation Wildlife

Some ideas I found on Pinterest for you

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Wolfbeard

· #5 · May 22, 2015

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There are a lot of great ideas that you have there and that have been shared.

I did these for the zombie apocalypse portion of our end of the wrold theme in 2012. There were various scenarios of the end of the world and zombies were one of them.

The boarded windows are easily made with extruded foam insulation. Go to a hardware or paint store and buy a wood grain tool. They run about $5. I used that to do the wood grain on these boards for our garage windows. It is a simple process, just follow the instructions that come with the tool. Base color and a thinned "glaze" for the dark grain.

We also had stockpiled supplies in the zombie protection bunker. Cheap way to decorate a large area.

Keep posting your progress. I am looking forward to following your creations.

Eric

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pumpkinpie

· #6 · May 22, 2015

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There's also a how to on here for broken windows, using contact paper or wax paper, can't remember

Window Wall Furniture Shelf Glass

We were also going to use the little flaming cauldrons as fires...like in a trash can or next to stuff piled beside the house like it's on fire...

Use a Dollar Tree crow, add an eyeball to his mouth and attach him to the gutter or mailbox

Bird raven Beak Crow Raven

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Hilda

· #7 · May 22, 2015

When I saw your post, I was going to link you to pumpkin pie's party photos... but I see she already posted. That is great stuff!!

I have not done a zombie theme, so I'm not much help. However, I just put this up yesterday to freak out my husband when he comes home from a business trip...

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Berserker

Discussion Starter · #8 · May 22, 2015

These are great....MORE!!!

spookydave

· #9 · May 22, 2015

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We had a yard full of deados last year![

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Zombie Costume Dress Fictional character Art

Grass Lawn Night

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spookydave

· #10 · May 22, 2015

cool ideas everybody, love it!

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pumpkinpie

· #11 · May 22, 2015

Your zombies are amazing spookydave

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spookydave

· #12 · May 22, 2015

thx pumpkin pie, they're my extended family ya know,lol

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dizhaunt

· #13 · May 23, 2015

Zombie Grass Tree Fictional character Plant

This guy is made with a 7.99 Styrofoam wig head and pvc

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spookydave

· #14 · May 23, 2015

He's cool dizhaunt!

dizhaunt

· #15 · May 24, 2015

thank you he was my first zombie creation, and probably the easiest. He now has many family members

Berserker

Discussion Starter · #16 · May 27, 2015

spookydave said:
We had a yard full of deados last year!

Can I borrow these?
LOL

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Berserker

Discussion Starter · #17 · May 27, 2015

More!!!!
:d

pumpkinpie

· #18 · May 27, 2015

I forgot to mention, I have two zombie boards on my pinterest (link in signature ). One is filled with decor, costumes, makeup, how to, etc. ( a lot of them are for an abandoned safe house type set up) the second is all food/recipes in case u plan a party (this board is for all flesh/body recipes but I do have recipes in the other board for more old/spoiled food).

spookydave

· #19 · May 27, 2015

I would let you borrow them but someone left the garage door open, and they got out!! watch out as they haven't been fed in a while... hahaha, that little one is a real beotch lol!

RCIAG

· #20 · May 27, 2015

Every time I see that Walking Dead doors I wanna hurt someone because to me it reads "Don't Dead Open Inside" since I read left to right. That sign wants you to read top to bottom & my brain just can't process that.

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