Ideas needed for a Halloween Party - Page 2

aceflor · 10-23-2015, 05:11 AM

@homeinmyshoes : so I just read on a similar thread that you are doing skeleton in Papier Maché too.. any instructions on that ? We ordered two, one normal and another being a skeleton bride (she looks really spooky on the pics), but it would be nice to have couple more and I don't want to buy anything anymore.

We are currently collecting used paper rolls to do masks to suspend in trees (with glow sitcks behind them to simulate eyes glowing in the dark), and I have tons and tons of big old cardboard boxes (TV and furniture packaging) left from our moving so we are going to carve big bat forms in that and paint them black and "glowstick" them to suspend them in front of the garage and the entrance too.

I have electric candles that we are going to set under real masks and suspend them on the walls of the den, which is where the actual party will take place. We also have two big spider nets to decorate that room. I have old bed sheets to cover the den couch and armchairs, and our bride will complete the scene, Miss Havisham's style.

The kids are all staying over as we live in the mountain and they all live in the city, so the den will double as dormitory for, as I have now been informed, around 20 kids. We have had up to 12 without problems before, but 20 is going to be, let's say, challenging....Thank God they are nice kids, but I still need to bring that part of the plan to my husband...

HomeInMyShoes · 10-23-2015, 09:47 AM

I'm going to make some heads out of paper mache, but not a full skeleton. Thnking about it, I think I could make an entire skeleton, but the work would be crazy for something destroyed in the first rain or snow.

Paper mache is relatively easy to do whatever. I would suggest
this book as a great guide to making stuff. They really talk to all the points of working with paper and cloth in making shapes and then in how to paint the stuff. It tells you many tricks to know to get good results.

20 kids?!?! Aye carumba!

A tip for the tombstones. The more you screw it up by gouging and scraping the better it can end up looking. I need to get some dirt to level around so they look more set in.

aceflor · 10-24-2015, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I'm going to make some heads out of paper mache, but not a full skeleton. Thnking about it, I think I could make an entire skeleton, but the work would be crazy for something destroyed in the first rain or snow.

Paper mache is relatively easy to do whatever. I would suggest
this book as a great guide to making stuff. They really talk to all the points of working with paper and cloth in making shapes and then in how to paint the stuff. It tells you many tricks to know to get good results.

20 kids?!?! Aye carumba!

A tip for the tombstones. The more you screw it up by gouging and scraping the better it can end up looking. I need to get some dirt to level around so they look more set in.

Thanks for the link, I just bought the book and it is now downloading on my Fire.
Yeah, 20 or more. I don't know what got into my head when I said "yes, sure",

. DH agreed to help us for the decoration, not sure I want him to though, as he can be very un-creative...

HomeInMyShoes · 10-26-2015, 10:22 AM

Eight year olds are about ideal for Hallowe'en creativity. A bit of wit, a bit of gruesome and just plain fun.

I started my paper mache last night. While my five year old loves tactile and messy crafts, I do not love having to rework his work to make it usable. Way too much paste my son, way too much paste. The laughs and "this is so oozy, this is so gross" comments while he's smiling are worth it. The clean up, not so much.

Cinisajoy · 10-26-2015, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Eight year olds are about ideal for Hallowe'en creativity. A bit of wit, a bit of gruesome and just plain fun.

I started my paper mache last night. While my five year old loves tactile and messy crafts, I do not love having to rework his work to make it usable. Way too much paste my son, way too much paste. The laughs and "this is so oozy, this is so gross" comments while he's smiling are worth it. The clean up, not so much.

He won't stay that age long. Enjoy it.
Also, he is the perfect age to decorate a Christmas tree.

eschwartz · 10-26-2015, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

He won't stay that age long. Enjoy it.
Also, he is the perfect age to decorate a Christmas tree.

You would use an 8-year-old kid as a Christmas tree decoration?

How utterly heartless and cruel.

Cinisajoy · 10-26-2015, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

You would use an 8-year-old kid as a Christmas tree decoration?

How utterly heartless and cruel.

No the 5 year old.

I love the way you read that.

eschwartz · 10-26-2015, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

No the 5 year old.

That was a typoo.

Quote:

I love the way you read that.

Are you trying to tell me you didn't really mean that after all? Just joking, were you?
Pull the other one, it's got bells on...

(For some reason, this line always reminds me of Gaspode from The Truth.

)

Cinisajoy · 10-26-2015, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

That was a typoo.

Are you trying to tell me you didn't really mean that after all? Just joking, were you?
Pull the other one, it's got bells on...

(For some reason, this line always reminds me of Gaspode from The Truth.

)

I meant let the 5 year old put the decorations on the tree, not use the kids as tree decorations.

Now babies make good wall hangings. Lol.

eschwartz · 10-26-2015, 11:02 PM

You didn't start thinking I was serious, did you?

BenG · 10-26-2015, 11:12 PM

There's always the traditional bobbing for apples.

Cinisajoy · 10-26-2015, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

You didn't start thinking I was serious, did you?

You mean you weren't serious. Oh no, I guess I need to go get the kids off of the tree.

eschwartz · 10-26-2015, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

You mean you weren't serious. Oh no, I guess I need to go get the kids off of the tree.

I THOUGHT SO YOU SCOUNDREL!!!

tubemonkey · 10-27-2015, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BenG

There's always the traditional bobbing for apples.

...or bobbing for something else

Spoiler:

tubemonkey · 10-27-2015, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Now babies make good wall hangings. Lol.

Be sure to use some festive duct tape when mounting them for the holidays

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10-23-2015, 05:11 AM	#16
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,470 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	@homeinmyshoes : so I just read on a similar thread that you are doing skeleton in Papier Maché too.. any instructions on that ? We ordered two, one normal and another being a skeleton bride (she looks really spooky on the pics), but it would be nice to have couple more and I don't want to buy anything anymore. We are currently collecting used paper rolls to do masks to suspend in trees (with glow sitcks behind them to simulate eyes glowing in the dark), and I have tons and tons of big old cardboard boxes (TV and furniture packaging) left from our moving so we are going to carve big bat forms in that and paint them black and "glowstick" them to suspend them in front of the garage and the entrance too. I have electric candles that we are going to set under real masks and suspend them on the walls of the den, which is where the actual party will take place. We also have two big spider nets to decorate that room. I have old bed sheets to cover the den couch and armchairs, and our bride will complete the scene, Miss Havisham's style. The kids are all staying over as we live in the mountain and they all live in the city, so the den will double as dormitory for, as I have now been informed, around 20 kids. We have had up to 12 without problems before, but 20 is going to be, let's say, challenging....Thank God they are nice kids, but I still need to bring that part of the plan to my husband...

10-23-2015, 09:47 AM	#17
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I'm going to make some heads out of paper mache, but not a full skeleton. Thnking about it, I think I could make an entire skeleton, but the work would be crazy for something destroyed in the first rain or snow. Paper mache is relatively easy to do whatever. I would suggest this book as a great guide to making stuff. They really talk to all the points of working with paper and cloth in making shapes and then in how to paint the stuff. It tells you many tricks to know to get good results. 20 kids?!?! Aye carumba! A tip for the tombstones. The more you screw it up by gouging and scraping the better it can end up looking. I need to get some dirt to level around so they look more set in.

10-26-2015, 10:22 AM	#19
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Eight year olds are about ideal for Hallowe'en creativity. A bit of wit, a bit of gruesome and just plain fun. I started my paper mache last night. While my five year old loves tactile and messy crafts, I do not love having to rework his work to make it usable. Way too much paste my son, way too much paste. The laughs and "this is so oozy, this is so gross" comments while he's smiling are worth it. The clean up, not so much.

10-26-2015, 11:02 PM	#25
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	You didn't start thinking I was serious, did you?

10-26-2015, 11:12 PM	#26
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	There's always the traditional bobbing for apples.

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