Saturday, October 29, 2011

ghoul city

I can be a total creep, but I'm not so good at being creepy in the ghoulish sense. This year, I threw my first Halloween party, and I achieved a level of creepiness that I previously thought was impossible. Even if my guests weren't terrified, the kids that live next door definitely were.

I wired together this freak laboratory using old keg parts and other things I actually had laying around the house. Added a little food coloring and dry ice, turned the lights off, and voila! Creepy.


This ghoul was set up in our foyer- I made him using a balloon, a few coats, and one strategically placed lightbulb.

Then it got a bit demented. My housemate and I tore apart thrift store dolls, blacked out their eyes, and wired them together with hangers to make a chandelier and garland.

We used our projector to screen old Hitchcock films on the ceiling throughout the night.

We made bats from faux leather and picture wire and filled the hallway.


The bathroom walls were covered with psychotic rants, and the radio was set to a low static.


For the treat table, I made vanilla cupcakes, ghost sugar cookies, peanut butter cups, and my version of a Crunch bar- chocolate pralines topped with ganache. Don't worry, we had candy corn too.




We set up our homemade photo booth so everyone could take photos of their fantastic costumes. As usual, it got out of hand!