{"id":767,"date":"2015-11-01T12:21:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T12:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/?p=767"},"modified":"2017-11-08T13:12:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T13:12:11","slug":"voodoo-bayou-halloween-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/voodoo-bayou-halloween-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Voodoo Bayou Halloween party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Halloween party theme for 2015 was Voodoo Bayou! Here’s the animated invitation<\/a> I made for the party. <\/p>\n

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Here are some pics our decorations, with links to how I made a lot of this stuff!<\/p>\n

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\"Light-up<\/a><\/p>\n

See my post about this light-up VOODOO sign<\/a>, made with Christmas lights and aluminum cookie sheets!<\/p>\n

\"Voodoo<\/a><\/p>\n

See my post about creating a fake wood texture<\/a> for signs like this and other projects. That’s just foam board and wood stain!<\/p>\n

\"Front<\/a><\/p>\n

Once guests are in our building, we have a private front hallway with a second door to get into our apartment. We covered the walls of this hallway with plastic table cloths and hung up lots of fake vines everywhere. <\/p>\n

\"Front<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the view out the front window of the hallway. You can see another party happening on the small rooftop across the street!<\/p>\n

\"Giant<\/a><\/p>\n

For this giant skull voodoo shrine I was able to recycle a giant paper mach\u00e9 skull I made several years ago — he was originally a failed attempt at a Mardi Gras mask (second pic on this page<\/a>), and then he later became the head of my giant spider decoration<\/a> for our nightmare-themed party a few years ago. For this year, I simply drybrushed him white, cut out the eyes\/nose\/mouth, propped him up on a guitar stand and pointed a clip lamp with a green bulb up inside. Plus I added lots of little battery-powered candles everywhere. <\/p>\n

\"Giant<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s my giant paper mach\u00e9 bat<\/a> finally hung up on the ceiling! He ended up being sturdy enough that I only hung him from one central point; the wings were strong enough to not sag so I didn’t need to attach them to the ceiling like I thought I would. <\/p>\n

\"Voodoo<\/a><\/p>\n

This is just a shot of the light-up Voodoo sign as seen from inside the apartment. You can see we covered all the windows with spooky cloth and fake vines. Also featured: dip!<\/p>\n

\"Spooky<\/a><\/p>\n

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