Hi guys sorry I haven't been around much but I have been busy as usual!!
its just about 6 months out now and I am going to try my best to do a Haunted Carnival-Circus theme. I was going to do it last year and I had a bunch of problems...I am going to go for it this year!!!! I would love to hear any ideas you might have and if you have done this before any problems I might not see coming...I have been brainstorming alot of ideas but I would love to hear from you guys!!!! Thanks... Oh and please include some cake ideas

Spookyboo....

P.s. For those who know me...I will be coming up with some new poetry soon to start off the countdown very soon!!!

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Wild winds thalt shall blow Carry away my saddened soul Tis the time of judgment

Midway games. Spin the wheel for candy and prizes or... whatever.

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P.s. For those who know me...I will be coming up with some new poetry soon to start off the countdown very soon!!![/quote]

Ok I don really know you but I cant wait to hear that countdown of yours. I love that stuff.

Carnival huh, Im sure everyone here will give you great ideas for props, but it might be nice if you can rent a cotton candy machine and popcorn machine, the really big kind that stand, maybe a snow cone one as well, to help with the carnival feeling. You can have really creepy carnival guys serving the food to help the theme along. Of course dont forget the music, must have carnival music.

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How about a penny pitch cake? Get a bunch of different small plastic glasses and put them on the top of a sheet cake add some plastic pennies around and on the cake and a couple in the glasses.

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Do you have a Dollar Tree store where you are? I was in one the other day and they had tons of carnival/circus party stuff. They had little games, paper goods, clowns. Would be great for game prizes or favors. Are you going for a twisted circus with scary clowns, etc? It would be cool to make up some sideshow posters, bearded lady, lobster man, etc.

This is a link to a site with a Cotton Candy Martini recipe. Just scroll down the page a bit: Martini of the week

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Back again. This is such a fun theme it got me looking for stuff. I found this:
Wells Halloween Sounds Scary Circus
Scary circus sounds for a haunted house.
I also found this if you like to play games at your party:
Murder Mystery Games and Parties
You could give out cheesy horror movie DVD's as prizes a few good ones:
Carnival of Souls, Freaks, The Funhouse and Killer Clowns From Outer Space! Oh and don't forget: Something Wicked This Way Comes!

You could also make some story up to go along with your theme, such as the ghost of a girl who died when the ferris wheel malfunctioned haunts the carnival or fairgrounds. Or the angry ghost of the trapeez artist who fell to his death is now stalking the circus.

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An' the Gobble-uns'll gits ya ef you don't watch out! Little Orphant Annie-James Whitcomb Riley

I think I've decided on this year's party theme. While visiting a museum this past weekend, i was totally overflowing with ideas for Egyptian halloween.
This will only be my second halloween party and i've decided to start early so i can pace myself. I love luminaries for Halloween and I thought instead of reusing last year's white bags with black cats, witches, and the like on them, I'd create pyramid luminaries to go along with the theme. So, with some heavy card stock that my graphic designer friend gave me, I fashioned this little mock up. I'm envisioning that I'll make these quite large, since the paper is oversized, maybe three of them clustered together in the party room for ambiance...stay tuned, the creative wheels are spinning...will continue to post my party progress in this topic... here's a pic of the mock up

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Those are great luminaries Yellow Moon. I have been saving the containers that Cyrstal Light comes in. We drink Peach Tea....by the gallon I think. It just seems like a waste through these little beauties into the recycle bin. Anyway, I want to use them to make luminaries but I'm not sure how to light them. LED make the lost sense because the don't produce heat, but I need to find an easy way to turn them on and off. Does anyone have ideas to share?

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Hey Madame,
Are you going to use a string of LED's and putting the luminaries over each light. If that is the case you can use a remote. All of our lights for Halloween and Christmas are turned on and off by remote. You can buy them in the light sections during the holidays. Thats all I can really think of for now. Good luck.

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Linus: You've heard about fury and a woman scorned?
Charlie Brown: Yes, I guess I have.
Linus: Well that is nothing compared to the fury of a woman who has been cheated out of tricks or treats!

Chrystal light tubes are the best! I've fashioned a few things from those myself!
Let's talk luminaries;I think the easiest way I've come up with is using a string of lights (you have your pick of bulb color and if they blink or stay constant).
A sting of small lights is a must have for luminaries because you can use the same string for every holiday and/or season and just change the plastic decorations that slip over the lights.

I have also made use of those light bright pegs too! If you have any lodged in your floorboards from the 80s or find them at a garage sale or what not. Using a hole puncher or a sewing needle you should be able to get through the lightweight plastic of the chrystal light tubes. You don't have to make a huge hole, just a point of weakness by which you can shove the light bright peg in. The colors of the pegs will catch the light quite nicely. I have a picture somewhere of ones I made for a 4th of July cookout that I gifted to a friend, I'll try to dig that up...I made a simple star on each of them alternating red, then white, then blue pegs in each tube using the light bright pegs and the method I mentioned.