Posted by Rae Lynn on 9/6/2022 to
Halloween
Explore more past, present and future unexplained mysteries of the universe and create an out-of-this-world supernatural themed party,
For inspiration, we’ve compiled a few of our favorite decorating ideas for these religion and pseudoscience paranormal party themes:
- Religion
- Greek Gods & Goddesses
- 7 Deadly Sins
- Voodoo On The Bayou
- Bible Characters
- Come As You Were (Reincarnation)
- Priests & Nuns/Catholic School
- Superstitions, Omens & Luck
- Pseudoscience
- Astrology/Horoscope/Zodiac
- Fortune Telling/Psychic/Clairvoyance
Religion
Greek Gods & Goddesses (alt. Roman): Summon the gods & goddesses of Greek mythology to convene above the clouds for a feast of divine nectar and ambrosia (no humans allowed). • Decorate with simulated marble columns, statues, urns, planters, and fountains
• Use white fabrics to tent the ceiling, drape walls, and swag doorways
• Frame and accent with gold lame fabric and ivy garland
• Have guests dress as their favorite Greek/Roman god or goddess, wearing togas, chitons, peploi, and tunics with sandals
• Spray paint plastic plates, goblets, grapes, leaves, picture frames and decorations metallic gold
• Make a bar using column pedestals as supports
• Use god motifs: lightning bolts, winged boots, tridents & scepters
• Add velvet highlights in blue (Greek) or burgundy (Roman)
• Low couches, chaise lounges, pillows and floor seating
• Make fluffy white clouds with cotton batting and paper lanterns
• Lavish buffet including grapes, olives, cheeses, & artisan breads
• Serve wine and beverages from stoneware pitchers
• Make invitations & signs using parchment paper with Greek/Roman lettering
7 Deadly Sins: Explore lustful pleasure, over-indulgence, vanity, desire, rage, shiftlessness and materialism in sinful ambiance and decor.
• Dress as your “favorite” sin: Greed, Lust, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride or Gluttony • Decorate rooms or areas, hors d'oeuvres, and drinks for each sin
o Pride: mirrors, trophies, awards, blue ribbons, makeup vanity with cosmetics, syringes labeled "Botox"
o Gluttony: Overflowing, multi-tiered food buffet, chocolate or champagne fountain, tablecover/fabric with pictures of food
o Greed: Money, gold bars & coins, diamonds/jewels, money bags, gold & silver spray-painted plastic items, Wall Street sign
o Sloth: Unkempt room, pillow floor seating, hookah in the center, an unmade bed
o Wrath: Bloody murder crime scene or hell scene with red overhead light and the devil present
o Lust: Pink overhead light, sex toys, lingerie, glass vase of condoms, call girl/male escort ads, handcuffs, whip, blow-up doll
o Envy: Turn up the IQ by creating an invitation only closed door VIP Only area
- Use a green overhead light
- Slide show projection of the rich & famous
- Serve premium hors d’oeuvres
- Glowing green cocktails
- Elaborate photo booth (throne, props, celebrity cut-outs)
- Party favors/gift bag
- Restrict entry to a few guests at a time by handing out green VIP pins/badges upon entry
- Rules: After entry, instruct guests that they can only, 1) ask non-VIPS if they have been invited, 2) only comment/description is that "It's fabulous!" and/or pictures from the photo booth
- Invite guests in order of their interest/desire/envy, leaving the less interested guests until last (cultivating envy over the course of the evening)
• For a dinner party, serve a course/tasting and/or cocktail for each sin
• End with a mock midnight mass
Voodoo On the Bayou: A black magic party in the Big Easy style of New Orleans Voodoo. • Line the entrance with skulls and/or shrunken heads on stakes, torches, tombstones, alligators, snakes, and hanging Spanish moss and vines
• Lay down reclaimed wood planks to make a boardwalk through the swamp
• Make a Voodoo witch doctor top hat with skulls, bones & feathers
• Add peering eyes in windows, weathered plantation shutters, and bushes by placing glow sticks in paper towel rolls with eyes cut-out
• Decorate the interior with spider webs, nets, feathers, burlap, black cheesecloth tablecovers, coffins, and skeletons
• Hang Voodoo dolls made from Barbie dolls with white faces, X'd out eyes
• Give skull party beads as favors
• Accent with dripping wax candles in wine bottles and candelabras
• Potion bottles, old “spell” books, alligator and animal heads/skulls
• Make labels out of aged parchment paper
• Mix a batch of green "Swamp Water" punch
• Place the punch bowl inside a larger bowl with dry ice
• Add dried apple shrunken heads
• Make eyeball garnishes from lychee nuts
• Include New Orleans decor: o Bourbon Street and Jazz accents
o Black & white damask and harlequin patterns
o Fleur-de-lis motifs
o Serve shrimp, crawfish, beignets and cajun fare• Gypsy/fortune teller table with tarot cards and Ouija board
• Light with green or orange light bulbs in overhead or accent lighting
• Make weathered wood signs out of foam board, Here's how: how-to-make-fake-wood-grain-texture
Bible Characters: Call together the colorful characters of the Bible in your own creation of a familiar setting inspired by the world's best selling book.• Bible characters: Use a heaven theme for food and decorations and have everyone come as their favorite bible character.
• Create a party scene inspired from:
o The Garden of Eden: Indoors or out with lots of flowers, foliage and fruit, some "his" and "hers" references and a snake.
o Noah’s Ark: Zoo, barnyard and jungle animals with an aquatic twist.
o Under the Red Sea: Add a few biblical references and dead soldiers to your everyday underwater theme.
o The Last Supper: A toga dinner party with jugs of wine and Mediterranean fare.
Come As You Were (Reincarnation): Bring history to life with a consortium of pre-transmigration characters of the past.
• Decorate and serve drinks & food for your VIP group with:
o An eclectic mix of items from the past: Ancient to retro
o A specific time period, e.g. Caveman, Ancient Rome, Medieval, Early America, etc.
• Guests come as a dead character from the past:
o Keep the identity a secret and make a name/description tag for their character and pin facing backwards
o Have your guests stay in character during the party
o After a couple of hours have all guests solve the mystery of each character one at a time
o Make a timeline for each guest to write-in the time period of their character
Priests & Nuns/Catholic School: Break all the rules and create your own sacrilegious experience with a heretical tribute to all things Catholic.
• Set-up a St. Joseph's altar food buffet
• Mix bells tolling into the music playlist
• Serve grape Jell-o shots for communion
• Decorate with crucifixes, rosary beads, chalices, bells & church related accents
• Hang images of saints; use Miracle prayer candles for lighting
• Dress as priests, nuns, monks, and/or Catholic school uniforms
Superstitions, Omens & Luck: Flout superstition and press your luck with a parade of baseless beliefs, charms of chance, and ominous omens.
• Alternate theme: Good Luck! (farewell)
• Host on Friday the 13th, if possible
• Hang open umbrellas upside down from the ceiling
• Have guests walk under a ladder to enter
• Decorate with playing cards, horseshoes, and four leaf clovers
• Feature wishbone, ladybug, and pineapple motifs
• Highlight 8-balls, the Ace of spades, crows/ravens, laughing Buddhas, broken mirrors, shooting stars, slot machines and an elephant with the trunk up
• Use the numbers 7, 13 and 666
• Fill glass bowls and or vases, each with dice, cat's eye marbles, buckeyes, pennies, or rabbit's feet
• Optionally, add candles
• Place hats on the bed(s)
• Mail invitations in red envelopes
• Pass shamrock/clover party beads as favors
• Affix a black cat silhouette on the front door at ground level
• Serve 7 lucky food hors d'oeuvres;
o Greens e.g. collard greens or spinach
o Beans e.g. black-eyed peas or lentils
o Noodles/Grains e.g. soba noodles or cornbread
o Round fruit e.g. grapes or pomegranate
o Pork e.g. pork loin or bacon
o Fish e.g. pickled herring or sardines
o Cake e.g. chocolate
Pseudoscience
Astrology/Horoscope/Zodiac: Venerate the divine enlightenment obtained through the interpretation of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
• Hang gold stars and crescent moons at varying heights
• Make a sun focal point in the center of the room; orange & yellow fabric or streamers on the ceiling radiating from the center
• Decorate party zones by zodiac elements and feature the 3 related signs in each area. For example:
o Entrance & hallways: Air with signs Gemini, Libra, Aquarius e.g. Make clouds from paper lanterns and cotton
o Bar: Fire with signs Aries, Leo, Sagittarius, e.g. Create flames with tissue, streamers or cutouts
o Party Area & bathroom: Water with signs Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, e.g. Cover windows with blue cellophane & hang fish
o Food Area: Earth with signs Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn, e.g. Use printed grass table covers or fake grass runners
• Serve foods for each element, Earth: Plants, Fire: Spicy, Water: Fish, Air: Fowl
• Use black tulle on the walls with mini and/or fairy lights
• Use sunflower(s) as a centerpiece
• Paint the inside of mason jars with glitter glue, add metallic gold confetti and shake. When dry, add flameless tealights
• Have guests dress as their zodiac sign
• Make a wall of framed characteristics for each sign; for a dinner or small party, let each guest read their characteristics and let others decide if it fits
Fortune Telling/Psychic/Clairvoyance: We foresee an unbelievably fun occurrence and unforgettable happening in your future.
• Decorate in the style of traveling Bohemian gypsies
• Use lots of jewel colors: turquoise, purple, orange and pink with metallic gold accents
• Create a round table for readings by layering a black sheet and purple tulle with gold stars & moons; then add:
o Crystal ball
o Tarot cards
o Ouija board
o 8-balls
• Include vintage-style jewel-colored glasses, goblets, and apothecary bottles
• Burn incense and candles
• Decorate the walls with boho (bohemian) curtains and/oir strips of brightly colored, busy fabrics
• Tent the ceiling with colored swaths of fabric or sheets
• Frame a palm reading chart, tea leaf meanings, & top gypsy curses
• Make a garland/banner from tarot cards
• Drape furniture and tables with patterned throws, purple velvet, tapestry and brightly colored fabrics • Incorporate an eclectic mix of vintage items
• Add oriental and/or bright colored & patterned throw rugs and pillows
• Use prayer flags and/or jewel toned pennant flags
• String white mini and/or fairy lights and use red or orange bulbs in porch and overhead lights
• Make gypsy lanterns painted with colorful diluted acrylic paint and decorated with metallic gold paint and rhinestones
• Stack vintage-style suitcases and old books
• Scatter amulets, jewels, cameos, and gold coins
• Cover lampshades with scarves
• Draw out a magic circle
• Hang beaded curtains in doorways
• Add tassels, gold ribbon and/or beads to hanging paper lanterns
• Have colorful patterned scarves, worn top hats and beads for guests to wear
• Bang on a pot or tambourine to announce dinner, introduce the fortune-teller or make a toast
• Serve wine and/or beverages from jugs
• Fill a vase or bowl with fortune cookies
Have you attended or hosted a pseudoscience or religion themed party? Tell us about your super-original supernatural party decorating ideas!
1 Comments
Meggie
Date
3/12/2018
I’ll be 20 in July, and I literally just shared the ideas of a Zodiac party with my parents yesterday!!!
