Moulin Rouge Party at home help!!!

trader_girl

SS321 , you are full of good ideas, please keep them coming

The_Sparkly_One

Oh! What a fabulous theme! Can you raid your local charity shop or fabric shop for cheap fabric off cuts/curtains etc in red, black or purple? You can get really cheap poly cotton and pin it to the walls, also look out for sequined fabric and netting – you can twist the netting to get a stronger colour and string it up somewhere. You can get glitter stray from Claires or even Wilkos and spray the fabric as well as the girls! Feather boas can be picked up quite cheaply in some branches of Claires at the moment (in the sale).

You could print out vintage Moulin Rouge posters but huge! If you go to this site: http://www.blockposters.com/ you can use a normal A4 printer to create HUGE posters!

I think the fairy lights are a great idea, you have to include a green fairy in there somewhere, I’m just not sure where! :rotfl:

vwcampervan72

not got any ideas but please can i come to the party as its my birthday on the 13th sept also

LilMissEmmylou

as they r 16+ i guess they can handle candles right? Old wine bottles with candles (wax already slightly pre melted around the bottles) on any tables, strategically drape some black or red feather bowas over chairs/coat racks, whatever really.

got-it-spend-it

I definitely think dramatically coloured voile panels is the way to go. Lots of maroons, deep purples, blacks etc. I was going to suggest the candles in wine bottles, also long feathers would look very dramatic displayed in old (empty) wine bottles. Also how about creating some faux Absinthe bottle? Just get some nicely shaped bottles (maybe car boot sales/ junk shops) and fill with water and green food dye. If you're feeling creative make some Absinthe labels which have your daughter's name and birth date on them.

Feather boas will of course be mandatory!

trader_girl

vwcampervan72 wrote: »

not got any ideas but please can i come to the party as its my birthday on the 13th sept also

Sure be ready for 7.30 ill send a limo !!

trader_girl

T S O thankyou. i will send DD off to Claires asap to look at boas. the green fairy good idea although i had to ask 'What is it?' duh! Also great poster link .
L M E thankyou. thought about your candle ideas then remembered i have got some candle lanterns in the loft that have never been used and would be ideal and a little bit safer.
G I S I thankyou. havnt got any wine bottles but have got some empty green lager bottles that i could use. soak the labels off and put on some of my own brilliant.
I am going to change the light bulbs in the hall and lounge lamps for red/orange ones . hubby says that we will need torches to see each other ha ha ha.

got-it-spend-it

There are some awesome ideas here. I think I might go Moulin Rouge for my next house party! I think it will give a great atmosphere.

Ladygrim

Just a thought - How about having the movie playing on the DVD in the background?

Also, what music will you be playing?

Any party games?? (or are they too old for games?)

LG

trader_girl

Thanks LG will play DVD sound on low or the boring ones will be watching it sitting on the settee.
DD is compiling cds of music some from the film and suprisingly a lot of Abba
Party games? no idea help!!!