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Many in our secular society believe Halloween is nothing more than a harmless festival that allows kids to collect candy. But is it? Its origins lie deeply rooted in the occult, and Christians feel they should stay away. Myself... I do not beleive of participate in or like Halloween BUT i've learned one thing in the Decor Industry...If there is someone that knows how to build props...then it is the Halloween followers. The same with Halloween draping. I've taken those ideas and made for my company lots of "curtains" and "drapings" that I can use for a lot of Themes. Just think about Pirate, Shipwreck, Jungle, Murder theme, Neverland etc. At my company - Imagine Events - We just call it Drippy Cave.
This curtain is not something that you can use in a theme except in a Horror theme. If you want to do such a draping - just take an old sheet and fold it over your draping poles and pin the material over your horizontal pole. Then the fun starts. Use red and black paint and make a lot of bloody hand prints etc on this sheet. Pls don't think you can get it cleaned again!!
The following is made from cheesecloth or another thin, airy type of material.
The main idea on these is to hang it over a pole or curtain rail and just start cutting it in strips and holes. If you want to you make it look dirty then it is a good idea to throw the whole "curtain" in either strong coffee or tea. Keep it a while there and then you can take it out to dry.
Another easy way to do it is to cut up black bags in strips. Here is a link to a video that will show you step by step on how to do this plastic Halloween draping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWSdKX72qJA
Now my way of making drippy cave. I normally use spun bond which is a very cheap fabric that is used by upholsterers. It is a light weight non woven fabric.
Start cutting the spunbond in large squares or strips. Not thin strips!! Then you can use normal paint pigment that you would use to color paint. I normally take a brown paint pigment. Take a large container with water in and then you dip the drippy cave in the brown water. Please do it outside on the grass because that water and paint mixture will stain paving etc.
You will see that we've cut a lot of holes into the fabric after it was colored and dried. Please just make sure that you don't cut even little wholes in the fabric. The idea is uneven wholes and strips - it must look old and scruffy. Also don't try to color the pieces of material all the same. Some areas must be darker as others! If you want it to even look more scruffy - take mud and smear it all over your drippy cave. I can guarantee you that you will get a great effect!
Some examples of our drippy cave Halloween/Pirate draping - http://imagineevents.co.za/
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