N-joY! More Than Just Weddings…

November 5th, 2009

N-joy! is more than just weddings. We are ready and willing to take on any type of event! For example, recently we were called on to put together a haunted house for kids. Quite possibly the furthest thing from a wedding, but a great example to showcase our wide range of abilities, and it was so much fun for us! The haunted house was for children 8 years and younger, so it couldn’t be “too” scary. We decided to simply play on the curiosity of kids around this age.

The ambiance was set before the kids even walked into the haunted house. After passing a mini cemetary, the kids were greeted by Hannibal Lecter standing next to bails of hay with black crows. This little girl was brave enough to touch him and yes, he DID move and talk. If they were a little hesitant to visit with Hannibal, there was a skeleton on the next bails of hay with creepy Halloween music playing.

Frakenstein welcomed the kids at the beginning of the haunted house. As they walked through, ghosts and skeletons floated above their heads. We had “touch and feel” items including eyeballs, snot, and brains to bring the “eww” factor. These were probably the most talked about, with comments such as, “EEW!! Is that REAL?!?” There was a scary crystal ball to give the kid’s a haunted future telling, a skeleton trapped in a mirror asking for their help, and a huge spider crawling down the wall. There were also lots of skeletons, pumpkins, and other ghoulish figures creeping out of the spider webs. The kids were offered candy from a friendly vampire on their way out. There was also a facepainting station set up for the kids when they finished walking through the haunted house.

Here are some comments from the kids:
“That was SOOO cool! My favorite was the snot, I know it wasn’t real..well…it wasn’t, was it? Anyway, it felt gross.”

“The skeleton in the mirror scared me because I thought it was a plain mirror. When I looked in it, he started moving! I want to go through it again!”

“I like the eyeballs. And the fortune teller. And the ghost that floated on the ceiling. I’m bringing my mom to see the eyeballs. Can I take one to show my friend?”