Dexter Themed Party for Halloween!

Josh and I just purchased a house and CAN'T wait to start throwing parties. Halloween is my favorite time of the year, obviously! So we instantly knew we were going to throw a great Halloween party. We both decided Dexter would be a great theme, so I'm going to show all of you some fantastic Dexter themed ideas to have at your own party!


Probably the easiest and most obvious decoration is the plastic wrap Dexter lines all of his kill rooms with. You can use conventional plastic wrap, however you'd need far too many rolls and it would be a pain to put all over your room. I'm going to be using plastic sheeting from Home Depot. This runs $20.97, and depending on the size of your room you may need to buy more than one box.

I plan on setting up a large table in the center of the room which will hold a victim and place settings for my guests. I'll be inviting a large group of people so not everyone is going to get a seat at my victim table however, it's mainly about the presentation.

The best and cheapest way to get a victim for your table, instead of asking one of your friends to sit in plastic wrap all night, is to buy a blow up doll. Spencers has a large variety of blow up dolls for $19.99. This time you can use your household plastic wrap and wrap the doll in it. Get some fake blood and make the cut along the check Dexter always does for his slide collection.

Speaking of his blood slides. We are going to make some of those as well.

BLOOD SLIDES.
INGREDIENTS:1 cup sugar
1/3 cup light corn syrup
2 Tbs water
red food dye
bamboo skewer or tooth pic
tweezers to serve the slides

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Line a few baking sheets with Silpat nonstick baking mats or parchment paper.
2. Bring sugar, corn syrup, and 2 Tbs water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Don’t stir, but occasionally wash down sides of pan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water to prevent crystals from forming; boil until mixture turns golden, 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Pour the melted sugar mixture in a line down the center of the pan. Using a skewer or the flat edge of a large knife, spread sugar into a thin flat sheet. Glass slides are pretty thin, so the thinner the better. It will also be easier to cut in the next steps.
4. Once you have the mixture spread into a flat sheet, let it cool and harden for 5-10 minutes. Once the mixture is hard, pull it away from the mat or parchment. If its super thin, try not to crack it.
5. Place the blade of a large knife (not necessarily your best) directly into your burner to heat. If you have an electric stove, you can use a lighter. Once the blade is hot, begin to cut your sheets of sugar into strips. Cut edges to be the length of a real slide. Its good to have a glass slide to use as a template.

This step can be a bit annoying. Don’t worry if you break a few, it happens. Reheat the blade for each cut. Between each cut, wash your blade off with water to keep the sugar from burning to your blade. I don’t suggest using your best knife, since this heating and cooling isn’t the best treatment for your chef’s blade. If the edges are really rough, dip your finger and water and smooth them out.

6. Lay your cut slides on your baking tray and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
7. Take slides out of fridge. Using a tooth pic or a bamboo skewer, paint on the blood circle in the center. You don’t need too much. A small droplet off the tip of your tooth pic will be enough. If you put too much on, it will run all over the slide and make a huge mess. Refridgerate again until the dye is dry and you’re done!


Dexter always has pictures of the killers victims strung out for them to see before they die. Easiest thing to do is buy a rope and some clothes pins. Print of some black and white pictures of strangers or even your guests.
String the rope from one side of the room to the other. Pin them to the rope. It's that simple.



Another simple touch that will make your guests go wild, is to get some old barbie dolls and dismember them. I know, I know. But we are channeling the ice road trucker here. Wrap little red ribbons around the dismembered parts and scatter them throughout the room.




If there aren't going to be children present at your party, you can always lay knifes on the victim table as well.

Lastly, buy some fake blood (by the gallon) at a Halloween store and just drip the fake blood all of the victim the walls etc. Making sure you aren't putting fake blood where people will be walking or sitting, because if the blood doesn't dry you'll have it all over clothing and your house!


I hope you enjoy decorating your house for Halloween as much as I do!