Key points:
- Cheap. Cheap cheap.
- Tent is 10 x 10ft
- It’s for a Renaissance Faire
I’m doing the market at my first ever Ren Faire where we’re strongly encouraged to do up our tents to fit the theme. I’m basically a swamp witch, so I’m leaning into the whole natural/alchemy vibe.
I already have a tent and fold-up tables, I just need to figure out how to cover the whole thing cheaply and easily enough it doesn’t take a lot of time from making stuff to sell.
I have about two dozen skeins of yarn I’ve dyed various greens, enough different green scrap fabrics to cover the whole top, if sewn together, and off-white tableclothes.
Oh, and everything needs to fit into a car.
Does anyone have any idea for how to swamp-witch it up without spending a lot of time or money? I live in a small, rural town, so local supplies are limited to basics.
Super wispy curtains, zip ties and Ritdye in dark green.
YES I can totally strip up this scrap. I have like four different Rit greens, too.
Collect some big branches and tie them to the poles, could also try to paper mache the poles but I am unsure how thatd hold up in setup.
ooh, draping some green yarn as “moss”/“lichen” over the branches & table could look cool, and maybe crocheting others for variety!
Way better plan than the fake plastic vines I was looking at. I’d rather not beef up on macro plastics if I can avoid it.
Got anyone you can steal garden trimmings from? I feel like ground cover would work well. Assuming spring has come to your area already…
Myself, yes. I live near a swamp so I can collect a fuck bunch of reeds and crap in no time. Unfortunately spring is not here yet, but reeds are forever.
nice! will the bowl of eyeballs also be making an appearance? planting that in a pile of leaves on the table would be a v witchy centrepiece :D
I’m stealing this. I can make a bowl out of felted leaves to re-use.
Good idea, I have to prune all the trees soon, too. Paper mache probably wouldn’t hold up but I can for sure wrap them in reeds and branches.
can’t you use debris from around the area? Myabe the green yearn into a net to kinda hold it in place?
Love this idea. I was going to buy a bunch of cheesecloth and dye it green anyway.
I’ve noticed a lot of estate sales have holiday decorations. You might be able to pick up some halloween witchy things for cheap
