Pink Halloween Tree – Alien Autopsy Style!
Quote from my mom: “It’s funny. AND YUCKY.”
It’s that time of the year again when Treetopia celebrates its biggest scare-fest! They partnered with 12 influencers – including me! – to join their brand ambassador, Jennifer Perkins, in a very unique influencer- hop. Everyone is decorating a room in their homes with a haunted house theme featuring colored trees and foliage from Treetopia, and you have a few ways to win your very own tree! Scroll to the bottom of this post enter. #TreetopiaScaryRooms
While looking at tons of images of haunted houses, I for some reason got really inspired by a particular Alien Autopsy room and completely ran with that theme.
I had so much fun decorating my 5 foot pink tree with pink lights courtesy of Treetopia. I used little green aliens, medium-sized glow in the dark aliens, assorted green tree ornaments, and I made my own UFOs with pie tins, treat container toppers, flat back rhinestones, and really awesome stretchy mesh tubing! I love the contrast of all the green decorations with the pink tree.
A Closer Look At Our Lab
While I focused on crocheting the guest star of my Scary Room – George, the crocheted, autopsied alien – Manda helped me create the crazy laboratory around him. She started by draping everything with plastic painter’s sheeting to create that “secret pop-up laboratory” look.
Initially, my goal was to crochet a bunch of organs to suspend in jars filled with colored water, but I was really pressed for time, so Manda improvised and started digging around in the kitchen for anything and EVERYTHING to put in our jars.
Me: What’s in the blue jar?!
Manda: KALE. AND A ROCK.
We surrounded our laboratory shelf with a 10 ft. pre-lit white Christmas garland which Manda also decorated with aliens, green tree ornaments, and plastic aliens to coordinate with our tree, because who says labs can’t be festive, too?
The “I.V.” bags are actually something you can water your plants with as you set how much it “drips,” and we just hung them on a silver lamp that I almost gave away because I don’t really use it.
Other things in our jars: jumbo bubble wrap, eggs that Manda drew veins on with Sharpie, Polyfil stuffing, udon noodles, FROZEN CHICKEN BREASTS, a dried up air plant, and 1 actual crocheted organ.
We just bought a new cabinet for our living room to hide our vacuum cleaner in, but it made its debut as our mad scientist storage area including anatomical research photos and other intimidating looking tools we happen to have in our garage at the moment.
George, The Crocheted Alien Who Was Tragically Autopsied But Feels Relatively Okay About It
So, I spent a million hours crocheting this alien autopsy, but I didn’t get great photos of him because he was on my dining room table, and I couldn’t get high enough to get his whole body in the frame.
Win Your Own Halloween Tree!
Giveaway #1: Open to U.S. residents over the age of 18 only. Treetopia is hosting a treasure hunt! Find the Treetopia logo hidden in my photo above, screenshot it, and use your screenshot to enter to win at this link: http://bit.ly/TreetopiaScavengerHunt You can also take screenshots from the other bloggers in the Treetopia Scary Rooms blog-hop! It started on September 23rd and ends on October 10. There will be three winners! You can see the types of trees you might win in their terms & conditions.
Giveaway #2: Open to U.S. residents over the age of 18 only. I am also hosting my own giveaway right here on my blog. You can enter to win the same 5 foot pink tree that I used for my alien tree. It’s the perfect shade of pink and pre-lit with pink lights. I must admit, it casts a pretty eery glow at night. To enter to win, use the Rafflecopter widget below. I will choose 1 winner on October 5th, and your tree will be coming from Treetopia! Good luck!! I can’t wait to see your Halloween Trees!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
I would do a Barbie tree. My daughter loves Barbie
That would be amazing!
This is so awesome! I’d definitely have an alien / zombie theme to my tree. I’ve been looking for an excuse to “knit my own zombie”. I’d also have to add some crocheted/knitted candy corns and pumpkins.
I love the crochet alien so much! Is there a pattern somewhere?
I started taking notes while making him, but I was so out of time when I got to his organs!! I’ll try. I’m in the process of changing jobs, and I may have more time to devote to pattern-writing in the next 2 weeks :).
I too would love that pattern. He is so darn cute I deffo need him in my life.
This set up is adorable
I really love the alien theme! If I had a Halloween tree, I would decorate it in a 90s teen slasher theme because those are the movies I grew up watching and I still have such a fondness for them!
i would use a ghost face mask for the tree topper because Scream is my favorite and probably find little knives and machetes to make into ornaments and crochet horror movie characters.
That sounds amazing!!!!
Everything about your room is out of this world! How fun! And George is amazing! I love everything about this !!! Thanks for sharing!!!
I love everything about this! Completely out of this world!
I’d decorate mine with glittery bones! So ya know, the usual.
I love the sound of that!
Ahhhh I love the pink and your little UFOs~
Ahhhh!! I love it!
I would do up a day of the dead tree
I really like your alien tree!
Thanks so much!
Definitely need this!! I really wish I could make that alien too! It would be a perfect addition to our family (;
I would decorate mine with black cats for I love, love, love cats!!!!
Pink and Black are perfect!
After seeing your alien theme, I want to do an alien theme. If left to my own creativity, I’d probably add pumpkins and skeletons. Classic Halloween stuff.
Awww I can’t wait to see your take on an alien theme!!!! I think this is exactly what blog hops like this are for. Inspiration!
I love it all so much!
Thank you, Brittany!
I would definitely go with some kind of horror movie themed tree with cute mixed in. It is the perfect example of my personality. Like Hello Kitty dressed as Freddy Kreuger!
Love the tree and alien theme! I would do a black cat theme in memory of our own black cat Dobby.
You make such fun and cool things!! I LOVE the alien theme… I lived in Roswell NM awhile and it totally looks like something you would see in the small shops there!
I decorate my own Halloween tree with mini pumpkins, orange lights and bats.
What an awesome giveaway & great theme for halloween
Your crochet alien is so freaking cute and your whole concept is amazing!!!
Thank you, Felicia!! It was really odd to have in our living room but also kind of amazing 😛
Good luck to all. Such a fun giveaway. Thank you Twinkie.
I love the little pie tin UFOs!
Thank you! I kind of love them, too!
Last year I put up my black Christmas tree and did a red / silver gore theme! It was wonderful!
I found the Treetopia logo, but found out I cannot compete because I am out of area *cue the tears and ugly crying face*
I love your blog and colourful articles. You and Manda are awesome besties xoxoxo
everything vampire I think would be my theme…but I do love your alien idea as well…very clever girls!!
I would decorate a Halloween tree with all things related to fall and Halloween. I am thinking pumpkins, orange and black, candy, fall leaves, acorns, etc.
This is such an aweso e room! I lo the the and the way you went after it is even better. Has anyone asked you to help decorate a spooky scene before?
I got to say I would do a Breast Cancer Awareness tree, the pink tree would be perfect!
Haha oh man, this whole theme is so cute! I love all the cute details – but my favorite is all the weird random stuff you put in colored water. Kale?! A dead airplane? Bubble wrap? So good. They all look creepy
Your talent as always amazes and inspires me! I’d probably do day of the dead theme. Although I am loving the alien autopsy. I hope there is a pattern for him one day!
Black cats and bats!
I think with a pink tree, I’d go with black decorations! Such a great color combo!
Your tree is out of this world. Love it. I would decorate mine with vintage Halloween masks
I would decorate it with witches and cats!
I would probably do a cutesie kind of tree that the kids would enjoy. With bats and spiders and cute little ghosts.
I’d love to try out a floral themed christmas tree 🙂
I’d want to incorporate poodles somehow. We are big poodle fans!
I have a fun collection of “Halloween” ornaments that I think are appropriate all year round…
I would put pumpkins, black cats, bats and skeletons on a my tree. My tree would have no rhyme or reason but it would be Spooktaculer.
Nice ideas for the Halloween!
Good Morning.
I need this alien pattern, does anyone have it available?
or for sale, I’m from Brazil.
gercinoj@hotmail.com
I appreciate the kindness.
Good Morning.
I need this alien pattern, does anyone have it available?
or for sale, I’m from Brazil.
I appreciate the kindness.