SOLUTION TO PROM DECORATING FOR $300

I am the decorating coordinator for our school`s prom. Our theme is going to be "Moonlight Garden". Using many yards of grapevine, I made a huge ball, by making two hula-hoop sized circles, and then attaching them for a 3d look. Start to intertwine the other branches. You may want to practice with a small ball at first. This ball is hollow. This will be filled with tiny Christmas lights and suspended from the center of the Gym on the ceiling. We are also hanging icicle lights, or even just plain WHITE Christmas lights. There will be four strings of lights that go from the four corners of the gym and then they will meet at the top of the "twig ball" Christmas lights are very easy to borrow because everybody has them!! We are making a fountain by putting four desks in a corner and placing a Kiddie Pool in the corner. We are borrowing a water pump from a friend and putting it in the pool. Placing greenery/plantst/small artificial trees around the pond will make it look realistic. We bought little glittery butterflies and they will be suspended with fishing wire around the "pond". For food tables, we purchased a siimple plastic, and cheap table cloth. We found some discount fabric that is tule (that vail material) that has small gold glatter on it. You could also just throw your own glitter on the table, which would probably be cheaper. The tule is placed atop of the solid color tale cloth. We also are putting deep 10 inch round bowls on the table, and placing fancy fish in them to swim around. We were lucky in finding burgendy/red outdoor carpet for a good price. The lovely red carpet that everyone dreams about. At the back of the gym, we will have 12 foot carpet rolls. Seven of them (they are 4 inches wide) will be grouped together, and there will be 4 groups. These Pillars will be covered with paper, that you can probably purchase at your local newspaper office. They will be cut to size, so that they can wrap around the pillars. Crinkle the paper, trying very hard not to rip it :) so that there are many creases. You may need to wrinkle it many times in a row. In a spritz bottle, but a tea bag, a cup of luke warm watter, and a tbsp of vanilla. When the paper is either wet or dry, (it it easiest if it is still slightly damp), mix in a bowl one part normal glue to one part water. Apply glue mix to pillars, place the paper on, and put the glue solution on top of the paper. If you use a soft sponge to apply the glue this is the best. If you can find some extra lattus, (the garden wall stuff) it looks really good on the walls, or attaching them inbetween the pillars. Candles are always a good thing