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Category Archives: Prop Design
Zombie alert signs
I just finished reading Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1), by Mira Grant, which gave me a great idea for creating some warning signs for the cemetery. Hopefully, these — along with the zombies that lunge out at people — will ensure … Continue reading
2011 prop preview
Planning for this year’s haunt is well underway. A couple of new additions for this year include two skeleton sentinels roped up on some wooden crosses, lighting the way with flickering witch jars. Also new this year, are the “tables … Continue reading
Haunted dollhouse
Putting together a good yard haunt is a lot of work, and one of the biggest issues to deal with is where to store everything for the other 11 months of the year. As much as I’d like to keep … Continue reading
Customizing some skulls
I have a number of cheap foam skulls that I picked up at a dollar store a couple of years ago but they all look the same and all look kinda blah. I decided to change the look of some … Continue reading
Creepy fonts
Creepy fonts are a must-have for creating good looking Halloween invitations, posters, goodie-bag cards and so on. If you Google “Halloween fonts” you’ll find no end of possibilities, but three sites I use regularly around Halloween are: SinisterFonts.com Acid Font’s … Continue reading
Voodoo stuffies everywhere
Eeek — the house is getting overrun by the limp little bodies of unstuffed voodoo stuffies! We’re having a voodoo theme to our yard haunt this year, so we’re in the middle of making assorted dolls to grace our yard. … Continue reading
300 feet of chain – woo hoo!
August is already halfway over so I’m late starting on this year’s Halloween preparations… I did, however, just get a big carboard box full of 300 feet of plastic chain – that’s a lot of chain – for our display’s … Continue reading
An “old” cemetery fence
One of the new props for this year’s yard haunt is three sections of “old” fencing for the cemetery. I wanted the fencing to look like it had been in place for years but, as with all the yard props, … Continue reading
Cross spiders
Several large wooden crosses adorn our front yard each Halloween. They’re made from 2×6 boards and the ends of the crosses are beveled to add a bit more character to them. A few years ago, we came across some wire … Continue reading