The Dimmick Family's Halloween Haunt
Props
Halloween Props
Creepy, Dancing, Paper Mache Ghosts
Nov 2nd
I wanted to add two new characters to our haunt this year. A male and female ghost dancing in the graveyard. Kind of a tribute to the dancing ghosts in the Disney Haunted Mansion, but that look more like the Hitch-hiking Ghosts. I sculpted the faces with paper mache clay over the course of several nights. The girl’s face went through several different versions until I felt like she “went” with the guy.
Making Tombstones Glow Under Black Lights
Nov 2nd
I wanted to make some of the details of my tombstones “pop” more under the black lights that I use in my haunt. I opened a yellow highlighter and soaked the fluid-filled cotton stick with water to make a kind of paint to brush onto the tombstones. Once the highlighter fluid/ink was dry I hit those spots with a flat clear spray paint to seal it.
Halloween Jack-o’-lanterns 2010
Nov 2nd
Here are Ben, Tyler and Annie’s Jack-o’-lanterns from this year. We carved these for Family Home Evening on Monday, October 25th.
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- Annie’s Pumpkin
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- Ben’s Pumpkin
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- Tyler’s Pumpkin
I also carved 10 more jack-o’-lanterns for the haunt.
Mother Nature 1, Tombstones and Fence 0
Nov 2nd
On Sunday, October 24th, there was a terrible storm that came through and damaged several of my tombstones and “power washed” a lot of the paint off of my fence columns. The wind and rain were fierce. I was really frustrated and upset, but was relieved to find that an anonymous neighbor of mine found the missing tombstone pieces and returned them to my house. Thank you to whoever found them. Here are some pictures of the aftermath of the storm.
Graveyard Fence with Stone Columns and Wrought Iron Panels
Nov 2nd
Last year I made a quick and simple graveyard fence out of free, used pallets and promised that I had big plans for this years fence. Well, here it is.
This beautiful fence is made from plywood, 2x2s, 1″ and 2″ foam, 2x3s, 1/2″ PVC pipe and decorative finials. Instructions on building the columns can be downloaded here. They are the Vile Things columns with a modified wrought iron style fence, rather than the wood fence they make.
