The Dimmick Family's Halloween Haunt
Props
Halloween Props
Repairing and Strengthening Tombstones
Oct 17th
I’ve been collecting various tombstones over the years and every year I get frustrated when the wind blows them away or the screws or stakes holding them in the ground rip out or break them. The little plastic “T” stakes they come with DO NOT work to keep them from blowing away. This year I dedicated some time and budget to repairing and strengthening all of my tombstones. Here is what I did and it seems to be working so far:
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- 1″x1.5″ around the base glued with Liquid Nails and nailed to 1″x6″ board
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- Sealed and textured with joint compound
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- Painted with exterior latex paint to seal and waterproof joint compound
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- The whole gang.
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- They stand on their own now too. Useful for storage and using on hard surfaces.
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- Spray painted with gray and black to try to match original colors. Holes are for staking to ground.
Gourdon Rotsworth Finished!
Sep 22nd
Scott Stoll at Stolloween.com finished my “undead” pumpkin a couple of weeks ago and I received him in the mail this week. It is an amazing work of art and I am honored to have won the contest. For complete instructions on how he finished it visit his post about it here.
Gourdon Rotsworth
Undead Pumpkin Chest Progress Report
Aug 26th
The chest piece for my Stolloween pumpkin that I won is awesome! 
Full details on how Scott Stoll made it are at his Stolloween site.
Undead Pumpkin Chest
Free Hallowindow iPhone “Hallowallpaper”
Aug 18th
Hallowindow has posted a link to 10 free Hallowindow iPhone “Hallowallpapers” on their Facebook page. Here is a direct link:
Undead Pumpkin Progress
Aug 17th
Stolloween has made a lot of progress on my pumpkin. It is seriously so much more awesome than I ever imagined it being. He is so creative and the detail is amazing. See full details of the construction of the pumpkin at Scott Stoll’s site.
Undead Pumpkin Progress
