The story of the Terror Carolers.   Singing pumpkins to entertain and bewitch the Trick or Treaters this year. That’s on the agenda but.. We were stuck. We wanted 6 fake pumpkins, something we could carve, that would last a while, that wouldn’t cost a small fortune. Surprisingly, searching the …

Blucky’s Barbecue is actually a variation on an idea we got from The Brewster Yard Haunt. We added a few special differences to our version and rigged together a few last minute things too, but here’s how our Barbecued Blucky Skeleton Turned out! The pieces needed to build our tasty …

 Who doesn’t like a meaty corpse that makes everyone grimace a little bit when they see it? NOBODY Blucky is a nice skeleton but scary he ain’t. Let’s change that by transforming a plain Blucky skeleton into a Burn Victim Blucky! Everyone has a technique and here’s ours: Supply list: …

One of the longtime features and frustrations of our yard haunt has been the “Fountain of blood” which currently occupies a large amount of area in our cemetery. This feature is massive and requires a bit of space to store as well as some parts that are costly. To assemble …

Now is a good time to pass on a small warning. Some fans require the blades to keep them cool, be careful this thing doesn’t turn into a fireball if that is the case with your fan. We only use ours for about 2 hours a year, outdoors, so we’re …

This 3 paneled cube was also the basis for our “Amazing Gorilla Machine” scene. It makes a great concept for any place a crate or rickety sort of booth is required, it allows for easy tear down and storage and assembles quickly. The carnival ticket booth is extremely light and …

Now that you’ve got the Halloween candy/carnival ticket booth built, it’s time for the bright, gleaming joy that’ll lure the kiddies in. That’s right, the carnival ticket booth sign.   Here’s what you’ll need: Styrofoam, at least 4′ by 2′Razor blades, or something to carve foamTapeMarkerLatex PaintPaint BrushesString lights that …

The gorilla cage or “Amazing Gorilla Machine” as it has come to be known, is built on the same principle as the Carnival Ticket Booth Halloween prop. The cage is a three sided box with a black fabric backing and a front frame that contains 4 bars that are bendable …

 A Halloween Haunt Directory. It may seem like something terribly simple to create and rather ineffective. Well ok, it is simple but it’s not ineffective! It really added something to the yard haunt for its first year, 2008. It was a great focal point in the middle of an otherwise …

So we have a very large yard to fence off.  We’re talking 50 feet in length.  Our neighbors have always been unknowingly nice enough to throw away some of that 3′ garden fence, and while we set up in the front yard, that was always plenty. This year, the Halloween …