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Here is our new front door... I used 2x3's to frame it, then 1/4" ply-wood, some thin strips of scrap and a couple hinges. We painted the door and frame black and the thin strips a dark grey... Some large tent stakes on the sides and some bracing inside help keep it in one spot... A large tent stake was used to keep the door open/closed. I then stapled black plastic to it.
A couple of stips of wood that were painted black and screwed over the plastic help hold the plastic to the door. Then a hole was cut out of the plastic for the door. It all worked really well.
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We made some walls to help make set up and take down easier. They are very simple wood frames painted black. Then we stapled some scrap fabric or black plastic to one side. Some were hinged so they were totaly self supporting. I also used some of these walls to make my hide in the center of the haunt.
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Here is my haunted organ. It was simple to put together and added a really cool effect. The Organ it self was a real one I found at DENT Refuse. I took it home and gutted all the extra stuff out of it. That was the hard part... The pipes are cardboard tubes given to me by a friend at NetWORX. I cut them to the right size and cut an angle on the top. Then painted them silver. The hand was mounted on a bar that was connected to a small 110V-AC motor. I had planned on having two hands but all the Halloween store had was the right hand so that didn't happen this year... ( See the hand mounts here, and the motor mount here ) I grounded all the metal parts for safety and wired the motor to the power switch on the front of the organ. I also put an outlet box on the back to supply power to anything else i needed to put in the organ. And fianally I used a small CD player to play organ music. I had alot of positive comments about this effect. |
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Here is a very simple but cool prop. I found some walking staffs at a local $1 store. They looked like a scary hand holding a crystal ball. The plastic staff part pulled out of the hand easily. I then mounted 14V-DC lamps on some stiff wire and put it in the crystal ball and put the staff back into the hand. I started out using 12V-DC but it was just too bright. So I used the 5V-DC output from my power supply and it worked great casting a dim glow into the areas where I put them. |
