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Spookilicious mama · #16 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Halloween Mom

So you keep it up like a week? How does it hold up with Florida rain storms and wind? My husband is afraid it would withstand GA weather for long. What's yours made of? The Frame too? Oh yea, what sort of scares and decor do you have? Sorry for all of the questions.

Thanks.
Kaye

Questions are what this is for girl, no sorry needed. Well We make the frame with 2X4's. He puts them about I dont know maybe 6 or 8 feet apart. We build the frame a week before we need it. We leave it up uncovered so that doesnt hurt the grass. Now He has it set up so the tarp is on but can be rolled up on the sides when we are not using it. So...the only time the tarp is up is for the party and Halloween. Two nights. Maybe Three. He does a really good job so when it rains it doesnt ruing the inside. You could literally stand there under it and not get wet. Like I said he rolls the tarp up on the sides when not in use so the grass gets sun and rain. So minimal damage. He's really tweaked it over the years so if you need more details I can have him give me the exact instructions and pm you. He makes the frame by putting the 2X4's into the ground, they have to be in there really good so they re sturdy enough to hold up the roof. Oh yes and he puts 2X4's across the where the roof would be as well to help keep the tarp from sagging during those storms we get during that time.
Now for decor. oh boy well we have everything, props of all sorts, music and fog and lights, one of the things that is a big hit is the black light scene. I took a ton of skeletons and spray painted them each a glow in the dark color, I also took tombstones and took the same glow in the dark paint and accented different pieces on them. Then we mount really big black lights all along the side of the fence to make everything glow. We make a cememtery with kind of a joke twist. The skeletons are either playing cards, or in different postions dancing, One year we hung a disco ball in there, the silver kind and had the colored turining ball that goes with it and had music jamming in there. You can get really creative with the scenes. I think one of my skeletons even had a boa on it. They got a kick out of it. The rest of the haunt is more scary. I hide people in the trees and since it runs along the side of my house I put peopl in the bedrooms on the inside of the house and they scare from the side window. That gets them everytime, they never expect anyone to come from inside the house. Its so dark they never see it coming. I also have different sounding CD's like wind, howling, screams to set off the mood of each scene. I think this is getting too long so If you need more just let me know girl. Good Luck