Thread: My 2010 Garage Haunt

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Where did you purchase the vines you have hanging down in the "swamp"? They look very realistic.

I love this! Can I hire you? :-)

No seriously... ;-)

Well done. I wish I had carpentry skills.

Bravo! Very detailed and artistic. How did you create the skull walls?

Stitches - I got the vines from Hobby Lobby except for the brown "branches" which are just foam caulk saver (from Lowes) wrapped with brown tape with some leaves sticking out. Just got a bunch more vines a couple weeks ago for this year's haunt. Seems like they're usually 50% off - if not, you can always download a 40% off coupon from the website.

Doctoru2 - Thanks, but my carpentry skills are VERY limited! Believe me, if I can do this, ANYONE can. :-)

Mystic Manor - To make the skull walls, I got a bunch of styrofoam skulls from Walmart ($4 each I think), sawed off the backs, and mounted them to a black painted plywood board with Gorilla Glue. I also got a few "Bags of Bones" and glued them on. I cut up some netting to create some extra texture and then smeared 2 or 3 bottles of Great Stuff over the board and netting. Then dry-brushed the whole thing first with gray paint, then a little white paint. I was really happy with the way they turned out.

Trinity1 - Here are some construction pics:








Chain/vortex hallway


The swamp hallway


The spider pod hallway

I think there were 25 total panels (mostly luan with 2x2 framing). What's really cool is that the whole thing breaks down and fits perfectly in a 6'x6' storage area!

I like the set up. Looks Great!!! My garage is just to full for that kind of setup, but the driveway is open and its got me thinking.