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I Dont know what theme to do I have a lot of different things like a doctors lab, a guilotine, a cemetary, a lot of body parts, a witch, a some skeletons, what should I do with it all, and just a little Info I live in a neighborhood with a bunch of kids and teenagers. And I dont have a ton of land to work with just my front yard which is about 1/4 acre.

~The Dog

Anybody??????

I put out all my stuff like that, and let the details cover the theme.

For instance, we will have tons of HW stuff out, but the theme will be PSYCHO.
I'll have a movie playing on the garage door, a bates motel sign, etc... and the bathrooms will be from the infamous scene. I'll put photos and things relating to the movie around the house, tying it all together.

BUT...there will still be witches, monsters, a lab, monster in the box, cemetery, etc....

Good luck

Originally Posted by Dous

I Dont know what theme to do I have a lot of different things like a doctors lab, a guilotine, a cemetary, a lot of body parts, a witch, a some skeletons, what should I do with it all, and just a little Info I live in a neighborhood with a bunch of kids and teenagers. And I dont have a ton of land to work with just my front yard which is about 1/4 acre.

~The Dog

Will this be your first display? If you've done it before, what have you used? Sounds like you have a little bit of everything, and this can work, but as someone here recently posted, it's not about how much unrelated stuff you can pack into a space. Having a theme can make it easier to stage your display. Take the things that could possilby be related; the cemetery, skeletons and witch could all go together well. A spooky graveyard scene is always a hit. Add some fog, ambient lighting and a good soundtrack to create atmosphere. If you can someway divide the space to create two separate areas/scenes, you could also do a a mad scientist thing using your body parts and lab stuff. The guillotine could serve as a stand alone prop in a prominent place. Just some thoughts. Remember, you don't have to use everything each year. Mothball a few props and add something new to go with your main idea, then switch it up the following year. We stick with a traditional haunted house/castle theme each year and just keep adding to it, but we don't put n things that aren't for the most part tied in with the overall idea.

How 'bout an Old West prison? Or a sanitarium? Get lots of mileage out of your current pieces, and would be fun to add on to.

Go to wally world and purchase some black tarp paper. Over in the spray paint section(used for paint projects).

Then go by your local newspaper, ask them for some free pallets. Rip the pallets apart and make a fence around your cemetery.

Section off a part of your yard with the black tarp and put your Dr. Lab in here.

Make it where the doctor worked on the body then it goes to the cemetery. Or backwards.

You could put the body parts in plastic tubs with a lot of water and food coloring. Put the tubs on shelfs to look like the doctor has a stock of body parts that he has been cutting up.

My 2 cents... Hope that helps.