Thread: Pool Owners..have you ever Haunted your pool??

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I would love to "Haunt" my pool this year....we have a large yard, with an inground free form pool on one side. This is the first Halloween in our new home, and I would love to incorporate the swimming pool into our yard haunt. We plan on having people walk around it with lighted pumpkins, etc (its paved and landscaped around the pool) but would love to dye the pool blood red. With it being red, I could float a body or something of that nature in it. Has anyone done this before, and how did you do it? Our pool will be closed for the season, so we would have to take the cover off. (because its a free form pool, we do not have an automatic cover). I will also have to check with our pool service on what type of dye I can as well as any extra chemiacals needed. Thanks for any help! It could be really spooky if I could pull it off!

If its an inground pool why not just light it with red lights to give it the illusion of being blood red . The thing i would worry about with a dye is the effect it potentially would have on the liner and any outlets inside the pool.

in water lighting can be had fairly inexpensively

We thought about doing a red light if we can find one! That would be a good start...our pool is gunite, so no worries on the liner. I was testing for a leak today (long story) and was using red food coloring around the skimmer, etc, and it just kind of faded into the water. Keep the ideas coming!

They sell a dye for pools that works great, it comes in red, green or blue and a bottle that runs about 7 bucks will color 10000 gallons of water.

i tought if haunting our pool every year but i have had big ideas so that means too expensive lol....

i also have an inground pool and would love to do a pirate scene , meaning a hut with pirates , do a ship facade with cannons , put floating fountains on the water that reacts like a cannon shot to name just a few ideas ...we have 3 flood li that light up the pool so would be easy to had color to the water by changing the bulb coor....ah maybe next year .....

That would be sweet if you could haunt your pool. A few years ago at a Fright Fest, the had this big lake type thing. Anyway, in the center they had stands with pumpkins that lit the water by there fire and reflects with the water.

You could easly make stands and do this.

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But they have dye that works great for $7 that would be sweet..

Great ideas everyone! I knew that you guys would have the answer. We will have to look into the dye-our pool is about 37,000 gallos so it could be costly (I think someone mentioned 7 bucks per 1,000.00 gallons ) I will have to see what the budget permits...right now we are dealing with a leak in our pool, so fixing that might put the pool haunt out of the question for this year...especially if they have to dig up our yard to get to the pipes. Lets hope that doesnt happen....unless they would find a body, then that could be cool (j/k-kind of!) The pirate idea is a great one, and I bet the pumkin stands are cool. Im not craft, so I wouldn't have the first idea how to make them. Haunting the pool could be great fun!

Throw in a couple of hundred pounds of dry ice - that'd be a cool effect! Of course, you probably wouldn't be able to see anything else...

Always the option of underwater lights and props in the water. If I had a pool I would go with a lake scene from the Friday the 13th movies and have a Jason Voorhees along with dead bodies in and around the pool. Re-creating a scene like that from an oldie, but a goodie movie can truely bring out the Halloween spirit.

Just be careful and protect yourself from visitors and keep them away from any chance of falling into the water. Last thing you need on Halloween night is a "real" body floating in the pool. As crazy as it may sound, I bet someone has fallen into a pool on Halloween.