Thread: Haunted Mine Shaft themed yard haunt ideas.....

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OK I got a general idea of my theme for my yard haunt for 2009. It is going to be a haunted mine shaft. It will be split up into 3 different areas. The front of the house will be the Silva Mining Company. There will be a mine shaft entrance that goes over the sidewalk that leads up to the house. With the fence pillars and fence sections that I built going off on each side down the front sidewalk. Inside the tunnel will be two different 4' x 4' (8' tall) boxes that will be two different mining scenes. Then the TOT's will get to the front door and get their candy.


This is a sketch I made of what I want the mine shaft entrance to look like.



This is a drawing of how the rooms in the tunnel will be lined up.



These are the fence pillars and fence sections that will be on either side of the mine shaft entrance.



On the left side of the tunnel will be a bunch of wooden barrels, crates, shovels and pick axes. The crates will say explosives on them. One of the crates by the fence will be my MIB.

YouTube - crate comp2

On the right hand side of the mine shaft entrance will be a mine cart with a skeleton in it.

This is the beginning of the mine cart.



And this is the hard hat the skeleton will be wearing.

The second section of the yard haunt will be on the front corner of the house next to the Mining Company. This section will have an old shack where the widow of a mine shaft worker waits for her husband to come home(but he never will, he still haunts the mine shaft where he died). There will be a door on the front of the shack that is open that will house my FCG. There will also be a rocking chair that rocks by itself on the front porch of the shack. Next to the house will be a dog house where their dog still waits for both of them. The corner of the yard will have a picket fence around it.

FCG that will be in the shack this year.



This is the dog that will be in the dog house next to the shack.

YouTube - DogWolf

The third section of the yard haunt will be down the side of the house. This will be the mining town's cemetery where all the mining employees were buried. This will house our new tombstones and new cemetery arch sign.

This is a picture of the cemetery last year. This year there will be a new arch on top of the columns and the location will shift to the left of the picture down the side of the house and it will be much larger. Oh and we have all new tombstones in the works as well!!!

I still am searching for ideas for the 2 rooms in the tunnel and some stuff to fill in the area around the mine cart. Also there is about a 10' x 10' area that will be on the front corner of the yard in front of the "shack" that will be pretty bare. But, I don't want anything too high or distracting so that people can see the FCG in the shack and dog in the dog house.

I love that crate...what are the measurements?

have you thought of having a half buried miner in one of the side areas...make some paper mache boulders...and some kicking legs

I really, really like that!!! you have been very busy!!

Originally Posted by Scatterbrains

I love that crate...what are the measurements?

have you thought of having a half buried miner in one of the side areas...make some paper mache boulders...and some kicking legs

The crate is 22" deep, 24" high and 33" wide. It is pretty big. Bigger then I wanted. Great idea for inside the shaft. I have always wanted to make the kinking legs!!!

Originally Posted by creepycathy

I really, really like that!!! you have been very busy!!

Not really busy. I can't quite get going on projects, because I always try to make stuff as cheaply as possible. So it takes me a while to make stuff while I am scrounging for the parts.

looking fantastic! love the crate. kudos to a fellow cheapscape.

How are you going to build the interior of the mine? Are you just building wood rooms, or are you going to try soe MM or something for a earthy textured look?

Also, are you going to paint the mine cart? The circular saw cut marks are intersting, so I'm just wondering.

Your helmet is looking really good. Fantastic paint treatment.

I know I've said it before, but your MIB is absolutely sensational. I love it!