Thread: Graveyard ground

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we r doing a haunted house for r first time and
trying to find out how to make the ground on the graveyard?
we dont want to just throw dirt everywhere.
is there a better and cheap way on doing this?

I saw a tutorial using a bath towel placed in front of a head stone, then covering it with dirt or potting soil to make it look like a fresh grave. The reason for the towel is so the soil won't absorb or spread into your grass as quickly.

Marc V.

IMO: I don't think people pay much attention to the ground cover; I wouldn't expend a lot of effort spreading dirt. I do use a couple bags of black spider webbing material and stretch it out low between a couple tombstones and toss in some red rose craft flower petals for accents.

well im putting it in a warehouse with all concrete floor

Have you tried cam netting or burlap? Maybe a combo of both.

Actually speaking of the towels maybe you could dye old towels earth colors and rip them up and mush them around.

im going to try that and see what happens thanks everyone

I would suggest using cheap/old towels, dying them earth colored, and then spraying them with a spray glue... then sprinkle on fresh dirt. you can use chicken wire or newspaper to simulate different heights of the dirt (higher = newer grave).

Something cool you can do that is really easy ...

Get some expanding foam and slowly spray it over a used beach blanket or plywood sheet. Let it dry overnight. Paint it red and you got some nasty looking thing coming out of the grave!

leaves ,moss, spider webs, rocks, bones and what others are saying about the towels, oh yeah and dead tree branches too!

crushed oreo cookies and chocolate pudding and some gummi worms