Thread: The Witch's Candy house

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My fellow haunters,
It has been a while since we have ghoulishly chatted, happy New Year an New Haunts. I need a little he!p, my theme this year will be Scary Tales, Fairy Tales gone horribly wrong. I'd like to build a witch's candy house but i am not quite sure how to do it. It will likely be outside in the rainy northwest, this house will not be cutsy by any means, there will be a witch beckning people as they go through the crooked wood. Any ideas or resources you may have would be great!

Unfortunately, I bleed 'cutesy'... however, I did have a lot of fun with candy in my display that is why the title to your thread caught my attention. You will probably get nauseous looking at this... but if you can find any of these blowmolds at yard sales, or flea markets, perhaps you can repaint them to add that 'candy' feeling to your scene.

http://www.halloweenforum.com/member...candyland.html

Lure them close to the Witch House with cute candy and then have her scare the bleep out of them!

If you are looking for something that would look like candy you might consider using the bottom portion of gallon milk containers turned upside-down with a Christmas light inside each of them. The plastic gallons can be cut as low as you would like to resemble hard candies.

Do you literally need to build the structure, and then add candy and a witch?

I would use wood pallets to construct the house. I recall several witch houses that fellow haunters have built on this forum using those and they have turned out great. And to add to Ghouliet's idea, wrap those jugs in colored cellophane. Those would make a huge impact with the lights. Use carpet rolls to wrap up as well, you can cut those any length, paint stripes on them..................if that's what you had in mind.

i agree with the wood pallet idea alot of compagnies trow them away you can get them for free (we use them alot here my husband gets them from his workplace for free) , and make candy from styrofoam cut out and paint them you can attach them to the witch house or put pvc in them to make lollypops , i am thinking of doing a gingerbread looking halloween witch house this year or do my porch with the candy theme with the witches.... hilda as done some awsome blow mold repaint for halloween (this as inspired me for adding candy this year to my witch display ) , if you dont want rain inside maybe use a tarp on the top

I am also thinking of decorating the front of my house to look like a bewitched candy cottage. Since this is only a one year theme, I want to make things as cheaply as possible. Some of the ideas I have are candy cane snakes with a slithering tongue, moldy gumdrops (styro balls cut in half, painted and glued on moss), lollipops painted with a dizzying spiral and vines climbing up the sticks, evil gingerbread men (made from foam core), peppermint candies in black/orange (Chinette plates, painted then wrapped in cellophane -lame I know, but cheap), dirty batting for icing around windows and doors, candy corn made from kids orange traffic cones and of course, lots of rats and roaches eating the candy.

Those sound like excellent ideas! Not a thing wrong with being economical.

Here is a link to HGTV's 2010 Halloween Block Party special. It has been referenced here before, but I thought it deserved to be resurrected for the the theme of this thread. One of the three featured themes is a candy inspired Hansel and Gretal type haunt.

http://www.hgtv.com/video/halloween-...deo/index.html

I like the idea! I have had great luck sculpting with the 2 inch thick foam (not the styro type, too many beads in it) insulation from home depot. It cuts, smoothes and shapes very easily with a rasp or sandpaper, can be glued together to make larger shapes and can be painted to stand up to almost any weather. Last year for a parade my kids and I made a 3ft tall ice cream bar for a float and many people touched it to see just what it was made of and said they thought it would feel cold. You can even use the thinner foam to coat inexpensive chipboard or mdf to give it strength and protect it from moisture. Maybe some old pink insulation for cotton candy and great stuff spray foam for frosting.