Thread: TINY TOMB adventures! Small yard haunters

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Thought I'd kick this off since I mentioned it on another thread....

Quite a few of us yard haunters have smaller yards, restricting the amount or the scale of props and displays we want to build. So all of you "tiny tomb" haunters, please post your ideas and builds (within the board's posting rules - Larry, please move or edit this post to conform) to your scaled-down projects!

For instance, I have always loved the "Beloved" stones (Terra's beautiful example stands out particularly) but know that even if I could build one just as good (ha!) that it would look ridiculous in my tiny yard.

So I built this:

Angel tombstone started


I know there are other posters that have some great ideas, so let's see 'em!

How small of yards are we talking about?

WOW! That came out wonderfully! Excelent scale and color match. Looks like you "grayed" up the statute a bit as I remember them being more off white with some gold/tan hues. That is a great project! I'll be picking your brain for your paint technique on this one. Super job FG!

Originally Posted by yardhauntjunkie

How small of yards are we talking about?

It's kind of subjective but I think yards that can't hold a lot of large stones or a lot of any size stones. Our front yard is roughly 30x25 so we're restricted to a small cemetery with only a few gravestones. I think this thread will be neat to see smaller scale monuments in the making and get ideas for how to construct them.

Our yard display during the day. Not a whole lot of space!

well i have a small yard and this is my haunt

Really like the first gravestone. So jealous of those who have a yard I'm stuck in apt for another year and have a 6 by 6 foot area that I get to work with-as I'm not allowed to use any of the grassy area.

This is a great thread Idea, as I myself only have a small one...(YARD, that is. Shame on all you evil minded souls out there)..
A small yard can accomodate a very impressive display, It's just a matter of getting the balance right so it doesn't look overcrowded.

FrankiesGirl..I love that tombstone, seems like Terra has found her protege! Thanks for the link to the how-to, as I seemed to have missed it first time round.
The marble effect and lettering are awesome..Great job!

Wow!! Excellent job on the tombstone, FG! Awesome paint job--it looks like real marble.
The angel from Big Lots turned out great too!

My yard is a bit bigger than jdubbya's, but it's still one of the smaller sized yards on here....

This was my yard setup last year:
http://www.halloweenforum.com/pictur...pictureid=9412

But really, if you feel like your yard size restricts the amount of props that you can properly display and you've ever built stuff scaled down on purpose to balance the size, then please post what you built - I see this thread as a kind of inspiration/idea thread...

If your yard is too small for a coffin or a regular sized groundbreaker I do have one tip. I made a few of these smaller groundbreakers last year and they turned out really good. I call it the "slimline" groundbreaker.