Note: This is a repost of an old tutorial whose links to pictures were broken with the software update at HF. Problem: Your garage haunt has an opening to the outdoors. Two rather BIG openings. You thought tarps would do it but alas, they look awful. You go to Transworld and gawk at the...

I built this Clown Entrance for a Halloween party last year. It turned out fantastic. The eyes rotate, using cheap motors I picked up from Princess Auto. I projected the image and air brushed onto plywood. I didn't build it to be self standing (but you could)....for our purpose it was...

This year's theme is Medieval/Castle/vikings. I am thinking a turret castle with a drawbridge for my entrance. I have a big old barn where I hold my party and build the appropriate theme entrance where guest walk in. Does anyone have pictures of things they have done for inspiration? My height...

Was in Target this week and saw these kind of cool Harry Potter-licensed lamps. The bulb sits down inside the base. For anyone doing a Potter theme though these might look great on two entrance columns for example. Didn't see the price on them and might be up on the website. They were refreshing...

Hey Spooky People! This isn't so much a request for a tutorial as it is a "am I going about this correctly" guide. The entrance to our haunt is a sort of fall-down-the-rabbit-hole type deal. I want to build a rock arch similar to this: It's not going to be that wide as I only have about 5'...

This year I added a new set of entrance columns to my haunt. My inspiration was the entrance columns to the Disney Haunted Mansion in Disneyland. I wanted to add a gate but ran out of time. I used of a lot of the techniques found in the youtube links listed at the end of the post. I built my...

This will be the new attraction at the yard haunt this year. One side of the yard will be all graveyard, the garage will be an asylum with drop panels and the electric chair and then the other side of the yard will be the Graveyard keepers quarters with the new haunted cabin prop, fence and...

as I mentioned in another post :) a friend of mine had found a crazy deal on this scare factory tomb entrance, it also had a midnight studio prop on top was a deadite I think... the price was a give away deal.. but I'm in Canada he's in Illinoi !!!!!! 13 h to get there, just too far and the guy...

Hello Everybody!!!! So excited to be back and for Fall (finally, it's been hot in Oklahoma) and the best holiday ever. This year I'm already busy building a new gallows prop (last one rotted) and since I have the lumber, a new guillotine will be started soon. But I do have need for some ideas...

Hey guys! I've been building up my cemetery for the last few years and I'm not at the point where its big enough and I've decided to add an entrance gate. I've already built the entrance pillars but I'm having a hard time deciding on how to design the gate and add a cemetery sign above. I was...

This year I am expanding my haunt to include a walkthrough with twists and scares. I prefer to use more family friendly props, so nothing really scary or gory. We get about 600-1000 kids each year. I am at the 1/2 way point in creating this. I just got lighting up last night and still have to...

Hello from Texas! I've been a big Halloween fan for a long time. About 3 years ago, my sister and brother in law got me involved in helping them decorate as they have a neighborhood full of kids. We had a blast and, of course, began buying a few animatronics, etc. Now we're ready to step up...

We are working on a dishonorable pirate graveyard for our side yard. I have come up with wording for the entrance sign but then my brain stopped. Need ideas for epitaphs that shows how they broke "The Code" Entrance sign will read "As you walk by, don’t shed a tear O’er these sorry sailor’s...

Hi everyone. :D I thought I should make a post here, though I'm not really new. I forgot my old password for my deadspider account, and the email it was associated with is years and years long gone. So... because I couldn't get access, I rejoined as DeadSpider2.0 :o Figured I'd been...

No great shakes, but I was able to build my pallet entrance today. Not where I want it yet, but it took awhile. It is essentially three sided with the longest side being about 16ft long. I am hoping that the entrance will better frame some of my animatronics. Maybe next year, I will build it a...

Been working on this since August, and it's finally at the point to share. :) We did a test run on setup tonight, and have some nifty pics. For the build of my (really easy for non-mechanical folks) ghost pony scarousel (and video) go here Our signage ( our anniversary is Halloween...

Inspired by the Motorized Secret Entrance project on instructables, my plan this year is to create a haunted room with secret entrance on our patio. I can probably scavenge some 2x4s to set up the wall scaffolding. What is missing is panels to go on top of the beams to create somewhat durable...

Looking for some good ideas on getting sponsorships for my haunted house this year. Anyone have any ideas that have worked for you or fundraising ideas that might help. I feel if I could get a few sponsors. I wouldn't have to charge a entrance fee or if I did could give 100% of fee to a local...