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If you had to choose... Which is better? A big display with lots of classic elements or a smaller more personal, interactive display?
It's just me setting up and tearing down every year. Still, I manage to put up a fairly large yard display with all the bells and whistles- animatronics, fog, SFX, projections, a cemmie, 7' spider, etc. Plus, since I give out a variety of treats, there is always some unique distribution method. This year, it was Pumpkin Plinko. TOTs dropped their pumpkin disks through a plinko board to determine from which bin-,1-6, their treat would come.
Since I have to put so much energy into TOT with no help, I am thinking where to best spend effort. Next year, I'm thinking of doing a fortune teller set-up and a card draw to distribute treats, I have that Big Scream TV Crystal ball and would dress as a old-school gypsy.
So I am thinking, what's more important,? Doing up the fortune teller area with a haunted gypsy camp theme (no big spider, ghouls, or classic cemmie) in a smaller area , but really concentrating on the fortune teller experience? Or keeping the large classic display and having the crystal ball/card draw be the distribution gag?
Only had 55 TOTs this year.
It's just me setting up and tearing down every year. Still, I manage to put up a fairly large yard display with all the bells and whistles- animatronics, fog, SFX, projections, a cemmie, 7' spider, etc. Plus, since I give out a variety of treats, there is always some unique distribution method. This year, it was Pumpkin Plinko. TOTs dropped their pumpkin disks through a plinko board to determine from which bin-,1-6, their treat would come.
Since I have to put so much energy into TOT with no help, I am thinking where to best spend effort. Next year, I'm thinking of doing a fortune teller set-up and a card draw to distribute treats, I have that Big Scream TV Crystal ball and would dress as a old-school gypsy.
So I am thinking, what's more important,? Doing up the fortune teller area with a haunted gypsy camp theme (no big spider, ghouls, or classic cemmie) in a smaller area , but really concentrating on the fortune teller experience? Or keeping the large classic display and having the crystal ball/card draw be the distribution gag?
Only had 55 TOTs this year.