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The weather sucks, all but one of my minions have disappeared, my health has taken a painful downturn, and I'm so far behind I'll be lucky to catch up in time for Halloween... 2015.
At the same time, I REFUSE to miss a second Halloween in a row. At this point, I'm throwing out all my planned themes and forgetting any notion of putting out the antiques and taxidermy I've been carefully collecting to use as props for years. I'm even eschewing the eerie elegant feel that I've been preparing for. It is time to get down and dirty in preparation for the City contest on the 28th. I'm gathering up the "orange and black aisle" props I haven't given away yet, possibly a few mannequins too, and aiming for a mildly humorous display that's relatively quck to set up and reasonably weather-resistant. Contest judging takes place from the street in front of the house so everything has to be visible from "the cheap seats," zero subtlety required. I have a ton of pose and stay skeles I would love to incorporate, as well as the usual array of rubber rats and spiders, organs, that kind of thing. Everything will be to the front of the house, which consists of two oddly shaped patches of lawn flanking a big wide driveway.
My thought is to do a Halloween twist on "Unpleasant Ways to Die" (suggestions for a snazzier title are welcome). For example:
There have to be a ton of scenarios I can incorporate. Since I will be physically unable to set up and will probably not be able to be physically present during most of the prop placements, things need to be super easy for a rank amateur to "get" and place on her own.
HELP!
At the same time, I REFUSE to miss a second Halloween in a row. At this point, I'm throwing out all my planned themes and forgetting any notion of putting out the antiques and taxidermy I've been carefully collecting to use as props for years. I'm even eschewing the eerie elegant feel that I've been preparing for. It is time to get down and dirty in preparation for the City contest on the 28th. I'm gathering up the "orange and black aisle" props I haven't given away yet, possibly a few mannequins too, and aiming for a mildly humorous display that's relatively quck to set up and reasonably weather-resistant. Contest judging takes place from the street in front of the house so everything has to be visible from "the cheap seats," zero subtlety required. I have a ton of pose and stay skeles I would love to incorporate, as well as the usual array of rubber rats and spiders, organs, that kind of thing. Everything will be to the front of the house, which consists of two oddly shaped patches of lawn flanking a big wide driveway.
My thought is to do a Halloween twist on "Unpleasant Ways to Die" (suggestions for a snazzier title are welcome). For example:
- A person hanging himself accidentally on a string of holiday lights.
- A person being force fed poison by rats.
- A body cut in half by the Grim Reaper's scythe.
- A person drowned while bobbing for apples
- Someone poisoned or with a bleeding mouth from tainted candy
- Spider cocoon victim
- Living scarecrow
- Crushed by a pile of pumpkins
There have to be a ton of scenarios I can incorporate. Since I will be physically unable to set up and will probably not be able to be physically present during most of the prop placements, things need to be super easy for a rank amateur to "get" and place on her own.
HELP!
