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Hello fellow haunters, so as you can see by the title of the thread I am a first time yard haunter in need of some guidance ... or alot of guidance!
In order to try to plan out what I want to create/accomplish for this year I have being searching through old threads, pinterest posts and various blogs. Unfortunately, all of the amazing creative ideas I have stumbled upon have only led me to become more confused as to what to create for my first haunt. I am constantly flip-flopping back and forth between executing a carnival theme, witches coven theme, gothic cemetery + manor theme, haunted hotel or overgrown harvest/scary scarecrow theme. As you can see I have many ideas on the go right now and I am finding it extremely hard to choose what I want to do, keep in my I am very indecisive. The ideas I have for each theme include the following:
Carnival Theme: ticket booth, concession stands (rotten candy, ice scream, body parts), carnival sign, giant jack-in-the-box, clowns or freakshow acts, coloured lights
Witches Theme: a witch, cauldron (with fire), gallows (maybe?), various animals (cats, crows, snakes, spiders), potions table/shelf, locked up victim, green and purple lighting
Gothic Manor + Cemetery Theme: tombstones, above-ground crypt, ghosts/ghouls, creepy table (candelabra, spell book, dead flowers, etc), blue and purple lighting (keep in mind that this is my last choice as I have done a small cemetery before!)
Haunted Hotel Theme: haunted hotel sign, check-in desk, luggage, ghosts or other guests, bellboy or maid
Overgrown Harvest Theme: creepy scarecrow, corn stalks, hay, scary jack-o-lanterns, creepy farmer, guillotine (maybe?)
Now that you (hopefully) understand the visions that I have for each theme I turn it to all or any of you ... which theme, in your honest opinion, should I do this year? Which theme do you think will be most versatile as I would like to reuse the props year after year? Which theme is most cost effective? As this is my first year doing a full out yard haunt I need as much guidance as possible. Sorry for the long post but any advice and guidance would be greatly appreciated!
Carnival Theme: ticket booth, concession stands (rotten candy, ice scream, body parts), carnival sign, giant jack-in-the-box, clowns or freakshow acts, coloured lights
Witches Theme: a witch, cauldron (with fire), gallows (maybe?), various animals (cats, crows, snakes, spiders), potions table/shelf, locked up victim, green and purple lighting
Gothic Manor + Cemetery Theme: tombstones, above-ground crypt, ghosts/ghouls, creepy table (candelabra, spell book, dead flowers, etc), blue and purple lighting (keep in mind that this is my last choice as I have done a small cemetery before!)
Haunted Hotel Theme: haunted hotel sign, check-in desk, luggage, ghosts or other guests, bellboy or maid
Overgrown Harvest Theme: creepy scarecrow, corn stalks, hay, scary jack-o-lanterns, creepy farmer, guillotine (maybe?)
Now that you (hopefully) understand the visions that I have for each theme I turn it to all or any of you ... which theme, in your honest opinion, should I do this year? Which theme do you think will be most versatile as I would like to reuse the props year after year? Which theme is most cost effective? As this is my first year doing a full out yard haunt I need as much guidance as possible. Sorry for the long post but any advice and guidance would be greatly appreciated!