So i see Zaiden its not just us over here that have to really scratch our heads and adapt whatever we can . There,s so much really cool stuff in the states but most of it has not crossed the pond yet , and although we can get polystyrene sheets in the U.K. they are not that cheap certainly not as cheap in the U.S. , if i,m lucky now and again i get an odd bit from a job i work on and have asked if i can have it from the foreman , but that is rare what with the recession and all . Wood is getting dearer by the minute it seems over here and old wooden pallets have been my savior many Halloweens , but even the throw away pallets are hard to get now , most builders merchants i try to scrounge from say they send them back or someone recycles them now so it makes it quite hard , although i got a tiny amount of timber stockpiled it has gone down rapidly . Not sure if we get that paint you mentioned over here , in the past i used water based external masonry paint which i mixed colors for effect etc for my tombstones and also a water based sealer , that has gotten me by , combined with enamel spray paint at times , i will see if we got it here though .It sounds like you could potentially have a real good burst of enthusiasm in your area , i hope for you sake you do else your going to have to bulk buy more sweets lol , so your probably like me planning for next year , i think i might go back to my favorite theme of ghosts and graveyard again next year , but if i do i want to build a new graveyard fence and a load of new tombstones as well , i also want to build a prop of the little SAM character from the film TRICK OR TREAT as well , what about yourself , you already trying to source stuff for next year ? lol