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Maybe add some other classic elements to your tree, lit by spotlights/strobes from below. A strobe light pointing up into a thick bare tree can trick your mind a bit- are those branches moving? If this is a walk through for ToTers a couple of more "standard" elements might tie it together for the younger crowd. My daughter is 4 and would not understand a ground breaker and the concept of being eaten, but she would be terrified of Dracula floating from a tree branch lit up by a red spotlight and cape flapping in the wind. At my yard haunt i have gory, conceptual stuff to scare the older kids out of their wits, but plenty of skeletons, spider webs, and hanging dummies with masks to scare the crap out of the younger ones.
You said it about making parents uncomfortable- it's one thing to be known as "that guy on the street who really decorates for Halloween", it's another for neighbors to talk for the next 2 months about the weirdo who had all the dead kids in his yard. Especially if you are in a conservative religious type setting. Something to think about.
You said it about making parents uncomfortable- it's one thing to be known as "that guy on the street who really decorates for Halloween", it's another for neighbors to talk for the next 2 months about the weirdo who had all the dead kids in his yard. Especially if you are in a conservative religious type setting. Something to think about.
