[3pinkpoodles]

From my point and shoot and having to use flash. But the pro shoot pictures should be ready soon. I also took a quick video. These are the best I could do considering I was being paged on the walkie talkie for all sorts of things as I tried to at least get a few pictures!!!!

Entry Chamber, Vampire Coffin Room, Vampire Dinner Scene, Frankenstein's Lab, The Witches' Swamp, and the HUGE double level Cemetery..... all below. Look closely for our "actors"--- all former students.

SET UP BEGINS

Pop Ups getting covered in black sheeting

Cemetery in its early stages

Vampire dinner Scene- early stages

Witches Swamp - early stages

Plants Vs Zombies Carnival Game I created (Was like a zombie dodge ball thing)

Zombie Kids performed the THRILLER dance every 20 minutes outside the Haunted House

Fireplace in the Entry Chamber

Fireplace in entry chamber

This couple greeted all guests to the haunted house

Jeeves and the cool candelabra I borrowed from work

Dracula in coffin

Vampire Bat and grandfather clock I made out of cardboard boxes

grandfather clock

Vampire Dinner Vignette

Mr Dracula - one of our High School Actors

Vampire Dinner ready to go

Vampire Dinner with silver skulls

Vampire - Headless boy from Grandin road dressed up a bit

Vampire dinner

 

[3pinkpoodles]

CONTNUED

Frank's Lab- Mad Scientist who had her own dinner party.... of bones

AWESOME black light paint I used on an old Monet poster I found dumpster diving (after I covered it in chalk board paint.) LOVE how this turned out!

The Man of the Hour

The Lab

Blurry but you can get the idea of what it looked like

Lab Things. I had more- Much more- but just not enough time to get it all set up

I salvaged a lot of interesting styrofoam pieces form local appliance warehouse- Painted them to look rusty, and then hung them from fishing line

Kid's kitchen I got at Goodwill and fancied up for the lab

One of the parents hired an incredible face painter who came early to do makeup for our actors

The swamp was one of my favorite scenes. These photos do not do justice. Hanging in the vines (shredded Martha Stewart velvet curtains found at a yard sale) I used a couple dozen lanterns I had gotten from Dollar Tree (thanks to tips from the good people at HF!)

Cemetery was GRAND FINALE as guests exited. It was on 2 levels, due to the fact we used the stage and space in front of stage.

For junior high and high schoolers, I think our actors did a good job. Can you spot all 3?

Can you believe all this stuff came out of my attic!

Me with one of 2 other haunting partners in crime!

Me and my zombie baby--- One of the 2 reasons I do these things for our school!!!

 

[DarkhavenManor]

The haunt came out awesome! Nice work!

 

[3pinkpoodles]

Thanks Dark Haven! It was a lot of work but rewarding. Now it's all sitting in my back yard in bins. The kids are trying to convince me to set it all up again for Halloween night!

Just SOME of it..........

 

[printersdevil]

Did you not use the fortune teller? I really would love to see it if you did.

 

[3pinkpoodles]

Printers Devil- NO I did not- BUT If we do a back yard haunt, we will! Not enough space for the school cafeteria.

 

[offmymeds]

Absolutely amazing job!!!! Great detail in all your scenes and loved the cemetery, wow

 

[Saki.Girl]

Great job looks fantastic

 

[dawnski]

Absolutely fantastic job! I'm sure the kids had a blast. Love the grandfather clock you made.

 

[CrypticCuriosity]

These are great! Some of my fondest memories are from the haunted houses and carnivals I went to at my schools every year. The kids will definitely remember it.

 

[3pinkpoodles]

I got the PRO PICTURES back! These are fantastic--- Check out this link:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsk4TeSix

 

[offmymeds]

WOW!!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Muffy]

Just loved your pictures, bet it was such a fun night!

 

[thenightmarefamily]

I'm surprised the school allowed that, just goes to show everyone Halloween is alive and well.

 

[scareme]

That turned out awesome. You've got some great looking props there. But my favorite has to be Bella Lugosi. Where did you get that? The pro pictures turned out fantastic too. Your school is lucky to have your help.

 

[printersdevil]

I really miss the days when I did a school spook house. great photos!

 

[theworstwitch]

WOW!!!
Your school is so lucky to have you! I was the only person to bring in a little bit of decorations to our class party, it sure was dull!

 

[ChrisW]

Very impressed by the amount of work you and your crew put into it! Looks great!

 

[frostytots]

Fantastic, great job.

 

[3pinkpoodles]

Thanks everyone! Have been away from the forum recovering- but now gearing up for 2015 Learned a lot this first official year- and plan to really kick it up a notch next year.