hey russ, lol...after doing this for over 6 years i have most of my mechanisms built. i just repurpose them and dress them differently. i set up halloween morning and take down by 9pm halloween night.
i had a viewer on my youtube channel (
https://www.youtube.com/user/halloweenbert) suggest that i build a spider cocoon. i plan on having a large spider mounted on a scissor prop to jump right at them.
take care, bert