So last year I was really gung ho about finally doing the pirate themed Halloween, but having just moved to Dallas TX, and with travel for my job being so erratic, I didnt know if I would have the time to decorate, and if so how much. So once I figured out I would have some time to decorate... you know I had to do something to make an impression on my neighbors. Unfortunately we didnt have much time to prepare, so it was more about masking the house and decorating, than building big props.
We decided to do a "Gates of Hell" theme, in which the kids would need to enter the gates of hell to get their treats.. I built a facade wall of pvc pipe (gotta love pvc!) then used scene setters that we normally use inside, to wrap the entire front and part of the sides of the house. I got a bunch of the cheap blow molded skeletons on sale and used a dremel tool to remove all that extra plastic and a little paint to make them look more realistic. use spray foam and some cheap tiki torches to make the skull torches....
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| The Entrance to Hell.... |
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| Someone who got tangled up in barbed wire. |
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| Another view |
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| Ouch.. |
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| That is going to leave a mark.. |
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| Must have had anger issues... lots of impaling and contortions... |
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| Yes kids... We use real fire! |
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| This is what happens when you stray from the path.. |
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| Through the groin, through the lungs, through the chin... eye see where you are going with this! |
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| 18" Skull greeting the guests |
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| Blood fountain |
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| Blood Drinking Fountain... |
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| Silliness... |
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| Punkin on a stick...teach you to call your kid punkin... |
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| The Achilles/Oedipus hang.. |
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| Again with the impaling.. |
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| Again with the eye... |
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| More Eye shots... |
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| Yes I was waiting in the shadows for you... |
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| And you thought spiderwebs were bad... try barbed wire.. |
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| Feel the hate young skywalker... |
So the impression wasnt quite what I was expecting.... In California, we had people that were so freaked out by our decorations, that they wouldnt come up to the house. Apparently in Texas... not so scary.. I had hoards of little kids wanting to get their picture taken with the impaled, contorted skeletons!
On to Burelloween 2013!
