I finally got off my butt and made a video showing my new columns for this year in more detail. They are your basic wooden columns made from plywood and 2x4s. I added these really creepy reindeer heads as toppers to them. I picked them up from Target last year on clearance as part … Continue reading
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We got our talking skull for this year’s Yard Haunt
I have been wanting a talking skull for years now and after doing a lot research and looking around I picked the new talking skull from Frightprops. I felt that for the money it was the best bang for the buck and I love how they designed their own skull from the ground up to … Continue reading
Cemetery Viewing Hours Sign
So I finished this last night. I wish I had some before photos but I forgot take some. I got this at Homegoods a few weeks ago it was originally grey when I bought it and I think it was supposed to be a small chalkboard sign thing. I painted it black and added some … Continue reading
New Cemetery Entrance Columns WIP
We are less than 6 months away from the big night already!! I have so much work to do for this year! Here are the new columns I am working on for this year. I have a lot of work to do still but at least this should give you some kind of idea of … Continue reading
Flicker LED DIY Light System for the yard this year
Thanks to Dminorsound for creating this awesome and easy to do RCA LED light system and also for finding these really cool flickering LEDs. I was always on the fence about doing an LED system for my pumpkins and things but after seeing these flickering lights I finally decided it was time! Be sure to … Continue reading
Halloween Night Walkthrough with Animatronics
Just a super quick walkthrough video on Halloween night to show our animatronics and other props that only go out on the big night! If you want to see more information on the props each one of them has their own video on my playlist and also here on the website! Be sure to check … Continue reading
Pumpkin Carving Party Invitations for 2013
I made some cool Halloween Party invites for this year and thought I would make a quick video showing everyone how they turned out. I am already working on ways of making even cooler ones for next year! Thanks to my friend Christina for helping out the vector artwork and creating the image for … Continue reading
2013 Eerie Acres Cemetery Walk Around
I had a few people ask me to do a walkthrough video to show the yard so I made one a few days ago. Keep in mind this video doesnt show any of the animatronics since most of those will only be out on the big night itself. I will make a new video on … Continue reading
A quick look at our 2013 setup!
We are pretty much all setup for 2013! Check out the pics below! There are a few surprises still planned for the big night which are not in these photos so you will have to come by if you can! If not we will have more pics after the big night. We will have … Continue reading
Animated Halloween Countdown Sign
So here is the final product of my animated graveyard creep that I was working on. I felt he would work really well as a countdown sign! Let me know what you think? If you have any questions about how he works be sure to check out my previous post for more technical information!