All of the props in these pages have come from ideas and instructions found on a page called Monster List.
2002 - The Year of the Creepy Fog
I have purchased a fog machine for my haunt this year, and I've built a fog chiller to make the fog stay close to the ground. I wont go into all of the gruesome details on how to build it. You can find them on the Monster List (mentioned above - and here, too). I will say that I built my fog chiller out of 3/4 inch copper tubing instead of the 4 inch clothes dryer tubes. This was a suggestion from my father-in-law. He thought the copper would be a better thermal conductor. I don't know if it's better, but it works pretty well and it was $10 cheaper. Check out the pics below.
The completed box
Almost ready to go.
There's more to come.
Check back soon.
2004 - The year of the spider.
I put up my 10 ft. spider web on one wall, the "stretch" glow-in-the-dark web on the ceiling, some black thread stapled to the garage door, rubber spiders hanging from the ceiling, and a battery-operated sipder that drops when a loud noise is detected. I also made some lights for my jack-o-lanterns. This is basic wiring with a little soldering. Click the pics to get details.