Yearly Graveyard

Maykyr · Post by **Maykyr** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:46 pm

Well , it is getting time to set up the yearly graveyard out in the front yard . Us and the guy up the road from us are kind of competing every year for the most spooky house . I any of you freaks out there wish to visit our graveyard PM either me or TheStormstress for directions . Or if you have any scary ideas for new frightening features , feel free to share them with us . I already have a few ideas going for this year , now that I have a whole woodworking shop at my disposal . And remember , Halloween is like Christmas to us . LOL

Mother Mo · Post by **Mother Mo** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:53 pm

We have similar traditions over here. Halloween rocks! :twisted:

I've got 3 or 4 boxes of decorations I need to pull down. I usually wait until the week of the equinox to do it, though. Last year we acquired a fog machine that we use outside. Our house is at the top of a hill, so it makes it look as though the top is lost in a cloud. Tom & Pat lay on the ground outside & pretend to be fake dead bodies. When the little tikes get up close enough they jump up & scare the bejeezus out of them. We're going to put up warnings this year. "Beware the Undead!" or something like that. Sometimes the little ones get so scared, they tumble down the hill!

Oopsie! :twisted:

Vachy · Post by **Vachy** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:49 pm

I love overdone Halloween decorations. (It's kinda sickening at Christmas though.) I would *love* to see both your houses, especially Mother Mo's with the fog.

BTW Mo, if you can get any, dry ice is more efficient than fog juice. Oh, and Chris from Sam and Andy's said hi back, and that you were "a sweet lady."

Mother Mo · Post by **Mother Mo** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:44 pm

Vachy wrote:I love overdone Halloween decorations. (It's kinda sickening at Christmas though.) I would *love* to see both your houses, especially Mother Mo's with the fog.

BTW Mo, if you can get any, dry ice is more efficient than fog juice. Oh, and Chris from Sam and Andy's said hi back, and that you were "a sweet lady."

Oh, I love Chris & Shannon! I'm going to have to come by one day when I can afford their prices. Maybe just sweet tea & cheesy bread. I used to love their bread! Next tiem we're at Big Lots I'll drop by.

Maykyr · Post by **Maykyr** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:12 am

OK . There will also be fog rolling round the yard . There will be the usual hauntingly delightful sound effects going . Lights , candles , tombstones , skeletons , and possibly a full sized coffin as well .

Mother Mo · Post by **Mother Mo** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:25 am

Maykyr wrote:OK . There will also be fog rolling round the yard . There will be the usual hauntingly delightful sound effects going . Lights , candles , tombstones , skeletons , and possibly a full sized coffin as well .

Very neat! Did you make or acquire your coffin?

Maykyr · Post by **Maykyr** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:20 pm

I am looking into making the coffin from scratch

Mercurygriffin · Post by **Mercurygriffin** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:59 pm

one of the most efeciant ways to make a coffin is to go to party city and get one of the 6'-9' foot cardboard ones and they also have an accessories kit to make it look more antique, but I have found that lighting is the most important thing for a coffin. An eriee glow can make anything better.

TheInfiniteMonkey · Post by **TheInfiniteMonkey** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:54 am

How about getting a BIG 'ol punkin' and carve it with tiny slit evil eyes and this big gaping maw of doom, then cut it in half, top and bottom and put it in the front yard like its coming out of the ground? :transform:

Or, maybe a wire frame pumpkin wrapped in cloth that you can soak with kerosene and occasionally light to creepy effect. :fire:

OR, rig up a black sheet in a tree with a black line going to your front door so you can pull it and drop a bunch of bat, rats, snakes etc. on people as they approach the house? :ninja:

Or rake up a big ass pile of leaves and hide in it dressed as a zombie Jehovah's witness with pamphlets stapled all over yourself, "May I have a minute of your BBBRRRRAAAAAIINNNNSSS!" :spanishinquisition:

Mother Mo · Post by **Mother Mo** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:41 pm

TheInfiniteMonkey wrote:How about getting a BIG 'ol punkin' and carve it with tiny slit evil eyes and this big gaping maw of doom, then cut it in half, top and bottom and put it in the front yard like its coming out of the ground?

Or, maybe a wire frame pumpkin wrapped in cloth that you can soak with kerosene and occasionally light to creepy effect.

OR, rig up a black sheet in a tree with a black line going to your front door so you can pull it and drop a bunch of bat, rats, snakes etc. on people as they approach the house?

Or rake up a big ass pile of leaves and hide in it dressed as a zombie Jehovah's witness with pamphlets stapled all over yourself, "May I have a minute of your BBBRRRRAAAAAIINNNNSSS!"