Decorations and Props

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• Society: Holidays: Halloween: Haunted Attractions: Home Haunts  (57)
• Society: Subcultures: Gothic: Art  (83)

Monster Page of Halloween Project Links -  .

- Contains over 250 links to various DIY Halloween decorations.

Alek's Halloween Decorations and Lights - - Extensive collection of images from past and present Halloween lighting arrangements by Alek Komar. Gives some tips on how he built the displays.

The Art of Halloween Haunting - - More than a dozen photo illustrated decorating ideas and directions. Instructions for climbing skeletons, cemetery fence, and scissor props are included.

Bill's Halloween Page - - A few projects for making a home haunt, including animated corpses, skull piles, and tombstones.

Cal Haunts - - A group of Halloween enthusiasts in California who meet regularly to share ideas on building props and displays for Halloween.

Create Your Own Ghostly Decorations - - First person accounts of Halloween party decorations that worked.

Derek Greenwoods Halloween Projects - - Photo illustrated directions for more than a dozen different props including faux flames, zombie arms, signs, and Hot glue based skull.

Devious Concoctions - - Creators of haunted houses show several elaborate home displays with explanations.

Fright Werks.com - - Instructions and resources for making some home props.

Garage of Evil - - Tech related information for the home haunter.

Ghosts of Halloween - - Home haunt with Halloween project how-to instructions. Photo illustrated techniques for more than a dozen props.

Ghoul Skool - - How-to make props, costumes, sounds, scripts and haunts for amateur haunted house enthusiasts.

Gothic Nightmare Halloween Haunt - - Halloween site contains how to projects, Halloween history, descriptions of haunts, halloween props, projects, and links to other haunting sites.

Halloween Crafts - - Learn to make Halloween crafts such as masks, quick costumes, pins, room decorations, ghosts and tombstones. Includes photographs and step by step instructions.

Hallow's Eve Halloween Pages - - Dedicated to Halloween yard haunts, projects, and how-tos with photos. Includes a section about Lemax/Dept 56 Halloween villages with pics.

Haunt Wiki - - Online source wiki for all things Halloween, Horror and Special FX.

HauntProject.com - A Visual Source For Haunting How-To's - - More than 500 links to illustrated instructions for making props and projects. The website encourages submission of links which are human edited before posting.

Home Haunter's Paradise - - With descriptions, photos, and guides on several moving props, lighting, make-up and pumpkins.

King's Inexpensive Halloween Ideas - - Effective decorations and prop ideas people can make for practically nothing.

Mark's Creep Zone - - Extensive pages on prop how-to's, projects, GIFs, and other useful information.

McDonald Manor - - Hints for home haunting and building props. Also includes links and shopping.

Pagan's Halloween Haunted Home - - Whimsical ways to haunt your home for Halloween with creepy projects, gooey recipes and tips.

Party Ideas: Decorations - - Monster footprints, green pumpkins, ghosties, witch, cobwebs, body parts, crunching bones underfoot, sound effects, lighting.

Phantasmechanics.com - The Online Imagineering Textbook - - Site with detailed instructions for building the classic Flying Crank Ghost. Includes directions for other Halloween animatronics.

2 Scary Guys Halloween How-To Projects - - Instructions for more than 10 different props and many hints for home built props and scares.

Scary Stuff From Jeff's Studio - - How to make a house haunted for Halloween.

Scary Terry's Halloween Page - - Many well documented "How-to's" including talking skulls, web shooters, kicking legs, and a vortex tunnel.

Screamin' Scott's Yard Haunting Projects - - Tombstones, fences, eyes in the bushes, and sound effects.

Spooky Blue's Halloween Projects & Haunts - - Photo illustrated instructions for building more than a dozen props. Props include foam tombstones, ground breaker, toe pincher coffin and a flickering lantern.

Spookylake Halloween Site - - Photo illustrated instructions for building more than twenty different props. Props include an animated mailbox, monster in a box, toe pincher coffin, and haunted fountains.

Steve's Haunted Yard - - Includes photos, videos and instructions to make various yard props and effects.

Vile Things - - Home haunt props, pneumatics, electronics, and mechanics. With photos and links.

Virtual Placebo's Home Haunt - - A home haunting website with pictures, sounds and video of props and scenes set up every Halloween. Instructions for building some of the props are included.

Yard Haunt - - Photos of the a yard haunt in Brewster, New York. Tips for those who want to create their own haunt.