Make Your Own Kermit Costume
While you can buy Kermit costumes commercially, I thought I could make one that would suit our ‘nod-to-the-character’ costume theme for this year’s house. I…
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A Very Seuss-ical Night
This year’s theme was Dr. Seuss. To describe it in words would be of no use. Halloween night was one for the books. Here are…
A Pixar-Perfect Halloween
For three nights this year, we welcomed visitors to our Pixar-themed house, celebrating Coco, Wall-E, Monsters, Inc., Up and Inside Out (and a few other…
Lego Minifigure Costume Build, Part 1
The vision for this year’s Halloween house is that visitors can feel like they are the size of toys, encountering large Lego spaceships, towers and…
Halloween Night 2017: Ghostbusters
What a night! The Albertson Halloween House welcomed some 800-1000 trick or treaters and their families to a very Ghostbuster-y evening! Visitors got to walk…
Making Magical Moving Portraits—Part 2
Previously, we showed part of the process for creating moving portraits—utilizing monitors, filming friends, etc. This post will explore some more parts of bringing this…
Visiting Harry Potter World
In April, Harry Potter World opened at Universal Studios in Southern California. That coincided with Grace’s school break, so we felt we had to go and…
Learning to Braid
For my Legolas costume this year, I purchased a straight, blonde wig (I opted out of growing my out my hair as it would a)…
A Magical Evening
On Halloween, visitors to the Albertson Halloween House found themselves in the midst of a Magic Kingdom—Disneyland! Trick-or-treaters walked up into the Enchanted Tiki Room…
A Day Long Remembered
What a night! This year’s Albertson Halloween House was a community effort, from construction to Halloween night. Over 800 trick-or-treaters plus their family and friends…
Kung-Fu Pandamonium—A Shaolin Good Time
The 2011 Albertson Halloween House hosted an evening that warriors will not forget for many years. Some 1250 trick-or-treaters (over 2,000 visitors total if you…
Special Guest Appearance: Kung Fu Panda!
When Po from Kung Fu Panda found out that this year’s theme for the Albertson Halloween House is to be Asian Fortress, he said that…
The First “No”
Early in the design process for this year’s house, I drew the sketch that you see to the right. I showed it to Michelle and she…