Painting Pixar
We have had two Community Painting Days so far this season, and for each one, friends, neighbors, and family members contributed their talents to help…
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Vampire Duck!
In the Nightmare Before Christmas, the Vampire Brothers create their version of a Christmas toy, which ends up being a little scarier than your average…
A Spooky Graveyard Fence
To re-create the fences shown in the Nightmare Before Christmas, I started with some aluminum tube pieces from an old broken canopy. The amazing crew…
Making a Snake
When families awake on Christmas morning to Jack Skellington’s version of Christmas, they find a number of alarming things! One of those that is shown…
A Hungry Wreath
After Jack Skellington takes over Christmas, he decides to reimagine the traditional Christmas trimmings with his own Halloween Town flair. One of the scary-ified items…
The Final Community Painting Day of 2018
On Saturday, October 20th, we had our last community painting day of 2018. A dedicated crew tackled a variety of projects, from prepping the Donkey…
Building Donkey Kong—Part 1
Donkey Kong was one of my favorite video games growing up and so when we decided that this year’s theme would be Video Games, I…
Somethin’ Great in the Neighborhood
Every year we have Community Painting Days, where friends, family, neighbors and co-workers come to paint props and scenery for the Halloween house. This year…
The Making of a Logo
One of the most iconic images associated with the Ghostbusters is their logo. It appears in every movie, on Ghostbuster uniforms and even covers the…
The Walls of Hagrid’s Hut
We wanted give the walls of Hagrid’s hut the “made out of stone” look and rather than just paint lines on flat cardboard, we went…
The Great Front Door
What does the great front door of Hogwarts have to do with Panda Express? Well, not much in the books or movies. But, the two…
Floating Candles
The Great Hall at Hogwarts features many cool things. One of the special features is its floating candles. We decided to include those as part…
Sorting Out the Sorting Hat
The legendary Sorting Hat is a highly significant Hogwarts object. We wanted to have it be part of the Halloween house. So, we purchased a…
Half a Trunk
In similar fashion to the Making Half an Owl Cage post, we wanted the cart going through Platform 9¾ to also have a Hogwarts trunk on…