Halloween Night 2018: Video Games
What a night! Halloween at the Albertson Halloween House was a night filled with video games, costumed characters and smiles. Visitors were given the opportunity…
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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…
Painting Pixels
For our second painting day, we focused on painting some classic video game elements. First, to achieve the latticed look of the girders for Donkey…
Encountering NPCs (Neighborly Painting Citizens)
For our first painting day of 2018, neighbors, co-workers and friends pitched in to paint some pixels – specifically the backgrounds for large pieces of…
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 Floating Books
One of the first scenes in the Ghostbusters movie depicts a library haunted by a spirit, complete with flying card catalog cards and floating books. …
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…
Hogwarts for Halloween
A magical evening was had by many! Some 1200-1500 visitors walked the grounds of Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry on Halloween night in downtown…
Setting Up Hogwarts
After weeks of work, many people painting, cutting, building and helping, the time came to set everything up. On Friday, we set up the backdrop…
Magical Painters
As Halloween approaches there are some details that need an artist’s touch. On our final Community Painting day, several skilled individuals arrived to help us…
Making Magical Moving Portraits
One of the things that Harry and his friends marvel at when they first arrive at Hogwarts are the painted portraits that appear to move…
The Builders of Hogwarts
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” ― Professor Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Many…