“To All That Come to This Happy Place, Welcome.”
On Halloween Night, 497 North 16th Street in San Jose, CA will be transformed into the Magic Kingdom—Disneyland—to welcome trick-or-treaters and their families. Visitors will…
Author Archives: Eric Albertson
The Story of a Hippo
“For the Jungle Cruise, we should have a hippo! You know, the one with the wiggly ears? We could just make the head, as if…
It Takes a Village to Build a Kingdom
On Saturday, October 12th, we held our third (for the season) Community Painting Day and boy, what a day it was! It is fun to…
A Different Kind of Painting Day
The Albertson Halloween House has been around since 2002, but the actual house was built in 1913. That’s right, this year the house turns 100…
Painting with All the Colors…LIKE the Wind
On Sunday, September 1st, 2013, we had our second of three Community Painting Days for the Albertson Halloween House. Though the day was warm, the…
Painting a Kingdom
On Saturday, August 17th, a worthy crew assembled for the first Community Painting Day for the Albertson Halloween House. Tackling such projects as the Star…
The Happiest Halloween House on Earth
This year the theme for the Albertson Halloween House is Disneyland! Experience the wonder of the Magic Kingdom as you listen to the comic antics…
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…
Video: How to Make a Mos Eisley Halloween House in 2 Minutes...
This video documents the creation of the Star Wars: Planet of Tatooine 2012 Albertson Halloween House. As you can see, it was a whole lot of…
“Almost There…”
Howdy folks! While we still have a few things to add to the scene, we are almost there. What’s missing? Why, you, of course! Come…
Letter from the President?
Apparently word of our house has reached the President. Not the one in the White House, but it is cool in a different way. We…
Sneak Peek
While we are still saving some things as a surprises for Halloween night, we wanted to give you a sneak peek at some of the details…
“Look, sir. Droid.”
One of the original visions for this year’s Star Wars Halloween House was to have a giant Jawa Sandcrawler with lots of droids in front…
Mini Mos Eisley
In order to help plan out this year’s Halloween house, I employed the analog process of model making (that’s a fancy term for me printing…