My Master List
As you can imagine, there are lots of things that go into creating a Halloween house, each of which has many steps and checkpoints. How…
Author Archives: Eric Albertson
Inside Hogwarts—What’s On the Porch?
In addition to providing a front yard scene where visitors can interact with costumed characters, we also like to give people the sense that they…
Magical Colors
Though I try to locate paint that is as inexpensive as possible, I do try to choose colors that would help people feel as if…
Sketching the Wizarding World
Before beginning to build, I try out many options for how I might lay out the scene through sketching. Whether they are drawn on paper…
The 2016 Albertson Halloween House Theme
This year, visitors to the Albertson Halloween House will get a chance to visit Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Pass through the gate of…
The Great and Powerful Oz
What would a Wizard of Oz themed Halloween house be with out the Wizard of Oz? One of the most striking images in the original movie…
How to Make Corn Stalks
A few months before Halloween, when we finalized the layout we imagined an area where there would be the Scarecrow standing in a field of…