A Structured Approach
In order to have everything ready for Halloween, we began planning this year’s house right after we were done with the last one. Now that August…
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Nemo House Source Map
One of the main tenets of the Albertson Halloween House is to use recycled materials. We get lots of items from generous and resourceful folks and have…
2011 Halloween House Theme Announced
The theme for the 2011 Albertson Halloween House is Asian Fortress! So, all you samurai, Kung Fu Pandas, Mulans, Shao Lin priests, ninjas (Teenage Mutant…
Fish, Folks and Fun
Some 850–900 trick-or-treaters (plus their friends and relatives) descended on the Nemo-themed Albertson Halloween House on Halloween for a night that will not soon be…
How to Make: A School of Moonfish
For our Nemo Halloween House we wanted to have a school of moonfish—you know, the group of silvery fish that form themselves into various shapes…
Model Citizen
Today I erected a mini shark head to help me with my planning. It is 1/12 scale (one inch = one foot). Some bamboo skewers,…
Free Stuff!
It’s amazing what you can make with free stuff! This year has been a huge year for free items (though each year we manage to…
Community Build Day—Saturday, October 2nd
The August Community Build Day was awesome! Now that Halloween is even closer, our next Community Build Day will be even awesome-er! There are many…
Photoshoppin’
After deciding the theme and sketching out how it could work, I spend some quality time in Photoshop to plan out the build. As you…
Turning Reindeer in to Seaweed
In the past, I have thought that it would be cool to incorporate airblown items into the Halloween house. I often looked at those floppy…
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…