Making Stone Columns
In the movie, there are several gates which have stone columns on either side. I wanted to capture this in the design for this year’s…
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A Spooky Archway
As Jack Skellington is taking his walk through the graveyard, he passes through a gate with a spooky archway. For me, I loved that element…
Painting the Moon
…and mountains and pumpkins! We have a tradition of inviting neighbors, friends, family and co-workers over to help paint set pieces for the house. This…
Help from an Amazing Crew
The Albertson Halloween House is built by many people each year – friends, family, neighbors, co-workers. This year, we had the privilege of working with…
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…
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…
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…