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…
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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…
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…
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…
Painting a Galaxy
Recently, we had a painting day, where lots of cardboard got painted, but how do we choose the colors? I would love to say I…
We Painted Mos Eisley
What a day! When they came, there were new paint supplies, upainted cardboard and a table full of snacks. When they left, there were 1,400…
Community Painting Day!
On Saturday, September 15th from 9:00 am untill 1:00 pm, we will be having a Community Painting Day! Come by to help bring the…
Video: How to Make an Asian Fortress (in 2 Minutes and 20 Se...
Here’s a video that chronicles the build process for the 2011 Albertson Halloween House: Asian Fortress. In it you can see the following: Fitting and…
All the Pieces in Place
After an awesome community painting day, we have all the pieces we need to make an Asian Fortress worthy of a kung fu master. Thanks…
How to Make Bamboo
Any respectable Asian Fortress needs to be shrouded in a wall of tall impenetrable bamboo. But how do you get some? Where do you find…
Painting Like a Warrior
We had a great crew for our painting day on September 10th. We had folks from the neighborhood, friends from Santa Cruz and even a…