Sketchin’ It Up
Armed with some pencils, an iPad and some nerdy reference books, I began to tackle this year’s Halloween house sketch, hoping that the design would…
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A Magical Evening
On Halloween, visitors to the Albertson Halloween House found themselves in the midst of a Magic Kingdom—Disneyland! Trick-or-treaters walked up into the Enchanted Tiki Room…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Theme for 2012 Albertson Halloween House
The theme for this year’s Halloween House is STAR WARS! Woo hoo! We will take a close look at the desert planet of Tatooine and…
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…
Kung-Fu Pandamonium—A Shaolin Good Time
The 2011 Albertson Halloween House hosted an evening that warriors will not forget for many years. Some 1250 trick-or-treaters (over 2,000 visitors total if you…
Report to the Fortress!
Welcome warriors! Starting Friday, the Asian Fortress will begin to come up! Come by the Albertson Halloween House on Monday, October 31st to experience the…
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…
Special Guest Appearance: Kung Fu Panda!
When Po from Kung Fu Panda found out that this year’s theme for the Albertson Halloween House is to be Asian Fortress, he said that…