What can I say, the haunted house totally captured the interest of my visitors! Happy hands once again played with the old house.
I might repeat some pics from yesterday but I didn't have the time to sort through all of them. The Headless Horseman made an appearance.
Branwyn, the house witch , came out to greet him. She carries a carpet bag filled with candles, a skull, a crystal ball and a frog....just in case!
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| The Trick or Treaters visited too. |
The tables was set for dinner.
A warning sign.
The raccoon keeps watch from the roof just in case any leftovers are available down below.
The shovel sits in the graveyard in case it is needed.
Sorry for the blur...a leaf rake rests against the fence.
A skeleton bobs for apples while it looks like someone ended up in the cauldron. (Click to enlarge any pic)
Marshmallows are on long forks ready to be toasted.
The dessert table is set up for a party.
The wallpaper has skeletons all over it.
A black cat drinks some spilled milk.
Apparently a witch melted after sweeping up leaves.
An old dead tree has been decorated with spider webs and ghosts.
A long time ago when my kids were small, I wanted them to have a dollhouse to play with. I bought a Victorian dollhouse kit and when I built it, it looked so horrible that I almost tossed it out. I did a terrible job and the kit wasn't a very good one. At some point I stepped back and looked at it and thought....this looks like the house from the movie Psycho. The light bulb went on and the idea for a haunted house was born. I used to take this to my kids classrooms each October so their friends could play with it. You never worry about anything being broken because, hey, it just adds to the atmosphere. And all these years later, kids are still fascinated by it. BTW...there is a button under one of the chairs and when you push it, it plays "The Funeral March".
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Have a great day!
Christer.