Poor Man's Halloween Prop

Started by s0urc3f0ur, October 23, 2007, 03:33:58 PM

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s0urc3f0ur

Because I've spent all of my money on x-10 products this year I could not afford any new Halloween decorations; so I decided to get creative. I took an old oscillating fan and gutted it leaving just the motor and the base. I then attached a skull that has light up eyes and mouth to the back of the motor. I cut up an old black pillow case to make a hood and secured the thing to the top of an 8 ft ladder. I then lowered the paint can holder on the ladder and fashioned some black sheets over the ladder for a robe. I had this old bubbling cauldron that i placed on the paint can holder and made some arms out of a squeegee and that Mr. clean mop thing (that my wife just had to have but never uses). I made a hand out of an old gardening glove so that it "grips" the cauldron. I placed an electric leaf blower behind the ladder so as to make the beast's robes flutter. I plugged everything into a powerstrip and the power strip into an appliance module. Created a macro that turns off my porch lights and turns on my Ghoul(controlled by a remote because I have yet to get a motion detector). My wife seems to think I have way too much time on my hands but I am gonna have a great time scarring the kids this year! I will post some pictures and some video when I get a chance. Happy Haunting
X10 has brought me closer to my inner geek! But it has aslo made my wife look at me funny!

s0urc3f0ur

X10 has brought me closer to my inner geek! But it has aslo made my wife look at me funny!

HA Dave

VERY COOL. We decorate the garage of tricker-treaters night, and hand out candy from in there.
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-Bill- (of wgjohns.com)

Cool!   8)

Takes me back to when I was a boy and built a fan for my room out of an Erector Set and cardboard!   ;D

Very creative!   8)
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s0urc3f0ur

 Thanks! The best part is that it didn't cost me a dime! A fully  animated spook for free!
X10 has brought me closer to my inner geek! But it has aslo made my wife look at me funny!

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