It’s the middle of November and I’m finally getting back to the Halloween 2016 posts. I’m not so much slow as I am currently overwhelmed with projects. All those things I put off to focus on the Halloween Trail are coming back for revenge. Most of my time has been spent on wiring up the new garage in preparation for the required inspection – at this point pretty sure I’ve donated about a pint of blood on that project but still better than being electrocuted so fingers staying crossed as I finish that effort. Maybe I’ll give a quick post on that in the future, especially since this will be the new home for all my outdoor decorations. Speaking of which …
If you already check out the Haunted Trail 2016 walk through (link here), you probably already noticed this decoration. This was one of the new additions this year and happens to be one of the new animated decorations – that’s right, the ANIMATED DECORATIONS that made it out on the trail this year. Most of this year was spent trying to learn and experiment on how to bring another level of scare to the trail. This, of course, didn’t exactly win the heart of my wife who had to put up with the build phases strewn about her basement many many months before October.
Granted most of that time was spent on another decoration that will be making its way to the blog in the not too distant future. This decoration .. well, the base of it was constructed a week or so before Halloween, but it wasn’t finished until the night before. The fact it actually worked and looked halfway decent is a small miracle due to the fact it was completed on serious sleep deprivation. Let’s take a look under the covers.
Hit the jump to learn how this animated prop was put together.
