halloween

[Casey]

Tim

[Scuba_Dave]

Uh....... haven't started decorating yet

[tims]

Originally Posted by Scuba_Dave

Anyone used a fog machine?

hahah ahhhhhhhhhh got 8 of them.... any where from 400 watts to 1400 with remotes.
if you adda strobe to the fod either right above the machine, or a few feet waway facing towards the people coming in to the room or hall it will have a really cool effect. yeah yeah yea i hear ya casey.. i do belive i have a few pics floating around

[tims]

here is a pic of a few skulls and one fogger and one small prop...and one face and one black light

[Scuba_Dave]

I'm debating between 1 larger fogger over $100

or instead 3-4 smaller foggers at $20 each
But I want most on timers
Maybe just one by the front door I can manuualy trigger when someones at the door

I don't have any Halloween pics. I'll have to take some this year

[ChrisPrusha]

Tim, my kids told me they want to come.

Although it's quite a ride out there!

[tims]

hehehe well it is free!!
and we have a lot of candy!!

[tims]

Dave Shop around. we picked up 4 fogger (1000 watts) for 5$!

[Scuba_Dave]

$5 each or $50 each!!?? Used??

Lowest price I have seen is $20 new at Iparty
I think I'm better off with multiple units
The 1000w adverise as using 10a,
I'd only be using them 2-3 nights
No haunted house here until the garage is finished (not started)

[tims]

5$ each new.
the palce is called 5 below. everything is 5 or less... one per person. so 5 of us went....

walmart has one for 20$ i think 400 watts..

[Scuba_Dave]

That's a bargain, I haven't see any for less then $20 around here
Do you have to kick them off manually or do they have a timer?

I know a lot of them advertise a ~10' cord
I figure I can just extend (rewire) that as far as needed

[Phishnoob]

Originally Posted by abigtroutt

This year I'm not working!!!

For the last 5 years at work we did a community project in the bad neighborhood where I work called Trunk or Treat. My self and about 25 different companies would fill our trunks with candy at a park in the hood and have the kids go from car to car and get safe candy! Also there would be a haunted house, movies and food it was a good time. But this year I need to be with my kids! I missed out the last several years and it is someone elses turn to enjoy the community.

That is cool and you can't work all the time. Even in this small town where EVERYONE is on probation for something and there are crackheads it is nice to see folks that support the authorities and teach their kids what is safe and what is not.

You gotta keep your family too though so enjoy a year off my friend.

[Scuba_Dave]

Well a couple hours & a couple hundred dollars later our shopping for the day is done. Lowes duid not have any Halloween stuff, they only have Christmas stuff out!!

How fast do you go thru fogger juice? I guess it depends upon how often you kick it off...

4' blow up skull
(1) 400w fogger & 3 quarts fogger juice
----I'm going to buy another one - when the wife isn't around
Some tombstones, I'm going to make some more
A ghoul that flies back & forth on a 25' wire
Lighted skull & bones skeleton that looks like its buried in the yard
Some skulls & bones
A hanging head that jiggles about - and rattles chanisn attached to it
A 5' fiberglass witch figurine - not a full figure/front 1/2 but 3-D
A 5' skeleton motion activated that talks
A 2'+ resin/fiberglass pumpkin that lights up that is now on the front porch
A skeleton bat w/3' wingspan (baby keeps staring at it)
Spare flicker bulbs - I bought all (10), they are a pain to find
---3 went into a skull candlebra that didn't have ny bulbs

Candy - we give out the "big" hershey bars or double reeeses cups
Small street, we only have maybe 3 dozen trick or treaters

The 4 skull candelabras & 2 light up pumpkins are in place & on a timer
I'm going to buy 4 of those plastic pumpkins (usually for collecting candy) to put over my solar lights

October is here!!

[tims]

WOW Dave.
nice shopping... glad you dont go with Me . i am part of TNT hollween consultants.. the last shpping spree was split in half 376.66 total..hehehe
the foggers.. some have the remote, you need to look at the box. but you can get remotes for the ones that dont. I also found that if you have a it ready to rock adn roll you can use one of the remote switch that powers a multi tap.. one thing to play with, you can have the fogger run thru and box with either Ice or dry ice to cool it, it will hug the ground a lot more. RIgging a hose or tube to the front then through ice works..

Well finished you the cemerty sign tonight and part of the door ways are done, the shaking box is done now.. we built it for 45$ they sell for 2500$ or more.....
Oh Dave before i forget.. DO NOT fill the fogger all the way if you are not goingot use it right away , there is a air breather in it. when the fogger is off , it can leak pretty good...

[Scuba_Dave]

I'll be hitting the stores again...without the wife

Plus again after Halloween to stock up for next year
I have a ton of stuff for Xmas - 60A of decorations
But haven't done too much for Halloween
I'm running short of storage space
But the garage foundation is in & construction starts in the Spring
I took Halloween off, I should have taken the next day too for the sales