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Dungeon Door

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Doug Parkin

: We love to bring straw bails into the decorations. After the season we use them in our garden.

: Our entrance to our witches lair.

A while back I had this great idea of building a new door for Halloween. All I would have to do is pull the pins on our existing front door and replace it with the Halloween Door. I still think that it is a great idea. The main problem is that I am the only one that thought it was great. My wife told me that I would end up banging up her front door moving it around and that the Halloween door would be too heavy to store well.
Okay, I see her point and had to agree, but it was still a good idea. So I had to keep thinking and this is what I came up with. I would velcro a light weight door to the existing one. This is that project. I love it and it has become one of the funnest projects I’ve done and the most commented on since it is our front door and very visible to everyone. Continue reading →

Witches Cauldron

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Doug Parkin

Most of my tutorials are going to be You Tube Tutorials, but I have a few that don’t really need to be and can be just as effective with still photos.

My Cauldron is one of those. I was doing a Witch Themed Party and I couldn’t think of having one without a cauldron. I tried many ideas to come up with what I wanted. Using ideas from prop masters on the internet, I took some of their ideas, mixed them with my own until I was satisfied with the end result. This really isn’t as complicated as it might seem so I hope you give it a try if you think that adding a cauldron to your decorations will be beneficial.

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