Ideas for a front yard Halloween scene (on a budget)

[Onyx]

I found out today that her dad is switching weekends with me so I will have my daughter for halloween after all. Yay, but this means I am completely unprepared - she's 12 and wants to set up something in the front yard, maybe dress like a zombie and jump out at kids and yell boo as I give out candy, sing cheesy ghoul songs at them, (one below she wants to use) heh heh.

Ideas? I don't have a big budget, have a few decorations from last year but need to think of a theme. Where can one buy dry ice? That always looks pretty cool in a container when you light it from behind. I'm thinking a vampire for myself, maybe a zombie for her.

Edited October 21, 2009 by Onyx

[Rayne]

Where can one buy dry ice?

Meijer.

I found that out when I was wanting to use it to get a dent out of my car.

[darknight1]

It never ceases to amaze me what someone can do using cardboard boxes, some ancient clothing, some fake blood, some store bought rope, and a few select other items. My mom was the king of it.

[Onyx]

Meijer.

I found that out when I was wanting to use it to get a dent out of my car.

ah thanks! That's a relief then Was thinking I'd have to go searching everywhere.

[Onyx]

It never ceases to amaze me what someone can do using cardboard boxes, some ancient clothing, some fake blood, some store bought rope, and a few select other items. My mom was the king of it.

I am not good at that sort of thing, but my kids are pretty imaginative. I may just buy whatever I can get for my small budget and let them loose and see what they create.

[darknight1]

I am not good at that sort of thing, but my kids are pretty imaginative. I may just buy whatever I can get for my small budget and let them loose and see what they create.

Well...hmmm. I'll see what kind of constructive ideas I can come up with that may be some help if you want to pitch in with them or something. I did learn from the best about how to decorate sooo...yeah.

[KatRN05]

You can do what my parents' neighbors did, stick a pair of hedge clippers in the ground and have arms and legs sticking out of the ground...

[Onyx]

You can do what my parents' neighbors did, stick a pair of hedge clippers in the ground and have arms and legs sticking out of the ground...

Thanks! I have a giant pair of hedge clippers that would be great for that.

[creatureofthenyte]

You could make some fake tombstones out of cardboard and colour on them with black marker and make them look realistic, and then use wood spikes to mount them into the ground...

[hunhee]

Don't forget ghosts!!!

- You can always take balloons, an old white sheet, and some string, and hang them from the trees. Maybe put scary faces on them.

- Make a scarecrow out of some old clothes you don't wear anymore, stuff them with leaves or newspaper.

- You could also rake up some leaves into rectangles and make it look somewhat like a freshly dug grave (with your gravestones).

- Spider webbing is always cheap.

Edited October 23, 2009 by hunhee