Do you know anything about how to film a movie, or about film editing? Me neither (you did say “no”, right?). But it’s something I have always been a little interested in. During my senior year in high school my best friend and I decided to make a short movie for a class project. I…
Now that our Halloween event has past it’s time to focus on our next event…Breakfast with Santa. Now I don’t know if you do a Santa event, but it’s a great community program, one in which we sell out every year. Some recreation organizations put out some pastries and fruit and call it a breakfast…
As we get closer to our Halloween Haunt event UPS and FedEx are dropping off boxes with props and decorations daily. One of the issues we’ve been going back and forth about is how we would create the walls. We finally decided that PVC pipes and plastic sheeting would be our best since we needed…
// Last night one of my favorite shows was on. The Amazing Race has so many cool elements to it, from the challeneges that are based on the country they’re visiting to the dynamics of the teams to the U-Turns, Detours and Fast Forwards. Having done a version of The Amazing Race as part of…
I’m all about programming. That’s my job and I love it. Beyond recreational programming, I kinda like working on the department’s website and marketing my programs. However, I don’t do the accounting. I don’t deal with OSHA compliance (booooring). I don’t order the office supplies. I don’t write grant proposals. When it comes to office…
I grew up an only child. It seemed that most of the other kids had siblings, so when I’d meet a kid who was also an only child I instantly felt a connection. If a recreation organization had offered a program for kids who didn’t have siblings, I would have been there. Consider offering outings…
Playing kickball with older kids, say 5-8 graders? Use a 16″ playground ball. This supersized ball makes it a little more fun. Any kids younger than 5th grade may find the ball too hard to kick. I also like having the pitcher be from the same team that is kicking. This way, the pitcher won’t…
One of the rooms/effects that we’ll have in our haunt is called Scarecrow Row. The original idea started out with three scarecrows. We weren’t sure if we were going to have the scarecrows just stare at the people going through the haunt (that whole suspense, not-sure-if-they-are-going-to-jump-out thing can be really freaky) or if we were…
I have worked at 5 resident camps and I can tell you that all of them are spooky at night when nobody is around. Resident camps are the perfect places for haunted attractions like a Haunted Hayride or Haunted Trail. Imagine hearing on the radio a creepy old voice, “Come up to Bear Springs Camp…
During one of our Halloween Haunt meetings we kept going back and forth as to whether or not we should have a “tame version” and “scary version” of our haunted house. Some thought we should have just the one version and not split our focus on who we were creating the haunted house for. Others…
