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…
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…
So with less than 2 weeks to go, most of my time is going to be spent on getting this event ready. The “haunted house” is actually going to be in a small community center. We have one room divided by a partition to work with. It’s taken some creative planning but we’ll have a…
About a month ago I registered to officially run a Punt, Pass and Kick competition at the middle school. I got the rules, score sheets, balls and tees. This was going to be great. I figured that we would start with the 6th graders on day 1 and end with the 8th graders the following…
Last week three of us went to the local elementary school and put on a game show during lunchtime for the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. The game show was “Let’s Make a Deal!” Okay so we didn’t have a big set with huge prizes and kids dressing up in banana suits. But we did…
So we had a meeting today about what we’re going to do for Halloween. I’m in charge of special events and I felt that we needed to be ambitious this year and do a haunted house…something that this recreation department has never done. Of course, I decided this months ago and only now am I…
