Our new employee, Skully. We work him to the bone.

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Scarab

I wanted some scarabs for our Egyptian themed haunted house this year. I figured painting some plastic roaches and removing the antenna would be a quick substitute. I have a lot to do, and this is fairly quick and easy. Maybe a little dim lighting to catch their reflective metallic paint.

Scored a Mother Lode

Stephen Aglio obtained a large quanity of nice Halloween props from a hospital that was thinning out their decorations. In the box came a humungus spider, several large rats, two cats, numerous bats, serveral scorpions, and an amputated leg. He definitely found a good home for them with our yearly haunted house.

A few pics from last Halloween

We have the cobra

Jim ordered the cobra from FrightCatalog.com

It should work nicely with our Egyptian theme. Many people are afraid of snakes, especially a 116 inch long one like this.

Of course, this one will get lonesome all by itself, so we'll have to buy some more. Probably a couple of three footers will suffice.

Oct 2008 Theme

The theme for this year will be "Curse of the Mummy," or something to that effect. I think we need a title that is more original though. Basically the costumes will consist of mummies, egyptian folk (pharoah, Isis, etc), zombies, and maybe a few British explorers. Let me know if you find a good cheap Anubis mask somewhere.

I am not sure what the main focal piece will be yet. A gilded sarcophogus perhaps?

Someone recently asked me when I started planning the 2008 theme. "November 1, 2007," was my response.