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Halloween 2009
July 24th, 2009
As Halloween draws near, I am constantly brainstorming for this year’s personal display for the local trick-or-treaters. A few days ago, I overheard some neighborhood children talking about my display and how scary it was. They loved it! I’ll be doing roughly the same thing this year, but with some tweaks and improvements.
One of my main focuses will be on the treats. Instead of candy, I’ve been thinking of giving out small, punch-out papercrafts that the kids can assemble at home. Candy is fine, but it eventually runs out, and all you’re left with is a fading memory of that night.
The papercrafts that I’ve been thinking of are small trinket boxes in the shapes of coffins, tombstones, etcetera. They’re just something simple, something fun, and something that serves some purpose. With around 6 different designs to collect, they can be given out for 2-3 years before designing others.
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Bob Olson
this is really nice. My wife and I are doing the Imagineering Magic mirror for our Trunk or Treat this year. I am using the flat panel monitor behind the two way mirror to project the image of the evil queen’s mirror. My Mom is going to play the evil queen in costume and tell the visiting kids to say, “Mirror, Mirror, can you see me. and the mirror will start a conversation with the child. Hope to have a camera and some special lighting to be able to see the child so the Mirror can comment on their costume. At the appropriate time smoke will come from a hole in the wall and when it clears the child’s treat will be there for them to pick up. All this from the back of my Black 95 Explorer. Should be lots of fun for all–I hope, I hope.
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That’s an awesome idea! Some of my fondest memories involve the paper toys I built as a kid way back in the 70’s. I specifically remember a Mr. Donut donut truck, a punch out of Tootle the train and a set of paper masks from Mr. Rodger’s neighborhood of make-believe.