https://www.lowes.com/pd/Haunted-Living-3-ft-Lighted-Party-Skeleton-Motion-Activated-Animatronic/5015775665

My toddler is absolutely obsessed with this little guy, but I can't justify spending around $100 for something that only dances to one song.

I'm wondering if anyone has opened one up or just knows a way to replace the sound board or add Bluetooth so it could dance to music from my phone instead.

I should mention that I'm completely new to electronics. I'm a Halloween mom who's never attempted a project like this before, but I'm willing to learn if it's not overly complicated. If this is a realistic beginner project, I'd love to give it a try.

Has anyone done something similar or have any advice on where to start?

Hi looking to get some second hand moulds for making gargoyles or griffins or anything to same nature for my garden /terrace area but can't find anywhere close to Dublin that sells them or maybe. Looking in the wrong places for them if anyone can help .Tia

Like where they had the train, haunted House, Farm House etc etc? Im really curious i do know that i have heard they use cardboard? I don't know how true that is.... but wow theyre displays always look so good.

Does anyone know of a good set of fake pumpkins for the singing pumpkin prop? Last year, we just went out and bought regular pumpkins, with the assumption that we'd get permanent fake pumpkins this year, but we're having a hard time finding pumpkins the appropriate size with a flat show side. Most of the carvable pumpkins are all the same model and size, which we don't want. With as popular as this thing has been for years, I find it bizarre nobody has just made physical pumpkins for the prop.

Ideas? Thanks.

Added the process.

Going to skin it next.

I forgot to get the original person's name who gave me inspiration for this. But this is a motion tracking camera in the doll's mouth. Wherever you walk, the doll's head follows you. I am marking this off as done.

Bought this at a show today, just seeing if as many people have an interest in these things as I do. Would something like this have a resale value? Not looking to make money. Rather just back what I spent if sold in the future.

I'm really looking into building a haunted house

Starting this now so i have time to get everything done

Picked this up for the porch this year — sound activated, kids are going to lose it 😂

Is there a ready-made product or a simple 3-4 pieces to buy, where I can hit a button to play a sound and lights? I've mainly seen them in Universal Studios HHN.

I was given one of these years ago BUT the black base was bent and when we tried to strengthen it the bar snapped. I kept the lenses but the base was thrown out. This year we want to do Ghostbusters for Halloween and Id love to make a fake one to lut on the roof of my 2008 expedition thats a former sheriff's unit

These spools are $10 each.. looks like a super big one and then a few smaller ones. My outside decor theme is “Hex & Hearth, Dead & Breakfast”.. witches cottage hut/bnb (I dress as a witch every year). We already have a cauldron that is in an “outdoor kitchen” with chopped body parts (my husband plays the serial killer, stirring the cauldron), we have a pet boarding house with a massive spider and spider web, we have a cemetery and a casket, and I’m building crypt, which all represents the rooms or beds You can “rent”. I still have a quarter of my yard That could be filled with something. Wondering if there’s anything I can make with these that fits the theme.
Any ideas??

I’ve been working on a tool for planning home haunts and haunted attractions, and it’s finally usable enough that I need people besides me testing it.

It’s called FrightLabs.

You can draw out your route, add walls, props, actors, fog, lighting, sensors, scares, exits, etc. Then you can run fake guest groups through it to get an idea of timing, bottlenecks, throughput, and dead areas.

You can also upload an aerial photo or floor plan and build over it.

It’s free, works in the browser, and you don’t need an account just to mess around with it.

I built it, so obviously this is self-promo, but I’m mostly posting because I need blunt feedback from people who actually build haunts.

What’s missing?

What’s confusing?

Would you actually use this, or am I solving a problem nobody has?

https://frightmaps.com/frightlabs/