Halloween Thread

[Behr]

I've already loaded on candy corn for the season

Bless your heart.

 

[VolInNorthCack]

I've already loaded on candy corn for the season

 

[theFallGuy]

 

[GordonC]

Candy corn sucks

 

[Behr]

Pert near as bad as them gaters. Pert near.

 

[malinoisvol]

The only thang better than candy corn is them circus peanuts.

 

[82_VOL_83]

The only thang better than candy corn is them circus peanuts.

 

[the_todd]

@larjoranj

Looking to change up my decorations this year. I usually do a whole graveyard seen, but i think we wanna do a camping theme. Any ideas on how to do a firepit with a fake flame/fire ?

 

[larjoranj]

@larjoranj

Looking to change up my decorations this year. I usually do a whole graveyard seen, but i think we wanna do a camping theme. Any ideas on how to do a firepit with a fake flame/fire ?

There are some good vids on youtube for making glowing coals/ fake fires at Halloween. Use a stiff cardboard or some very thin plywood, like vinyl floor underlayment, as a base. Lay some red and/or orange Christmas light strings on the base. Cover the lights with expanding foam (Great Stuff or Loc Tite) but don't completely cover them. Leave open spaces so the light can shine through later. After the foam has dried you can put another layer of lights then another layer of foam. Once it's all dry you'll want to paint the foam with black, red and some gray to get the color of embers and coals. At night the lights will shine through the gaps and look like a smoldering fire. Pick light strings that have different modes, like twinkling or flashing, to look more like a fire. There are many of those on Amazon cheap. Different vids show different ideas. One guy puts actual sticks in the foam before it dries to look more like a fire. Another guy puts some cheap vinyl or styrofoam bones and skulls in the foam to creepy it up a little and look like a body burned in the fire.

Search for DIY Halloween Fire Pit on youtube and you'll get plenty of good vids with detailed instructions.

Making a fake fire with larger flames is more difficult. I've seen a couple vids on youtube where they used sheets with orange and red lights behind them and a fan below to blow the sheets up. Those are usually done in the window of a house and look real. They look like that room is on fire. Gonna be harder to make fake flames from up very close. Look at a few of those fire pit vids and see if that might work for you. Good luck

 

[Behr]

Bale of hay.
5 gallons of gasoline.
Match.


Won't be fake, but it'll work.