We decided to have our Haunted House on a Saturday this year so that Justin could help us decorate. Boy was I grateful for that idea.........it was mine by the way!
We also decided to have it in our unfinished basement this year............great idea.........also mine.
Two for two! YAY!
This was some of our haunting crew....
They play the part well.
Kiersten invited Hannah Wall again this year. She lives across the street and is a really sweet girl.
Here are a few more scary creatures that were apart of the event.
Oh it's actually some handsome boys under those masks.
Hunter was thrilled that Carsyn could come help and of course Logan invited Ryker to be his partner in the haunted house.
Here are some pictures of the haunted house.
This year we made treats so our guests could snack on something yummy while they waited for their turn to be scared. Now picture all these with only black lights on, spooky music playing and Justin being the scary tour guide.
They did a whole school theme......crazy school teacher and all!
It was great since the basement was unfinished the kids could put fake blood where ever they wanted.
All these spiderwebs really lit up with the black lights on. We also had many strobe lights, some of the decorations moved and made noises which only added to the fright!
Here are all the dead students bones that didn't do their homework.
One friend of mine, Amber Ashby told me a few days later that her little girl did her homework without any hassle for days because of the little fright she got in our haunted house about not doing your homework.
Unfinished basements are creepy enough but you add some scary halloween decorations, loud freaky music and you have yourself a really good haunted house.
I was hoping to make invitations and deliver them to all our neighborhood friends. But that didn't happen so all I did was text some families that live near by that I thought might enjoy coming.
The Medusa head with moving snakes was a big hit!
We had these realistic hairy rats laying all over the place. Yeah they freaked me out.
We had a great time as a family decorating the haunted house. It was all done Saturday morning.
The kids absolutely LOVED it when a kid would cry or scream during the tour. And boy when the neighborhood girls around Kiersten's age all went through it was the highlight for the scare team let me tell you!!!
These are all bloody body parts!
We ended up having over 70 PEOPLE go through the haunted house......WOW!!! It was a record for us! I was the host taking care of all our friends, the treats and what not up stairs. While Justin was the scary tour guide and the kids and their friends where part of the haunted house. With that many people going through the kids ended up running back to back haunted house tours for OVER TWO HOURS!
It was crazy!
They LOVED it but next year we have thought of ways to improve their experience. Starting with drinks and snacks for them to have in the haunted house, while Justin is getting the next group!!!
It was so much fun and defiantly a tradition that will stay I think!
Our haunted house just keep getting bigger and better! Next year we hope to incorporate a chainsaw!!!
So let me know if you want to be added to our guest list!
10/20/2012
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