As promised -- a couple of pix from the ARC Haunted House

[kproche]

Title about says it all. The Haunted House was open Monday, October 29, from 3:30-6.
We spent 3 1/2 days building it to be open for those 2 1/2 hours!

At the wheel of the ghost ship Almaden: Kevin as the Pirate Captain in the Pirate Room (last chamber) of the 2007 ARC Haunted House The flash, of course washes out the atmosphere, and this was shot after 2 1/2 hours of demanding that boarders "deliver the password!", which is why I look a bit pooped. That's a real ships wheel; it weighs about 60 pounds. I built a support frame for it so the wheel spins properly; a few of the kids were brave enough to "steer the ship" for me.

Everybody needs a revolving bookcase... The first chamber in our Haunted House was the Count's Haunted Library. Everybody had to listen to a spooky story, and then the Count asked the kids to "press on the book with two rubies" I'm very proud of the door; it's 9 feet tall, foamcore on a wooden frame, and it's balanced well enough so a 3- or 4-year old could open it easily by pushing on the book.

Comments

[marquesate.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic! Darn, now I want to work for your company, just that it is in the wrong country and the wrong business, but still. A haunted house? brilliant!

[melchar.livejournal.com]

So nifty! You guys rule ^_^ [and you make a very attractive pirate]

Pur---deee~! (or is that Parley?)

[dinogrl.livejournal.com]

Wow! It's amazing how much time goes into these places. That is a wonderful tribute to your ability!

Our school's Harvest Festival has a haunted house put together by the sixth graders (and their parents). This year it was beautifully frightful. They spent many hours on it just for a couple of hours like your company.

As I say, amazing!