Come By Tonight
Our Star Wars: The Mandalorian themed Halloween house will be open tonight (Halloween night) from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Come to our ‘walk-by’ house…
AT-RT Rising (Part 2)
This post is a continuation from the previous AT-RT Rising post. In that post, I showed how I built the legs of the AT-RT. In…
Costume: Fennec Shand
In the Mandalorian, Din Djarin crosses paths with Fennec Shand, a master assassin, bounty hunter and sharp shooter played by Ming-Na Wen. We wanted to…
A25: Weird Facts about the Albertson Halloween House
Over the 25 years we have had lots of miraculous, strange, weird and fun stories associated with the Albertson Halloween House. Below are just a…
Building a (Full Size) Anzellan Ship
In the series, the Mandalorian meets up with a group of Anzellans and he gets to visit with them again in the Mandalorian and Grogu…
Costume: Dr. Penn Pershing
In the Mandalorian series, Dr. Penn Pershing is the Imperial scientist responsible for performing tests on Grogu to determine how to use the child’s unique…
Painting Day 3
We had our final painting day of the season on Saturday, October 17th. We had a LOT of things to paint and while I sometimes…
A25: Memorial Rocks
While our theme changes every year, there is at least one aspect of the Halloween house that has lasted for almost its entire history: rocks….
Costume: Peli Motto
Peli Motto is a brilliant starship mechanic who often repairs Din Djarin’s Razor Crest or even builds him a new ship when he needs one….
AT-RT Rising
The first time we did a Star Wars theme, I built a 1/4 scale AT-ST. I had always dreamed of making a full-sized AT-AT across…
The Armorer’s Archway
The Armorer and her forge are pivotal parts of the Mandalorian story, so I wanted to have a spot in our Halloween house for them….
The Walls, Doors and Arches of Nevarro
Once the pillars were ready for our street of Nevarro, I moved on to the walls, doors and arches of Nevarro. In the Mandalorian, there…
Making Beskar Ingots
In the Mandalorian show, Din Djarin earns beskar ingots for completing his bounty hunting job. Beskar is a special metal in the Star Wars universe…
The Pillars of Nevarro
I have always wanted to build a city street type of environment for one of our Halloween houses, and this year I decided to do…
Making a Star-Wars-y Box
As mentioned in previous posts, I am making several cargo crates and boxes for the Mandalorian Halloween house. They will decorate the street of Nevarro…
Painting Day 2
On Saturday, October 3rd, we had our second community painting day. Friends showed up to help us paint set pieces for the Mandalorian Halloween house….
A25: How It Started
As 2026 is our 25th Albertson Halloween House, I wanted to capture some of the stories of fun things that have happened along the way….
Painting Day 1
As we will have larger sets and more props this year (to celebrate our 25th Halloween house), we added a painting day to the schedule…
What a Piece of Junk: Building with Found Objects
I have always loved building things out of found items. Whether it was making a puppet from a bike brake I found on the side…
25th Anniversary Albertson Halloween House Theme: The Mandal...
2026 will mark the 25th Albertson Halloween House! Because this year will be a little extra-special for us, we are going to return to a…