The Great and Powerful Oz
What would a Wizard of Oz themed Halloween house be with out the Wizard of Oz? One of the most striking images in the original movie…
Category Archives: 2015
How to Make Corn Stalks
A few months before Halloween, when we finalized the layout we imagined an area where there would be the Scarecrow standing in a field of…
A Wonderful Evening in Oz
This year, many travelers made their way to the Emerald City at the Albertson Halloween House. Some 800 trick-or-treaters (plus their parents) followed the yellow…
Come to the Emerald City
This Halloween, make your way to the Albertson Halloween House for a Wizard of Oz themed Halloween experience! Visitors will pass by Dorothy’s fallen house in Munchkinland, steer…
Oz in Miniature
Sometimes it is challenging to envision how parts of the Halloween house will go together. I find it really helpful to work out some of…
Now in Technicolor—Painting Day Update
On Saturday, September 12th, we hosted the second of three Community Painting Days. After the almost entirely green theme for the previous work day, this…
The Rainbow Projection
One of the iconic images from the Wizard of Oz is the rainbow. Because of that, we had to have a rainbow as part of…
There’s No Place Like Home (Depot)
In the movie, the backdrop for the floating head of the Great and Powerful Oz appears to be made up of a series of cylindrical…
Cardboard Jackpot
We build our Halloween house out of recyclable materials, most of which is repurposed cardboard. Over the years we have found many sources of large…
“…Unnaturally GREEN!”
The color green plays a prominent role in the Wizard of Oz, from the green of the hills, to the green of the Wicked Witch…