Halloween Night 2017: Ghostbusters
What a night! The Albertson Halloween House welcomed some 800-1000 trick or treaters and their families to a very Ghostbuster-y evening! Visitors got to walk…
Category Archives: 2017
Making Floating Books
One of the first scenes in the Ghostbusters movie depicts a library haunted by a spirit, complete with flying card catalog cards and floating books. …
Somethin’ Great in the Neighborhood
Every year we have Community Painting Days, where friends, family, neighbors and co-workers come to paint props and scenery for the Halloween house. This year…
The Making of a Logo
One of the most iconic images associated with the Ghostbusters is their logo. It appears in every movie, on Ghostbuster uniforms and even covers the…
Making a Model
After creating the design in Photoshop, I often build a quick prototype of the structures out of paper to help me visualize how things will…
Colossal Cardboard Contributions
We rely on donated materials to create the Halloween House. Often that involves us asking businesses who are throwing away large boxes if we can take…
Photoshoppin’
To turn the sketch into reality, I work with Photoshop to create a plan for building the Halloween house. I have the file set up…
Testing Stay Puft
Last year, when I mentioned that our local hardware store had a 13 foot high Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for sale, Michelle decided that it needed…
The 2017 Albertson Halloween House Theme
The theme for the 2017 Albertson Halloween house is Ghostbusters! Visitors will pass ghosts and proton-pack wearing Ghostbusters as they make their way into the…