A Hungry Wreath
After Jack Skellington takes over Christmas, he decides to reimagine the traditional Christmas trimmings with his own Halloween Town flair. One of the scary-ified items…
Category Archives: 2020
…and Then the Wind Came
We had begun the process of putting up the background pieces in the front yard. We had most of the large scenery pieces (moon, swirl,…
Detailing!
Some of the set pieces and props needed some detailing to bring them to life, namely the Halloween Town terrain pieces and the pumpkins. To…
Building Oogie Boogie (Part 1)
I had wanted to have a human-sized Oogie Boogie as part of the scene, and found a great tutorial online for how to build an…
Making Stone Columns
In the movie, there are several gates which have stone columns on either side. I wanted to capture this in the design for this year’s…
A Spooky Archway
As Jack Skellington is taking his walk through the graveyard, he passes through a gate with a spooky archway. For me, I loved that element…
Painting the Moon
…and mountains and pumpkins! We have a tradition of inviting neighbors, friends, family and co-workers over to help paint set pieces for the house. This…
Help from an Amazing Crew
The Albertson Halloween House is built by many people each year – friends, family, neighbors, co-workers. This year, we had the privilege of working with…
Carving the Stone Wall
With the overall shape of the low stone wall cut out, it was time to texture it so that it looked more like a stone…
Sculpting Progress!
After blocking out the shapes for the background mountains, I cut them out and glued them together. They ended up being pretty big, one of…