A Structured Approach
In order to have everything ready for Halloween, we began planning this year’s house right after we were done with the last one. Now that August…
Special Guest Appearance: Kung Fu Panda!
When Po from Kung Fu Panda found out that this year’s theme for the Albertson Halloween House is to be Asian Fortress, he said that…
Nemo House Source Map
One of the main tenets of the Albertson Halloween House is to use recycled materials. We get lots of items from generous and resourceful folks and have…
2011 Halloween House Theme Announced
The theme for the 2011 Albertson Halloween House is Asian Fortress! So, all you samurai, Kung Fu Pandas, Mulans, Shao Lin priests, ninjas (Teenage Mutant…
Video: How to Make a Halloween House in 2 Minutes and 49 Sec...
Inspired by SoCalHalloween, I chronicled the building of this year’s Nemo House by taking a time lapse video of the process. In the video you…
Fish, Folks and Fun
Some 850–900 trick-or-treaters (plus their friends and relatives) descended on the Nemo-themed Albertson Halloween House on Halloween for a night that will not soon be…
Come Over for a Little Bite!
(alternate title: Live Halloween as if It Were Shark Week) Come on by! This year we are doing it up Nemo style! Come visit…
How to Make: A School of Moonfish
For our Nemo Halloween House we wanted to have a school of moonfish—you know, the group of silvery fish that form themselves into various shapes…
Model Citizen
Today I erected a mini shark head to help me with my planning. It is 1/12 scale (one inch = one foot). Some bamboo skewers,…
Free Stuff!
It’s amazing what you can make with free stuff! This year has been a huge year for free items (though each year we manage to…