Come to Hogwarts!
Come to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on Halloween! The Albertson Halloween House is open on Halloween Night, Monday, October 31st, from 6:00 pm…
The Walls of Hagrid’s Hut
We wanted give the walls of Hagrid’s hut the “made out of stone” look and rather than just paint lines on flat cardboard, we went…
The Great Front Door
What does the great front door of Hogwarts have to do with Panda Express? Well, not much in the books or movies. But, the two…
Making Magical Moving Portraits—Part 2
Previously, we showed part of the process for creating moving portraits—utilizing monitors, filming friends, etc. This post will explore some more parts of bringing this…
App-Enabled Magic on Halloween
In order to allow visitors to experience some extra ‘magic’ when they visit Albertson Halloween House, we are using an app called Aurasma, which is displays augmented…
Floating Candles
The Great Hall at Hogwarts features many cool things. One of the special features is its floating candles. We decided to include those as part…
Sorting Out the Sorting Hat
The legendary Sorting Hat is a highly significant Hogwarts object. We wanted to have it be part of the Halloween house. So, we purchased a…
Making an Entrance (Part 2)—Winged Boars
The entrance gates to Hogwarts are topped by winged boars. We wanted to also have the entrance gates to our Hogwarts to have those, but…
Making an Entrance (Part 1)
The entrance gates to the grounds of Hogwarts are ‘flanked by winged boars’ and serve as a barrier (sometimes magically reinforced by the professors and the…
Half a Trunk
In similar fashion to the Making Half an Owl Cage post, we wanted the cart going through Platform 9¾ to also have a Hogwarts trunk on…