In the spirit of the holidays, here's one of my posts from back in 2006:
As Christmas approaches, don't forget those Christmas sales for holiday merchandise that can be hacked into Halloween props! Some examples:
- Flicker bulbs: Sometimes you can find these in cheaper multi-packs during the holiday season.
Plastic electric candles: Rework into candelabras (remove the base and turn upside down to make a cup instead of a base). Or just add flicker bulbs and use as-is.
- Large plastic yard angels: Paint gray and use as angel statues in your graveyard.
- Plastic Nativity Scenes: The robed figures are great for statues and mourners.
- Small decorations (angels, doves, animals): Paint gray and add as decorations on your tombstones.
- Small Christmas tree lights: The twinkling variety can be bunched up and covered in red cellophane for a fire effect. Place around your plastic witches' cauldron or under some logs. Or use to make blinking eyes in the bushes.
- Motorized rotating Christmas tree stands: The cheapest ones rotate about 70 degrees back and forth. Use to animate the heads (or entire bodies) of your ghouls.
- Talking Douglas fir: Great for creating talking monsters. Get the one with an auxiliary input jack for a tape recorder or MP3 player.
- Dancing Santa: dress up as pirates or zombies. Use your own soundtrack, of course!
- Yard lighting fixtures can be used for any holiday.
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