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Make Your Own Haunted House

By Sherri Osborn, About.com

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We love Halloween! Every year, our whole family, plus some friends and neighbors, work together to transform our front yard into a haunted graveyard and our house into a spooky mansion. Our costumed visitors usually gaze in wonder. They approach our house wondering if they should run away or join the fun.

It is not necessary for you to have an unlimited budget or special abilities to make your own haunted house. You just need some creativity, good planning, and patience. A strong desire to scare people is also helpful! Read on for some helpful hints, directions for props, and other suggestions to help you get started. You will find many more pictures too!

  • Create an Eerie Atmosphere
    Discover how to set just the right atmosphere in your haunted house using lighting, sounds, and a couple other effects.

  • Get Ghoulish Help
    Find out how and why to enlist the help of your friends, family, and neighbors to help you with your haunting plans.

  • Create Petrifying Props
    Check out these creative ideas. Get free directions for many of the haunted house props we have made over the years.

  • Helpful Haunting Hints
    Here are a few hints to help you make your haunted house the best it can be. These factors cannot be stressed enough!

  • Halloween Photo Album
    This is the master list of all the large pictures of our haunted house and yard that I have posted on this site!

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