Next Year, and a Contest

Whew, another Halloween come and past. I hope everyone had fun and enjoyed the haunt.

We already have some big plans for 2009. A hint: Halloween will be on a weekend, and that may mean extended hours...

Because we have so much that will be happening over the next year, we'd love to be able to keep in touch with everyone via an email list. And what better way to set up that list than with a contest?

Here's how it works. Send an email to houghtonhaunt@gmail.com with "Contest" in the subject line. We'll add you to the mailing list, and enter you into a draw for some great prizes, such as props, books and more. We're currently planning on a draw every other month leading up to Halloween, but if we have more prizes we'll draw more often.

One email per person, please. We'll arrange for pick-up and drop-off of prizes as they're won.

So once again, thanks for coming out to our haunt. We'll see you next year-- and we'll be emailing before then.

- Heather, Lorne and Rand

Contest coming Nov 1st

There'll be a contest here starting Nov 1st for great, scary prizes. Keep an eye on the blog!

Help - A possible costume

Heather and I are going to be putting together new costumes this year. Recently, Heather got an amazing dress at Value Village that is just perfect for the base to a costumer.

The only problem is neither of us are really sewers / crafters.

The dress really needs just that something extra to turn it into a costumer, and we're looking for ideas. What can we use to accessorize it with? Does it need anything added on? Any ideas as to a theme / specific costume?

We have access to the usual: makeup, more material/fabric, costume jewellery. We're a bit short on time and sewing skills, so we're looking mainly for "add-ons".

What do you think?





Thanks!

Redoing the garage

If anyone's passed by the house over the past few weekends, you'll have noticed copious piles of stuff on the driveway. That's because we're redoing the entire garage this year.

For the past several years, the garage has kept the same basic design: in the side door, out the front. Far be it for us to mess with that-- but the rest needed a face-lift.

One of the main goals is that the garage needs to be usable during the winter for parking cars in. The old set design didn't allow that. Behind the cells and cages were stacks of boxes, shelves, and wooden beams.

This year there will still be wooden beams, but they'll be portable wooden beams. We've designed the set so that, come November, it can be struck and packed away.

As for what the new set will be-- well, that will just have to wait until the big night. See you there!

2008 begins!

It's official, we've begun work on the 2008 haunt. With just over two months until Halloween, we're cutting it a bit close this year. It'll be a busy few weekends, but as always, they will be fun.

As always, we're looking for volunteers. If you want to be part of the haunt as a monster, or if you would like to help with the design & building, drop us a line-- or just come by the house on the weekend. We'll be there.