Halloween Propmaker's Handbook

Ken Pitek (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2006
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2463-4 (ISBN)

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Offers various ways to haunt a house for Halloween. This work features illustrated instructions for creating a barbecued skull, devil eyes, bonehead tableware, a magic bottle, a glowing brain, and other projects. It details ways to enhance an eerie ambiance with effects like blacklights and music, and includes recipes for fake blood and vomit.

With some corn syrup, drink mix powder and water, you can make a splendid concoction of stage blood--without spending an arm and a leg. From budget-friendly frights to sophisticated props, this book offers dozens of imaginative ways to haunt a house for Halloween. Readers will find generously illustrated step-by-step instructions for creating a barbecued skull, devil eyes, bonehead tableware, a magic bottle, a glowing brain and other projects. The book details ways to enhance an eerie ambiance with effects like blacklights and music. Props use many common household items and tools. Where specialty items are required, the author tells where they can be found at a reasonable cost. Projects take anywhere from a few hours to several days to complete.

The chapters ooze with tips on topics like creating apprehension and surprise, using design to guide guests, creatively using plastic skulls, and making papier-mache masks and molded hands. There are recipes for fake blood and vomit and ideas for using them, and other creative and adaptable ideas. Appendices include "Merry Halloween," which advises, "One of the best times to look for bargains on Halloween prop-building materials is right after Christmas"; an alphabetical listing of props and supplies and where they can be found; a list of specialty suppliers; and an "epitaph" inviting comments.

Ken Pitek lives in Marseilles, Illinois. His work has been published in Haunted Attraction Magazine and other publications.

Table of Contents

Preface: Welcome to My Crypt

How to Use This Handbook

I. Techniques

Scareology 101

Working with Black Light

Skull Painting 101

Put a Light in It

Two-Way Mirrors

Papier-Mâché, or, What I Learned in Third Grade

II. Projects

Terror Eye Skull

Twinkle Eye Skull

Unearthed Skull Method One

Unearthed Skull Method Two

Aged Skull

Barbecued Skull

Sushi Skull

Skull Light Skull Bright

Devil Eyes

Demon Eyes

Magic Bottle

Bonehead Flatware

Bonehead Napkin Ring

Bonehead Salt and Pepper Shakers

Skull Flowers

Bonehead Vase and Candy Dish

Glowing Brain

Partially Eaten Hand

X-Ray Hand

Spider Drop

Bucky’s Home Remodeling

Blood, Worms, and All the Rest: Miscellaneous Ramblings from a Disturbed Mind

III. References

Where Can I Find...?

Suppliers

Appendix: Merry Halloween

Epitaph

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.9.2006
Zusatzinfo	445 photos, appendix, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	467 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
ISBN-10	0-7864-2463-X / 078642463X
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-2463-4 / 9780786424634
Zustand	Neuware