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Halloween 2015 – The Party!
Whew! My Halloween 2015 party was thankfully another grand success! Since people brought friends I didn’t know I’m not exactly sure, but I think it looks like our total this year was 67 people including 8 kids. Not an all-time … Continue reading
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Tagged cookies, costumes, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, edible medals, ghosts, gravestones, graveyard, halloween, Halloween2015, la muerte, parties, skeletons, skulls
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Day of the Dead – Full Show!
Happy Friday the 13th! I am still organizing all the photos and video from my big party and Halloween weekend, but I’ve finished the first video of Halloween 2015…the Day of the Dead full show in all its glory! For … Continue reading
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Tagged candles, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, flowers, ghosts, gravestones, graveyard, halloween, Halloween2015, headstones, LEDs, mariachi, marigolds, moon, show, skeletons, tombstones
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a peek at Halloween 2015
This week has been a blur! Finishing my costume, food and decor, hosting my Halloween party, entertaining international guests, documenting the decor, advertising and running our front show for 4 nights collecting donations for UNICEF, then packing up about half … Continue reading
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Tagged candles, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, ghosts, graveyard, halloween, Halloween2015, mariachi, skeletons
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Giant Gravestones!
My artistic vision for this Dia de los Muertos inspired Halloween has a secret plan that requires truly giant gravestones, larger than I have ever made before! Even though I recycled as much of the Spirit Materializer and other foam … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, candles, carving, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, electronics, foam, gravestones, halloween, Halloween2015, LED, lighting, parties, projects, solder, tombstones
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modifying skeletons to move!
One of our major projects for Halloween 2015 is the Mariachis de Muerte, our skeleton mariachi band! We had already hacked one 3-axis skull kit to make Jack Skellington’s head for Halloween 2013, so we felt pretty confident we could … Continue reading
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Tagged animatronics, bones, crafts, day of the dead, decor, dia de los muertos, fingers, halloween, Halloween2015, motor, parties, projects, servo, shoulder, skeletons, skull, wrist
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so many skulls!
Brightly-decorated sugar skulls, or calaveras, are icons of Dia de los Muertos, so of course I needed a lot for my decor! I’m sure it doesn’t surprise anyone that one of my Halloween storage boxes has been full of cheap … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D paint, calaveras, crafts, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, halloween, Halloween2015, jewels, projects, skulls, sugar skull
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Halloween 2015 is well underway!
I had decided my Halloween 2015 theme last summer, as soon as I saw the first trailer for the movie The Book of Life about the Mexican traditional celebrations of Dia de los Muertos. I really wanted to make the … Continue reading
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Tagged animatronics, bread, crafts, day of the dead, decor, dia de los muertos, flowers, gravestones, graveyard, halloween, Halloween2015, moon, pan de muertos, parties, projects, skeletons, tombstones
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Cinema Brittahytta Season Finale – The Book of Life
How did the summer go by so quickly? The end of August was already the Cinema Brittahytta season finale, so I showed The Book of Life for everyone to come get a head start on Halloween by watching a gorgeously-animated … Continue reading
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Tagged book of life, chocolate, cinema brittahytta, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, edibleart, pizza, s'mores, skulls
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Halloween progress so far…
Halloween has been in full swing for me for a whole month already, with too many things to say so I don’t know where to start! First I’ll show you what I just sent with the party invitation. Listen with … Continue reading
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