One tip I will add on pounding rebar into the ground for Halloween. Take a paint pen, marker, or even a piece of tape, decide how much you need to go into the ground and mark that much at the bottom. When I do this for 5 ft skeletons I usually do it about 6-8 inches.
Thank you. I have the entrance ready to set up in the yard for this year but I need to add some more details first. I just feel like they need a little more. I'm guessing I will probably never feel done with them, but I guess that's part of the fun. 🙂
@@814creative good thing is they are probably too large and heavy for anyone to sreal. I had my graveyard destroyed last Halloween so I am not keeping anything outside anymore except on the actual day of Halloween.
@@Monkiesuncle Thanks. The funny thing is that I saw this comment notification as my daughter and I were walking into the store to get supplies for another Halloween build. She’s both my encouragement and my excuse to do things like this 🙂
My faux scary trees are of similiar construction. I closed up the bottom of the trunk and put a tube of sand inside before putting on the top half of the trees to give it more weight. No accidents, yet. Really like the look of your columns, especially after the aging.
Trees are on my short list of future decorations. I've seen some really amazing ones I'd like to model mine after and making them modular is a great idea. Unfortunately, I just keep running out of time.
@@814creative Being able to break down the decorations is always a good thing. One channel was making tree trunks by rolling up anti fatigue matts to make the tree trunk. I like the idea of being able to unroll them to store them but fear they might be to flimsy in the wind. I made mine with some old school concrete footing forms. They are thick cardboard tubes. I cut them at an angle, rotated them and re-attached them. I put wood in them, same as your columns, to align and hold the 2 halves together. I had to round one edge of the 2x4s to match the curve of the tube. I like most of the branches I've seen using Locktite foam. I'm thinking of putting a block of wood at the end to attach it to the trunk. Put a key hole slot in the tree, and put a hex bolt and big washer in the block of wood to go into the key hole slot. It's end of season so it might be time to stock up on pool noodles
Pretty cool, & if you live someplace where Hallowee snow wouldn't be an issue, you could use even easier materials such as foam insulation board for the columns. I think it's neat that this doesn't have all the details you were planning---the scutwork is done & now you can have fun every year adding something else & taking pictures of the archway evolving w/ your kid (s?) growing each year. You didn't just make a Halloween prop---you made memories!
@@vintagelady1 I’m making decorations, memories and scars. Don’t forget the scars. 🙂 It is kind of nice to have a sort of blank canvas to work up from.
Well done! Your columns look awesome and I especially love the signage as the arch. I hope to get a cnc machine someday for carving letters out of wood and for more decorative columns like cornithian style.
@@drewdatification A CNC machine would have made the letters a lot easier. I have a friend who has a CNC and carves things like decorative corbels to sell. Maybe someday I will be able to justify getting one. 🙂
Oh it’s nice that you used wood because most people use Styrofoam and carved. I like the paint you used it made it look like a stucco type cement with a lot of character. Maybe you could do a part two if you ever get around to finishing the extra she talked about Great job! 👍❤️👍💀🎃👻🐦⬛👹
The wood will probably hold up better in the long run but that's only about half the reason I didn't go with foam. Something about the feel and sound of the foam is like nails on a chalk board for me. It kind of freaks me out. 🙂 Plus, the foam was surprisingly expensive compared to the wood.
@@prsstephenvessell Thanks. I still have so much I want to do to it but it’s hard to remind myself that Halloween is just around the corner when it still feels like summer outside.
There is NOTHING worse than being told your Hallowe’en decorations look “derpy.” 😬😕😳🥺 Using the cracks in the stone to disguise the seams is genius. Much of my design time is spent trying to figure out how I’m going to store the finished pieces without them taking up the volume of a deluxe RV. Congrats!
Thanks for the compliment and I totally hear you on designing for storage. No matter how much room you think you have, it's never enough. I know people that actually rent storage space just for their holiday decorations.
You can get 3/4" 10 foot sections of metal conduit (EMT) for around 10$ each. I think that would help with stability. You can bend the pipe with a bending tool to match your current arch. Tyfs!
That's a very good suggestion. I use EMT conduit a lot. So much, that I actually keep a stock pile of it at my house. I'm not sure why it never crossed my mind to use it, especially since I previously used conduit and a bender to make an arched curtain rod for a radius window in my house. It may be time for an upgrade soon. 🙂
I, too, discovered my homemade cemetery, was... derpy. Alas, I did not have giant skeletons or ground breaker pumpkin people or head spinning clowns. Oh woah is me, whatever do I do? Yup... I made fencing columns and a mausoleum with float ghost and projector ghosts in house windows. I plan on upgrading to better columns next year. I like yours much better. I avoided the derpy tag.
I'm glad you like the columns. I've been looking at the digital decorations for a long time. I just haven't come up with a good place to use it yet, since something about every window in my house makes it a difficult setup. Maybe someday.
The biggest question I have is, where the heck do you put your hear when it’s not Halloween! I’d love to do this but I just have no where to store this.
Since I made the columns so each one breaks down into two pieces, I can actually tuck them up on a storage loft in my garage. I can just lay them on their side and slide them in. Since they're also hollow, I can fill them with a bunch of my other decorations. That way, everything takes up a lot less space. I kind of treat them like storage totes.
@@JustineKC-g1y That’s what’s so nice about making them so each column breaks down into two pieces. Each column section is about 3 feet tall after I take them apart, which makes them a good size to slide into a garage storage loft. I would post a picture but I already have them down and ready for adding more details.
@@GregPackard Thanks. I had a grand plan to keep building around this. Hopefully, I still have time to do at least some of what I wanted to do this year.
I'm actually pretty new to video production and I'm still refining my approach. I will keep the music variety in mind for future videos. Thanks for the insight.
One tip I will add on pounding rebar into the ground for Halloween. Take a paint pen, marker, or even a piece of tape, decide how much you need to go into the ground and mark that much at the bottom. When I do this for 5 ft skeletons I usually do it about 6-8 inches.
Thanks for the tip
Wow! Those columns are sick! I'm jealous!😂
Thank you. I have the entrance ready to set up in the yard for this year but I need to add some more details first. I just feel like they need a little more. I'm guessing I will probably never feel done with them, but I guess that's part of the fun. 🙂
@@814creative good thing is they are probably too large and heavy for anyone to sreal. I had my graveyard destroyed last Halloween so I am not keeping anything outside anymore except on the actual day of Halloween.
All of your hard work and attention to detail paid off. Your columns look great. Thanks for posting your how to video.
Thank you for the kind words.
Nice little build. Liked that your daughter encouraged it! That's the best Halloween spirit to have!!!
@@Monkiesuncle Thanks. The funny thing is that I saw this comment notification as my daughter and I were walking into the store to get supplies for another Halloween build. She’s both my encouragement and my excuse to do things like this 🙂
My faux scary trees are of similiar construction. I closed up the bottom of the trunk and put a tube of sand inside before putting on the top half of the trees to give it more weight. No accidents, yet. Really like the look of your columns, especially after the aging.
Trees are on my short list of future decorations. I've seen some really amazing ones I'd like to model mine after and making them modular is a great idea. Unfortunately, I just keep running out of time.
@@814creative
Being able to break down the decorations is always a good thing. One channel was making tree trunks by rolling up anti fatigue matts to make the tree trunk. I like the idea of being able to unroll them to store them but fear they might be to flimsy in the wind. I made mine with some old school concrete footing forms. They are thick cardboard tubes. I cut them at an angle, rotated them and re-attached them. I put wood in them, same as your columns, to align and hold the 2 halves together. I had to round one edge of
the 2x4s to match the curve of the tube. I like most of the branches I've seen using Locktite foam. I'm thinking of putting a block of wood at the end to attach it to the trunk. Put a key hole slot in the tree, and put a hex bolt and big washer in the block of wood to go into the key hole slot. It's end of season so it might be time to stock up on pool noodles
Pretty cool, & if you live someplace where Hallowee snow wouldn't be an issue, you could use even easier materials such as foam insulation board for the columns. I think it's neat that this doesn't have all the details you were planning---the scutwork is done & now you can have fun every year adding something else & taking pictures of the archway evolving w/ your kid (s?) growing each year. You didn't just make a Halloween prop---you made memories!
@@vintagelady1 I’m making decorations, memories and scars. Don’t forget the scars. 🙂 It is kind of nice to have a sort of blank canvas to work up from.
Well done! Your columns look awesome and I especially love the signage as the arch. I hope to get a cnc machine someday for carving letters out of wood and for more decorative columns like cornithian style.
@@drewdatification A CNC machine would have made the letters a lot easier. I have a friend who has a CNC and carves things like decorative corbels to sell. Maybe someday I will be able to justify getting one. 🙂
I really like how this looks! Been thinking about making something very similar. I also believe we may live in the same area.
@@benproctor1006 Thanks. If you live around me then you will totally understand all my comments about the weather. 🙂
Oh it’s nice that you used wood because most people use Styrofoam and carved. I like the paint you used it made it look like a stucco type cement with a lot of character. Maybe you could do a part two if you ever get around to finishing the extra she talked about Great job! 👍❤️👍💀🎃👻🐦⬛👹
The wood will probably hold up better in the long run but that's only about half the reason I didn't go with foam.
Something about the feel and sound of the foam is like nails on a chalk board for me. It kind of freaks me out. 🙂
Plus, the foam was surprisingly expensive compared to the wood.
Love it.
@@prsstephenvessell Thanks. I still have so much I want to do to it but it’s hard to remind myself that Halloween is just around the corner when it still feels like summer outside.
There is NOTHING worse than being told your Hallowe’en decorations look “derpy.” 😬😕😳🥺 Using the cracks in the stone to disguise the seams is genius. Much of my design time is spent trying to figure out how I’m going to store the finished pieces without them taking up the volume of a deluxe RV. Congrats!
Thanks for the compliment and I totally hear you on designing for storage. No matter how much room you think you have, it's never enough. I know people that actually rent storage space just for their holiday decorations.
You can get 3/4" 10 foot sections of metal conduit (EMT) for around 10$ each.
I think that would help with stability. You can bend the pipe with a bending tool to match your current arch. Tyfs!
That's a very good suggestion. I use EMT conduit a lot. So much, that I actually keep a stock pile of it at my house.
I'm not sure why it never crossed my mind to use it, especially since I previously used conduit and a bender to make an arched curtain rod for a radius window in my house.
It may be time for an upgrade soon. 🙂
@@814creative I'm glad it was helpful!
I, too, discovered my homemade cemetery, was... derpy. Alas, I did not have giant skeletons or ground breaker pumpkin people or head spinning clowns. Oh woah is me, whatever do I do? Yup... I made fencing columns and a mausoleum with float ghost and projector ghosts in house windows. I plan on upgrading to better columns next year. I like yours much better.
I avoided the derpy tag.
I'm glad you like the columns. I've been looking at the digital decorations for a long time. I just haven't come up with a good place to use it yet, since something about every window in my house makes it a difficult setup. Maybe someday.
The biggest question I have is, where the heck do you put your hear when it’s not Halloween! I’d love to do this but I just have no where to store this.
Since I made the columns so each one breaks down into two pieces, I can actually tuck them up on a storage loft in my garage. I can just lay them on their side and slide them in. Since they're also hollow, I can fill them with a bunch of my other decorations. That way, everything takes up a lot less space. I kind of treat them like storage totes.
How much was the final cost for supplies? You might have mentioned it already and I missed it
No worries. If I remember correctly, the final cost was right around $190 USD.
@@814creative not bad at all! Thank you!
Okay, but where do you store them? They're pretty big.
@@JustineKC-g1y That’s what’s so nice about making them so each column breaks down into two pieces.
Each column section is about 3 feet tall after I take them apart, which makes them a good size to slide into a garage storage loft.
I would post a picture but I already have them down and ready for adding more details.
Dig it
@@GregPackard Thanks. I had a grand plan to keep building around this. Hopefully, I still have time to do at least some of what I wanted to do this year.
The music is such a distraction! Just the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over . . .
Was interested but had to leave early because of the music
I'm actually pretty new to video production and I'm still refining my approach. I will keep the music variety in mind for future videos. Thanks for the insight.