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Halloween Fun

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My daughter and I have been planning on a special Halloween surprise for our Trick-or-treaters for a few days, and this morning we went to our local Halloween-surprise-superstore.

What, you don't have such a store?

Well, neither do we. Sure, one can head down to the local Fred Meyer (or local equivalent) and purchase any one of numerous Halloween-themed displays with what to adorn one's domicile, but that, in my opinion, shows lack of creativity.

Our goal is to have something that is triggered by the proximity of sucrose-seeking young-uns. Our first trip to Home Depot netted us the following:

  • One "Guardmaster" motion sensor
  • Two 1" red round night light bulbs
  • Two Edison sockets for the light bulbs
  • One extension cord

We have a fairly good plan, but it requires me to build some new electronics, which requires parts, which necessitates a trip to Fry's (Radio Shack is remarkably inadequate these days), which means it will take a few days.

Do you have plans in this area?

Comments

  • Anonymous
    October 03, 2004
    Sounds interesting, I can't wait to hear more. Unfortunately, I don't have anything planned this year myself. Halloween falls on a Sunday, which causes great confusion here in Utah as to when to do trick-or-treating. Last year was a major disappointment, with only three groups showing up at the door. Weather played a big part. My daughter went to a friends house further north. When I went to pick her up around 10 PM, I was pleased to see a few group still out in that neighborhood.
    Still, we planted pumpkins this year, and my six year old son's is about three feet in diameter. We are looking forward to carving it.

  • Anonymous
    October 03, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    October 03, 2004
    http://www.consumptionjunction.com/downloads/cj_27545.jpg

    How about this for a halloween supprise :D

  • Anonymous
    October 04, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    October 04, 2004
    I'll be improving my carrie pumpking from last year:

    http://www.coreyhaines.com/coreysramblings/PermaLink.aspx?guid=6ef5e0bf-a6ee-4330-a9e1-22e9b4c0fc52

    Maybe with some dry ice.

  • Anonymous
    October 04, 2004
    I highly recommend going all in and using some X10 bits and some software glue. My personal favorite is Misterhouse (http://www.misterhouse.net). Requires some Perl knowledge to do it all justice, but it's worth it.

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2004
    what is halloween

  • Anonymous
    November 01, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    December 18, 2004
    Helpful For MBA Fans.

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    March 31, 2008
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    June 13, 2009
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