9/1/08

SPRING CLEANING MEANS CHEAP HALLOWEEN PROPS

This is the time to score some Cheap Halloween Props for your haunted house. It' time to start preparing for Halloween 2008 so lets start with spring cleaning. Now is the time of year when people start throwing out old junk in their garages and closets. These items are worthless to them but priceless for the amateur haunter. I have found all sorts of good props this way. Like an old chandelier, I just wired a power cord on it and threw in some flicker bulb and had one of the coolest chandeliers you have saw. I still use it to this day and I only spent about 12 dollars on it.

I have found chairs, beds, lamps and even found a hospital bed once. I just check around with people in my neighborhood. After they all found out I used this stuff for my haunted house they will call me when they have something to get rid of. I even have people who will give scrap wood that they have left over. This is awesome because lumber is expensive and needed to build a lot of projects. Getting it free can save hundreds of dollars not to mention the props you build can be reused over and over. A little tip about building props with wood is to use wood screws to build them with that way they are easy to take back apart and store. I also tend to need different props from year to year so a lot of the time the pieces that I disassemble can be used to make what I need.

As I have said before, if you know of places where naughty people like to go and dump old junk that they are too lazy to properly dispose. These are great places to find stuff. I will literally go and dig through junk to find useful items. I have found a lot of great items that became good props. Just watch out for snakes, these places can be kinda dangerous.

The main thing is think outside of the box, there are lots of places to find old items that can be turned into great Halloween Props for your haunted house. These are the items that will not cost very much at all. You can get these items for free and make them look however you want them to. Just remember that other peoples junk can make Cheap Halloween Props.