Welcome Foolish Mortals to my 2013 Halloween Project This cool Halloween project’s main components are: Raspberry Pi (Model B) 19″ widescreen LCD Monitor Custom built box to hold the monitor and Raspberry Pi.
Zombies have to be one of the most iconic halloween costumes out there and with the popularity of AMC's "The Walking Dead", they are only getting better. However rather than going to the store and buying one of the many pre made outfits, with some liquid latex, torn up toilet tissue, a bit of cheap makeup, and a health dose of blood you can easily turn yourself into the walking dead.
We recently attended the Mach Mini Maker Faire, and took along our upcycled mobile component store/ organizer.
One of the most useful sensors for automating a haunted house is a motion sensor. This sensor lets you activate your special effects only when a new group of people arrives. That way the surprise won't be ruined by people seeing or hearing the effects before they get close enough.
In this project, I am going to show you several ways that you can use a motion sensor to automate your Halloween setup.
Use an Arduino, MakerShield, and ethernet shield to build an automatic water dispensing system to fill up your pet's water bowl while you're away. The sensors connected to the circuit know when the bowl is low - and filled - with water, and it can even tweet when the reservoir runs out.
This is a trivial little project to create the appearance of something carnivorous... lurking in the dark... with intent. Half a dozen of these in the bushes or windows gives some creepy background ambiance.
What do you do with all of those left over wine corks and beer cans from a summer of fun? Turn them into Halloween bats that fly around your house for your special party!
This classic animatronic prop is "de rigueur" for any serious haunter.
Make these simple and inexpensive Halloween tiki lanterns. It's a great project for kids!
If you ever wanted to create a movie quality Alien Rifle Prop now you can.
When automating special effects, the most important part is making sure that they are well timed.
With the Crittergram Capture Cam we'll combine several common components to create a camera that only takes pictures when critters move in front of it.