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.
When running a large haunted house, you want most of the special effects to be automated.
They're everywhere — in car taillights, traffic signs, and reflective tape on clothing. Unlike an ordinary mirror, a retroreflector bounces an oncoming beam of light straight back to its source, no matter the angle.
Decipher the siphon and build a high-class practical joke, with this ancient prank from Bill Gurstelle's "Remaking History" column.
Sometimes the sun is my friend, warming the house on cool days.
Use coffee shop straws and stirring sticks to build interesting geometric shapes. The baristas don’t tend to mind, especially if you tip generously.
Pepper’s Ghost is a special effects technique for creating transparent ghostly images.