Hello All,
Welcome to My Halloween
Page for 2007. We've decided to do things a little different from now on. It was
finally starting to get out of hand. We decided that we would bring back a lot
of our old Halloween favorites, and in addition to these we are then going to
add a new feature to be used for one year only. Build it, use it one year,
and then store it or tear it apart to be used for the next years feature. The
new feature this year is a Singing Pumpkin Head. Rachel spearheaded the effort.
Will put his share of time into it also. The Singing Pumpkin uses
electroluminescent wire, an ice cube relay bank, and a Light-O-Rama control
system. People really went on about it. Check out the videos below. FYI: The
Pumpkin Cannon may be back next year by popular demand.
If any of you
Automation types want to contribute to the cause, I'll let you.
Rob
The videos at the bottom
will show the stuff actually moving: The Pumpkin Man sings his song, the
Raven flaps his wings, tilts forward and backward, rotates his head, and his
eyes flash red, Ghosts light up and pop up, Creature tries to escape from the
coffin, Three pumpkins rise up and light up (The Pumpkin Dance), The rocking
chairs are lit up and rock. Mr. and Mrs. Skeleton, and Jr. are rocking
and greeting guests. The spider travels his web from top to bottom, The fog machine adds
ambiance, Lights and pumpkins add to the festivities, and of course Disney's
"Grim Grinning Ghosts" Haunted Mansion Theme Song is playing in the background.
Click on the Little
Thumbnail Pictures Below to see a Bigger Picture.
Enjoy!

Singing
Pumpkin in Process.
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Singing Pumpkin Completed.
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Front
of the house |
Another view of the front of the house.
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The Raven. Poor guy, his head popped off and he broke his wing. |
Singing Pumpkin and Pumpkin Lights. |
Creature still trying to escape from the Coffin. |

New
Pumpkin lights on the house. |
EL wire controller, ice cube relays, and LOR controller. |
PLC,
relays, and valves that make it work. |
Our Skeleton family dressed for winter (it was about 80 degrees when we
put this stuff out.) |
The pumpkin man kicked back and relaxing under the Spider. |
Robert's Jacob ladder experiment (12,000 volts of fun.) |
Dead Head Fred (Souvenir of the Market at Charleston.) |
Will's Pumpkin. |
Rachel's Pumpkin. |
Rob's Pumpkin. |
Graveyard Pudding-YUM! |
Click Here for Daytime Video of the
Singing Pumpkin Head
Click Here for Nighttime Video of the
Singing Pumpkin Head |
Click Here for Jacobs Ladder Video
Click Here for Daytime House Video |
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