This was hilarious, you notice the kids who DIDNT dress up were the ones who seemed to be more easily scared? Great video! What I noticed was how many kids weren't dressed up :? That sucks. I'd be bummed if that many kids came but weren't wearing costumes. Scaring them might make up for it a little...

There was another clip from another house where one of the ToTs (who was a little girl) just started to cry her eyes out. I'm all for a good scare but I don't want to make them pee their pants....much. :D I hear ya... I've done "scarey house" before. The key is to have good recon. Someone out front...

Like most here, I prefer good ole fashioned candles... love the smell! but, I do use electric lights sometimes, and of course, always use them for my artifical pumpkins. I have some "flicker" amber LED lights which are adeqaute, but IMO, you really need 2 of them to get enough lights in anything lar...

New guy here... first post. I like to do both "old school" carve-through only patterns, AND shaded patterns. I typically photoshop a photo of my daughter every year and do a shaded pattern of her. The pics will make a nice keepsake for her as she gets older. I've used the Pumpkin Masters kit and whi...