HAUNTED HOUSES & YARD HAUNTS

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If you are setting up a haunted house, remember to make the walkways wide enough for multiple people to go through at one time. Narrow walk-throughs make for crowded, pushing conditions that could end up with someone hurt and you liable.

Ask some friends if they want to help out with your haunt by donning costumes and working as "Scare-actors" for the night. have them move about the visitors, scaring them but never touching them. Find out more here.

Adding a haunted graveyard to your haunt will really set it off! You'll need some great tombstones, maybe a fenced in area and some ghouls to wander around. Find our more here.

When doing a charity haunted house, keep in mind that you'll need liability insurance for the nights open. In fact, some home owners do this for their elaborate yard haunts just in case someone gets hurt.

If you don't want to set up a haunt in your yard because of weather concerns, make a garage haunt! Even a small garage can be set up into a mad scientists workshop, a vampire's lair, a mummy's tomb. It just takes a little planning! Click here for more info and ideas!

Now that you have all the components for putting together a great yard haunt, you might have missed one little thing! Here are some last minute finishing touches to make the most of what you've done. Click here for Finishing Touches!