Using what you have

Once again this year I find that we can have a lot of fun working with what we already have.

Props always look cool when you get them, but sometimes standing alone they seem to lose

a bit and seem smaller and not as visually impressive as once thought. I guess that can happen when

you have too much stuff...although I will never admit that. I found that grouping props into a

single stand alone piece can be better than just tossing them in the yard randomly or in the

garbage for that matter. Below are a few examples. I took a 12$ bag of bones we had, a extra small tombstone, and a evil light up pumpkin we had. Alone, they were not much, but together I

think we came up with a cool stand alone prop that goes with the graveyards theme much better.

I also had a nice wall buster plaque I got about 10 years ago. Looked ok on a wall, but not a lot

of "wow" effect. I decided to grab a piece of foam board and mount it to a large tombstone and 

place a couple of flicker candles in the eyes. Was also going to toss out the Boneyard sign as it was 

damaged and seen better days. Stuck that to the bottom and it completed a nice addition to

the cemetery. I left it open on the back with a wire so I will also use it as a large wall hanging prop

So now instead of having a box of odds and ends, I have just two condensed props that look

much better together. time to see what else is laying around.....