Building "Disney-like" Haunted Mansion graveyard is really quite simple. All you need you can find at your local Home Depot or hardware store and around the neighborhood.
Note: Since this project uses knives and soldering irons, young children should be monitored by adults when building this project.
Difficulty: Beginner hobbiest
Parts List
Styrofoam - can be purchased or use the leftover from a construction project nearby
Electric Knife - can be obtained at a thrift shop or garage sale or maybe your you have one in your garage (hack saw can also be used)
Soldering iron
Thin cardboard, 3" X 1.5" per firefly
Flat grey paint (not latex nor enamel)
Short pieces of rebar
Old fence - can be obtained by searching junk yards or obtain a new one and age it by painting it brown or using muratic acid.
Spiderwebbing
Blue flood light
Building Instructions
Cut the styrofoam into tombstone shapes using the electric knife
Use the knife to shape the tombstones to create chipped edge effects
Use the knife to shave off the front styrofoam to create 3D sculls, bats, crosses, etc.
Use the soldering iron to carved names and cracks in the styrofoam
Painted the tombstones with flat grey paint (note: enamel dissolves styrofoam so prime the styrofoam with laytex or another non caustic paint)
Select a spot in the yard for your "graveyard"
Pound pieces of rebar into the ground where you want your tombstones leaving 2-3 inches above ground
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