Halloween Mummy

Since our Halloween Theme last year was Mummies I needed a mummy in front. I did have some grand plans which didn't pan out, too busy creating a new training title for How To Gurus, so had to fall back on plan B. My backup plan was to go and buy a skeleton from a Halloween store and dress it up as a mummy. The best I could find was a 5 foot tall plastic skeleton that wasn't too realistic, but it would have to do. Next came a white sheet, that was torn into strips, died using tea bags, then tied around the skeleton. Voila, instant mummy!

Halloween Mummy

Since the Mummy was only 5 feet tall I attached him to a stand (you can see it behind him as a black pole). He was then placed behind a bush so that I could raise him up to 6 feet and keep his floating feet hidden from view. Our yard has lots of bushes and not much open space so we have to place props around where we can.

Just barely noticeable in this photo are two of the LED multicolored lights that are designed for inside pumpkins and make great outdoor lighting as well. They are sitting on top of the bush right in front of the mummy and in the dark they are totally invisible. These two are aimed at the Mummy and give a really spooky lighting effect as they slowly change from one color to the next. I will be doing a post on these great little lights later as I describe this years layout.

Also take a look at the pumpkin in the front, small and a little green on one side. This is one of the pumpkins from our backyard Halloween pumpkin patch. We used the good ones by the front door and put the rest around the yard.

This picture also shows the plastic light up pumpkins that we use every year, we have 7 or 8 of these and they are great for filling in those dark corners around the yard and putting next to tombstones. You can always find these at Target, KMart, and Walmart every year.