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October 17, 2011

Set Up Your Own Scary, Spooky Haunted House

It’s a well-known fact that Halloween is our favorite holiday at Steve Spangler Science. It’s time for spooky, bubbling, oozing and glowing science. You are never too old to love a good spine tingling scare or gross out. Children also love a good startle or ick moment. Just make it fun as to not cause them childhood traumas for therapy later on in life. I love to try out my concoctions on visitors to our house and rate their heebie jeebies factor.

Maybe you love Halloween as much as I do and you are designing a haunted house in your basement, backyard or garage this season. Grab those kids and science materials and invite the friends and neighbors over for a frightfully good time. Here are my haunted house ideas for Halloween decorations, activities and props.

BLACK LIGHTS
Black lights are essential for haunted house displays. They make everyday white items like socks and t-shirts glow in the dark. They also charge Glow Powder or zinc sulfide and Atomic Glow – perfect for all of those glowing concoctions.

DRY ICE
The most important material for

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