These are our recommended places to go for your prop build and animatronic supplies.
Where to Purchase
Animated Props, Static Props, Motors
Purpose-Built Prop Controllers
FrightProps
Spider Hill Prop Works
Haunted Props
Monster Guts
Kindyt’s Christmas Factory Outlet
Generic Art Supplies
Michael’s
Joann Fabric and Craft
Building Supplies and Tools
Home Depot
Lowe’s
Harbor Freight
Electronics
adafruit
sparkfun
Fry’s
Jameco Electronics
FrightProps
Monster Guts
eBay
Pneumatics
FrightProps
Monster Guts
Royal Brass
Props to be Hacked can be found in the seasonal section of many stores, including:
Spirit Halloween Stores
Dollar Tree Stores
Dollar General Stores
99 Cents Only Stores
Walgreens Stores
CVS Stores
Home Depot Stores
Lowe's Stores
Clothing and other items to repurpose
Goodwill
Salvation Army
Other Thrift Stores
The free section on Craigslist
Luminara Candles and other generic decorations
Bed Bath and Beyond
Pottery Barn
Crate and Barrel
Amazon
Joann Fabric and Craft
Best Products
Best Cobweb Gun
i-Zombie Production’s ‘Black Widow’ + UV reactive cobweb sticks
Best Fog Juice
Froggy’s Fog
Best Fog Machines and DJ style lighting effects
Chauvet
American DJ
Best Large Spider Webs
SpiderWebMan.net
Best UV LED Outdoor Black Light
Spiderwebman.net’s 6W Outdoor LED Black Light
Best Thunder and Lightning Effect
Perfect Storm by Morris Inc
Best joints for posing PVC armatures and skeletons
Spider Hill Prop Works’ Spider Joints
Ideas and Education
halloweenforum.com
hauntforum.com
halloweenphantasm.com
hauntworld.com
WikiHow How to Make a Haunted House
instructables.com
stolloween.com - papier-mache
Servo Magazine