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

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