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IT’S NOT TOO LATE: Two Easy Beetle Juice Snake Props to Make Before Halloween

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The Second Beetle Juice Snake prop made.

The Beetle Juice Snake character (from the original movie), has always been one of my favorites, but I didn’t know if I had enough time to build one. With starting my prop creations in Sept., I was surprised I finished as many as I did, let alone two more. With less than three weeks before Halloween, this was how we accomplished making TWO different types of the Beetle Juice Snake props. The first only takes approx. an hour to make, and the second could take 3-4 days, if you can work on it every night. So there is still time to make one before Halloween!

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The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t

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The Calm Before the Storm

All hell broke loose the week before Halloween, which has made me get behind in my posts. Since my house was in the path of Sandy, I had to decide whether or not I would take down my 50+ props in the yard.

I decided I didn’t want to add to the flying debris and took all of them down. It took just over 2.5 hours to get them down and put away safely.

After the storm had passed, there were only 3 days left until Halloween. Although I was grateful we did not get the devastation other people experienced, I was a little sadden by the fact my yard was empty of Halloween glee.

An Effort Worth Taking

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I chose to put them back up, which was no small order. It took working straight through (without any breaks) just shy of 8 hours to bring back the Halloween spirit.

When the Halloweeners (from the book of Debisms) began to trickle down the street, I saw faces of delight and fear. That in itself was worth all the effort.

Sandy may have cancelled their Halloween Parade, but she wasn’t going to stop this gal from spreading the magic of Halloween.