COVID-19 meant we couldn't have folks coming through the usual paths around the house, and we knew that everything would have to be different.

That meant safety, preparation and social distancing for 2020 were our most important considerations. We toned down the decorations, handed out pre-bagged items at a distance, and had week-long activities around the neighborhood to have fun and stay safe.

Truly, 2020 was when Halloweek was born!

Some Stats

• 200+ families and individual visitors

• 70lbs of candy, 500+ trinkets, and 5 dozen Hostess pastries distributed

• All 24 duckies found, 22 claimed

• 17 daily prize winners and 1 grand prize pumpkin weight guesser

Our lighting game was strong in 2019

This was our biggest year, and the first in which we built a lot of our own animatronics, lighting and sounds. We also organized the flow of traffic so that we could set up a number of jump scares, make more deliberate views, and create opportunities for people to interactively reach into things for candy and other goodies.

It was scary and noteworthy enough that kids returned with more friends throughout the night, and it was the first year we got more than ten adults to shriek!

In 2021, we hope we can create an experience that rivals 2019, but is more fun and approachable than ever! Our goal: Keep people talking about it until Christmas :-)

Some Stats

• 350+ families and individual visitors

• 120lbs of candy and prizes distributed

• Deliberate visitors from as far as Kirkland, Woodinville and Renton!

Setting up the games and expecting rain

Our first year offering games and prizes, so naturally rain, rain, rain all October-long. After all the work setting up a canopy and finding ways to keep everything and everyone dry, of course, Halloween night the rain held off!

Rain or no rain, we had loads of fun. Leo's bean bag toss—complete with home-sewn beanbags—kept folks entertained all evening.

And the tactile, "guess what this is" game successfully creeped out trick-or-treaters young and old. (Maybe we'll do a Minecraft version of it this year! 🤔 )

The big purchase this year? A fog machine!

2017 we branched out, literally, and created a path for little kiddos and one for the older set (though apparently that was deemed "not scary" by many).

We got to start early, decorate candied apples, play games, and then ran a great party well into the evening. The main event, costume parade and prizes for all!

Clearly this Halloween thing was catching on.

Back when we thought this was "doing a lot" 😆

Our first Halloween yard in this house. We were just starting out, and had no idea how many people would come, but we got a great turnout and the rest is history!

(Trouble is, we only raised the bar on ourselves!)