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I made the kissing Claus's, used the thin board, and while it is holding up, mine developed a curve in them. They still move well. I intend to reinforce the backside with a narrow angle to take at least some of the curve out. Good luck!!

Outstanding!!!!

Wow!! Outstanding!!!

thanks, ordered some.

Thank you!!!!

I was planning on joining in but missed it too. Will there be a video of it available to watch? Tks!!

That's very kind and thoughtful of you to honor her and her late husband.

In my opinion motion lights and signs are the cheapest, easiest, and yet most effective deterrent. A security camera that's clearly visible can be very imposing to a kid messing around. However a sucker or candy cane line the sidewalk out from is quite vulnerable. fortunately items like that are inexpensive and hopefully replaceable. As I mentioned above, I attach a cable to most items in the yard. You could attach a cable to the suckers, and while someone could still knock it over, break it; they're unlikely to run off with all of them if you attach the same long cable to each sucker. With work they could still get them, but they'll probably run off once they realize they can't get 'em easily.

www.halloweenforum.com It is an outstanding forum. I'm always amazed at the amount of traffic on it. You'll find many professional haunters as well as small residential decorators.

Outstanding display Tim!

Thought I'd share an idea that has helped prevent vandalism to our display. We do have security lights on motion detectors and all of the display items in the yard are secured with a vinyl coated security cable. But another thing I do is visit our local police precinct. They have a "watch" program, where they'll provide the officers on duty with a list of addresses to keep "watch" over. It can be used when someone is away for extended periods of time, etc.; or to keep "watch" over a display. When the officers are not on a specific run, they'll cruise by the addresses on the "watch" list. The security lights are very effective; however a cop car cruising by or stopped in front of your house; well that's a pretty darn good security system. I've gotten to know a few of the officers, so that helps too. It got my kid out of a traffic ticket, when they recognized the name. They'll stop and chat when they see me in the yard setting up, tearing down or even during the summer doing yard work. We've put a cooler on the back porch with drinks and snacks in it. And we've taken them treats around the holidays. Both of these ideas were my wife's. They're very appreciative of it. I'm sure it helps. All it takes is a phone call to your local police dept., ask if they have a "watch" program. May you have a safe & secure display!!!

Instead of the pvc base, simply use a piece of rebar to slide inside the pole. You'll need to guy wire it against the wind. I use 50# test fishing line for guy wires on 10' tall poles. You don't see the fishing line which is nice; however be careful, you don't see it either and it's easy to trip over.......he says from experience

20' is a long arch so it would likely need support mid-span. Mine are 10' long and I use a guy wire (fishing line actually) to keep the top of the arches in line with each other. Over 20', try a guy wire at 1/3 points, run it in opposite directions, perpendicular to the arches. So you'd have 4 guy wires on each arch. The 2' rebar should be enough to keep the ends of the arches in place.

I have a PVC mega tree, but it's 18' high; so I have no experience with a 30 footer. This is just my opinion on your question. I think you could use pvc. I would strength the joints between sections of pipe and not depend solely on the threads. I'd slide a long section of 2" pipe inside the 3" pipe at the joint, like a 6-8' section, so it would have 3'-4' of pipe on each side of the joint. I'd also put support wires every 10', so at 30' it would have 9 support wires. Once vertical, it'll be fine. Just have to be careful raising it, so the pole doesn't buckle. Maybe build a lifting frame. Such as a couple 1x4's nailed at 90 degree angle, that' would form a "V" shape to cradle the pole when raising it. good luck!!!

Those are outstanding. The detailed painting of Sally's dress is excellent!