Yard Art Figures

The design was inspired by actual crypts/mausoleums in a local cemetery. I took a trip down one afternoon and took a bunch of photos. I think some people wondered what I was doing. Then I looked at each of them and combined the elements I wanted. I think what made it look good is the false raised front with the steps. I did not want to extend a false floor through the whole piece, plus this gives our ghost extra floor room to move.

Instructions on how to make black light ready Enter & Exit Signs for your Haunted House or Yard on Halloween. Combine them with old fence panels for a professional haunted look. Easy to build and easy to store away for the rest of the year.

Here are very basic instructions for creating tombstones for your yard this Halloween.

This site provides a materials list and step by step instructions for these fun yard and garden stakes.

Here is a great way to add trees to your yard for Christmas decorating. Make them any size you wish using this free tutorial.

Fill your yard with turkeys on Thanksgiving using these free templates. Just trace onto exterior grade plywood, cut with your jigsaw, then paint.

Built from pallets, this awesome rustic pumpkin would look great as yard art as well as indoors.

Get your yard Halloween ready with a few of these frightening plywood ghosts. Here is how to do it.

A free scrollsaw silhouette. Simple pattern.

Use these free instructions to build a Halloween coffin to add to your outdoor display this year.

All you need to build these spooky chalkboard tombstones is 1/4 inch plywood and a jigsaw. So fun and easy.

Build a tree for your holiday yard art decorations using these free plans. Could easily be sized larger.

Welcome the spring season by adding this charming little fellow to your home this year. This wood project is complete with all instructions and patterns, so he can be finished just in time for Easter.

Build a snowman that will not melt this winter season. This easy-to-build project can be stored away and brought out at first snowfall.

This snowman figure measures 65 cm (26 inches) total in height and because of its size, it looks great in a window or on a front porch.

Well for 2002 I decided that Raven Manor should have a fancy gate and fence for two reasons. 1) To keep the trick or treaters from walking through the middle of the yard (all those cords and semi-fragile foam tombstones); and 2) it plain just looks good and helps create the whole cemetery scene.

This friendly 3 x 3 ft pumpkin is ready for fall, Halloween, or Thanksgiving. Use our pattern to cut your pumpkin any size you wish (the pattern grids can represent any size). Use exterior paints over plywood to create a sturdy yard display piece. This pattern was designed for us by artist Walter Hoke; copyright 2004.

Build a pumpkin lantern for Halloween using these free instructions.

Here is a free template and video to help you build a team of reindeer for the yard this holiday season.

Instructions on how to easily make aged, storage friendly fence panels for your haunted house or yard.

Not only for the yard, these pumpkins are easy to make and can be used year after year. Here is how to build them.

These stackable pumpkins are perfect for Halloween with an LED candle, and easy to build too. They can store inside inside each other when not in use.

This outdoor decoration is easy to make and would make a great addition to your Halloween decorating.

Build these spooky owls and line them up on your outdoor bannister for Halloween. Here is how...

An unusual outdoor display for the holiday season can be made with figures cut out from 1/4 inch waterproof plywood stuck in the ground with a spotlight in back. The light casts a shadow of the cutout figure onto the door as illustrated in photo.

Cut this raven out of exterior grade plywood and place him and some friends in the yard this Halloween.

This is a cute little project that will make your garden look like a fun place to be. They are simple enough that the kids could help make them. If they do help be sure to supervise them to keep them safe.

Create your own twig yard animals for a fraction of the cost of ready-made ones.

Build this santa sleigh and reindeer to display in your yard this holiday season.

Build a four foot long wooden coffin to use in your outdoor Halloween display. At the link you will find instructions.