New
for 2004
New
for 2004
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we go to the water park at Holiday World and Splashing Safari they have
music playing through these speakers that look like rocks. I
thought that this would be an easy way to distribute the sound of our
haunt throughout the site without giving the location away. I work
in the computer industry so I was able to get a whole box of amplified
computer speakers for free.
This turns out to be a great prop almost totally FREE!!! |
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You start out by carving a styrofoam block to the desired shape you want. There is no wrong or right to this it is totally up to you. Just take into consideration you will be mounting speakers into the bottoms so you need to be sure they are big enough for the speakers you have. | |
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The sound needs to come out of the front of the rocks so you need to put
holes into the front.
I came up with this idea....hammer some nails into a piece of block....heat the nail heads with a blowtorch or set the nail heads into hot coals |
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Press the hot nails into the styrofoam about an inch. You have to be very careful and go straight in and pull it straight out. | |
| Now we covered the rocks with an exterior spackling compound. Be sure to use exterior since these are outdoors. |
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Set the "rocks" aside to dry for about two or three days. | |
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painted the rocks with "battleship grey" paint and let them dry. Then we cut the bottoms out for the speakers and my daughter used a drill to ream out the speaker holes that filled up with plaster or paint. |
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Because I made my rocks a little too small I had to take the back casing off of the speakers before putting them into the bottoms of our rocks. | |
| The speakers worked great. I ran the wires over to a portable cd player behind one of the tombstones. I had multiple "stereo" wire splitters so I could run 6 rock speakers. This was great for playing my halloween music all through the site without "blaring" it from one point. The speakers also give you the ability to play the music in stereo. |
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