Halloween garage door silhouette pattern

Really want to make your house stand out on Halloween? Try decorating your garage door!

I love Halloween, and I've been looking for an excuse to try out the Dremel tool my husband gave me. I thought an eerie Halloween scene covering my garage door would have a lot of impact. Rather than a standard cut-out pasted on, I wanted to add some extra spook factor by lighting it from behind. So a silhouette was a perfect choice. I'll apologize up front for the photography.

Halloween garage door silhouette pattern

Halloween Garage Door Silhouette by mcorbin. So my thought was, instead of using my garage door as a backdrop, I'd build a shadow box. My garage door has those little fancy windows. In a photo editing program, I combined all of the pictures that I liked that would fill the space in an interesting way. I got a copy of corel trace with my laser engraver. That allowed me to export the picture to a CAD format. In a CAD program, I scaled the size to match my shadow box dimensions. Then I sliced up the larger vector image into smaller panels that would fit nicely onto 4x8 sheets of plywood. Using the old shelving, I built a Shadowbox to fit the opening of my garage door. I had to give the white panels a couple of coats to thoroughly cover the wood grain pattern from bleeding through. NOTE: The cutouts are jagged. This was an unintentional by-product of vectorizing an image the size of my computer screen and scaling it to the size of my garage door.

For a little added flare, I bought a "Moon in my Room" night light and hung it on the backdrop of the scene. Afraid to cross in front of a black cat??

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I love Halloween, and I've been looking for an excuse to try out the Dremel tool my husband gave me. I thought an eerie Halloween scene covering my garage door would have a lot of impact. Rather than a standard cut-out pasted on, I wanted to add some extra spook factor by lighting it from behind. So a silhouette was a perfect choice. I'll apologize up front for the photography. These photos just don't do it justice. I wish I knew how to get better Halloween photos at night.

Halloween garage door silhouette pattern

Halloween Garage Door Silhouette by mcorbin. So my thought was, instead of using my garage door as a backdrop, I'd build a shadow box. My garage door has those little fancy windows. In a photo editing program, I combined all of the pictures that I liked that would fill the space in an interesting way. I got a copy of corel trace with my laser engraver. That allowed me to export the picture to a CAD format. In a CAD program, I scaled the size to match my shadow box dimensions. Then I sliced up the larger vector image into smaller panels that would fit nicely onto 4x8 sheets of plywood.

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Try decorating your garage door! The other thing that was a little different, was that I plugged in an LED flame bulb and set it down on the base of the shadowbox behind the cauldron. I had this cut into 2- 4x4 pieces at the store. I've included the CAD files. In a photo editing program, I combined all of the pictures that I liked that would fill the space in an interesting way. This project can be used year after year. I had the cuts made strategically, so that seams would not be too visible. I did build one brace to help reinforce the "owl tree". Try using banners, graphics and murals. At first, I could slide the frame around easily by myself. Again, no need to be too perfect. I wish I knew how to get better Halloween photos at night. Keeping some of the original components as a nod to the original creator.

What about the garage door? Even I forget about it. The garage door is indeed a huge area visible right in front of the house.

This Halloween garage door decor idea is quite simple yet very effective. Rather than a standard cut-out pasted on, I wanted to add some extra spook factor by lighting it from behind. It's a traffic stopper on my street! Then I sliced up the larger vector image into smaller panels that would fit nicely onto 4x8 sheets of plywood. We ended up screwing in one set of 1" x 2 " boards against the door, and a second set of boards on top of those. Each side piece started as a 2 x 6 piece, cut from the other sheet. It's not too difficult, but it does take some practice. If you have not use this tool before, practice on some scrap. That allowed me to export the picture to a CAD format. Using a sharpie, I traced the pattern onto the back of the plywood. Lay out your light strings, then begin taping them on.