Video Tag
Every video tagged “foam carving” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
54 videos
Stiltbeast Studios shares six dry brushing secrets for achieving convincingly realistic stone wall textures on haunted house set pieces. The short-form video focuses on paint application techniques that add depth, dimension, and authenticity to DIY scenic walls. These tips are aimed at haunted attraction builders looking to elevate the visual quality of their stone surfaces quickly.
This short clip demonstrates how to shape cured Great Stuff spray foam using a rasp, a low-cost hand tool that makes rough foam carving accessible to beginners. The technique shown is a foundational skill for DIY Halloween prop builders looking to create organic, textured surfaces. Despite its brief runtime, it delivers a focused, practical tip that can be applied immediately to home haunt and yard haunt projects.
StiltbeastStudios hosts Allen Hopps in this lengthy prop-building session centered on crafting a Halloween gourd or pumpkin-themed creature piece. The video appears to cover the hands-on construction of a beast-and-gourd prop or mask suitable for haunted attraction use. At over three hours, it likely walks viewers through multiple stages of the build in real time. StiltbeastStudios is known for foam fabrication and wearable creature work, suggesting the content leans toward mask or costume prop construction.
Allen Hopps of StiltbeastStudios walks through the process of painting a Frankenstein-inspired prop or creature piece in this feature-length tutorial. The session covers his hands-on approach to bringing a monster character to life through paint, likely including color-building, shading, and surface detailing. At nearly two hours, it offers an in-depth look at the finishing stage of prop creation from a respected haunted attraction professional.
This third and final installment of a three-part series covers the process of milling foam tombstone epitaphs and signs for haunted attractions using a Shapeoko 3 CNC machine controlled through Carbide Motion software. The video walks viewers through the concluding steps of taking a foam workpiece through the CNC workflow to produce finished, carve-ready cemetery props. It is a practical, process-focused guide aimed at haunt builders looking to add professional-looking carved text and graphics to foam tombstones.
This first installment of a multi-part series covers the digital design phase of creating CNC-milled foam tombstones and signs for haunted attractions. The focus is on building out epitaphs and layouts in Adobe Illustrator before sending artwork to the Shapeoko 3 CNC router. Mastering the vector design step is presented as the critical foundation for clean, repeatable results in the physical milling stage that follows.
