Video Tag
Every video tagged “spray foam” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
26 videos
Wicked Makers' Jay and Jaimie build 'Gertie,' a giant Halloween spider prop using chicken wire as a structural armature, pipe insulation for the legs, and expanding spray foam for the body texture. The build is designed to be approachable for beginners, relying on materials readily available at hardware stores. Painting and decorative detailing bring the oversized arachnid to life as a dramatic yard haunt centerpiece. The creators note that the chicken-wire-plus-foam technique is highly adaptable for many other DIY Halloween props.
Wicked Makers duo Jaimie and Jay walk through a beginner-friendly Halloween build that transforms a large plastic cauldron into a dramatic bubbling brew scene complete with glowing coal effects. The project combines an ultrasonic pond fogger for rising mist with orange string lights and textured spray-foam coals to simulate a fire beneath the pot. Despite involving several components, each step is designed to be approachable and tackled in stages, making it a solid weekend project. The finished prop works equally well for yard haunts or front-porch Halloween displays.
Wicked Makers hosts Jay and Jaimie transform a standard store-bought plastic skeleton into a dramatic gravecrawler prop complete with a sculpted dirt mound. The key innovation is that the mound is fully portable and collapsible for easy off-season storage. The build relies on accessible materials like spray foam, spray paint, and hot glue, making it approachable for Halloween decorators of most skill levels. The finished prop is designed to integrate seamlessly into a yard graveyard or cemetery display.
Stiltbeast Studios walks through the process of creating a Halloween pumpkin prop using Great Stuff expanding spray foam. The build demonstrates how an accessible, hardware-store material can be shaped into a convincing haunted-attraction-quality piece. Allen Hopps shares his hands-on fabrication approach suited for home haunters and professional prop makers alike.
This tutorial from Stiltbeast Studios walks viewers through building a wearable skull mask using expanding spray foam, keeping the entire project under $10 and completable in roughly an hour. The technique is accessible to beginners and opens the door to a wide range of costume and haunted attraction applications. Inspired by the aesthetic of classic horror such as Tombs of the Blind Dead, the finished mask delivers a striking skeletal look on an extremely tight budget.
StiltbeastStudios walks viewers through building a werewolf mask using spray foam sourced from a home improvement store. The video demonstrates how accessible, off-the-shelf materials can be transformed into a convincing creature prop without professional-grade supplies. This is part of the channel's broader focus on haunt-quality monster fabrication techniques made approachable for home builders.
This tutorial from Monster Tutorials walks viewers through building convincing fake glowing coals and burning embers for Halloween displays, along with a witch's cauldron that produces smoke and glows purple at night. Spray foam appears to be a key material in achieving a realistic ember texture. The finished effects combine practical construction with lighting and fog to create an atmospheric, witchcraft-themed prop. It's a relatively accessible project aimed at haunters who want a striking visual centerpiece.
StiltbeastStudios walks through building a wearable zombie mask using spray foam sourced from a home improvement store. The video demonstrates how an accessible, inexpensive material can be transformed into a haunted-attraction-quality creature mask. Allen Hopps guides viewers through the fabrication process, showing shaping and finishing techniques to achieve a convincing zombie look.
VanOaksProps presents a compilation of five foam-based Halloween prop builds, covering a range of themes from a pirate treasure chest to a medieval torch. The projects use insulation foam, expanding foam, and EVA foam to achieve realistic, lightweight, and visually striking results. Each segment serves as a highlight reel, with links to full standalone tutorials for complete materials and painting details. The collection is pitched as accessible to both beginners and experienced prop makers on a budget.
VanOaksProps walks through the full process of building a convincing fake tree stump using a 5-gallon bucket as a base form, expanding spray foam for texture, and layered acrylic and spray paints to achieve a realistic wood-and-moss finish. The build relies on inexpensive, widely available materials, making it accessible to beginners. A handy secondary use highlighted in the video is concealing a projector inside the hollow stump, adding functional value to a purely decorative prop.
Stiltbeast Studios demonstrates a fast, budget-friendly method for building large foam pumpkin props suitable for haunted attractions. The technique uses expanding spray foam to create a roughly two-foot pumpkin for approximately $10 in materials. The entire process — from foam application through final paint — can be completed in around ninety minutes, making it practical for producing props in quantity.
StiltbeastStudios walks viewers through building a Halloween pumpkin prop using Loctite spray foam as the primary material. The roughly 22-minute tutorial covers the fabrication process from shaping through finishing, resulting in a display-worthy jack-o'-lantern suitable for haunted attractions or home haunts. Allen Hopps brings his professional haunt-building sensibility to a relatively accessible material, making the technique approachable for intermediate makers.
This tutorial from Monster Tutorials demonstrates how to produce a large quantity of decorative skulls on a tight budget using cans of expanding spray foam. The technique is aimed at haunters who need to fill scenes with skulls without spending a fortune on store-bought props. Air dry clay is incorporated to add surface detail and refine the skull shapes. The result is a highly cost-effective method for generating impressive skull counts for yard haunts or haunt sets.
Stiltbeast Studios walks through the process of building a life-size Frankenstein prop using spray foam as the primary material. The video demonstrates how foam can be shaped and worked into a convincing monster figure suitable for haunted attractions or home haunts. Allen Hopps guides viewers through the fabrication steps with a hands-on, practical approach characteristic of the channel.
StiltbeastStudios walks through the process of building a creature bust display prop using spray foam as a primary construction material. The tutorial covers the hands-on techniques needed to create a monster-style bust suitable for haunted attractions or Halloween displays. Allen Hopps guides viewers through the fabrication process in a characteristic workshop style that balances creativity with practical prop-building know-how.
Hauntcast presents a top-10 countdown of creative ways haunters can use expanding foam to build Halloween props on a budget. The video covers a wide range of applications — from crafting gory innards and body forms to constructing toxic barrels, rope vines, and skulls. It serves as a practical inspiration guide for home haunters and attraction builders looking to get maximum versatility from a single, readily available material.
StiltbeastStudios walks through the creation of a scary mermaid headpiece using spray foam as the primary sculpting material. The build blends costume craftsmanship with haunted-attraction-quality prop techniques to produce a wearable evil mermaid look. The channel is known for professional-level creature work accessible to dedicated DIY builders.
This beginner-friendly tutorial is the first in a three-part series on skull corpsing, focusing on transforming cheap dollar store skulls into convincingly decayed props. The technique is deliberately kept simple — just three steps and three materials — making it accessible to haunters of any experience level. Spray foam is used to build up organic texture, which is then finished with paint and stain to sell the rotted effect.
StiltbeastStudios walks through the process of building a monster grouch bust using spray foam as the primary sculpting material. The video demonstrates how an accessible, hardware-store product like Loctite or Great Stuff spray foam can be shaped into a detailed character prop suitable for haunted attractions or home haunts. Allen Hopps shares his hands-on fabrication approach, making the process approachable for intermediate builders. The result is a textured, expressive bust prop without the need for expensive professional foam systems.
StiltbeastStudios takes on the challenge of building a Manbearpig creature prop using spray foam as a primary construction material. The video showcases the hands-on fabrication process behind bringing a bizarre hybrid monster to life for haunted attraction use. As with all Stiltbeast builds, the focus is on creative problem-solving and DIY monster-making techniques that haunt builders can learn from and apply to their own projects.
This short video from Hauntcast demonstrates how to use Loctite spray foam as an additive sculpting material for building DIY Halloween props. The clip focuses on molding and shaping the foam to add texture and form to yard haunt and home haunt creations. It serves as a quick, practical tip for haunters looking to expand their prop-building toolkit.
This short-form clip demonstrates a core prop-building technique: filling a wood armature with Great Stuff expanding spray foam and then carving away the excess to shape the piece. It offers a quick, practical look at how haunters can bulk out skeletal structures inexpensively. The process is approachable for beginners and serves as a useful foundational skill for larger Halloween prop builds.
Part 7 of StiltbeastStudios' ongoing graveyard bust build series, this episode zeroes in on spray foam techniques and the creative decision between adhering existing elements versus sculpting new ones from scratch. Allen Hopps shares practical prop-making insights aimed at achieving professional haunted-attraction results on a DIY budget. The episode continues a multi-part construction journey, making it best appreciated alongside earlier installments in the series.
Part 11 of StiltbeastStudios' ongoing graveyard bust sculpting series focuses on techniques for controlling Loctite spray foam to achieve professional-quality results. The short clip offers a focused tip or demonstration on managing spray foam expansion and application during the sculpting process. As part of a larger series, it assumes viewers have some familiarity with the project's progress so far.
