I absolutely adore Halloween! Ever since I was a kid it has always been my favorite holiday. I was lucky enough to get in on the ground floor of a local Halloween event 16 years ago and went from face painting to sculpting and painting hay bales.

My mission was to make large-scale sculptures to be used for photo ops at the event. They had to be fun and engage the entire community of kids and adults. Each year I poll my nieces and nephews to see what the popular cartoon characters, book characters, and kid movies are for the year. I also enlisted the help of the event planner to do an online poll to further pinpoint what would be popular. But popularity can’t be the only criteria. My first question is always, “Will it fit on a bale of hay?”.

10′ Frankenstein’s Hay Monster- Double Stacked 5′ Bales

Toothless From How To Train Your Dragon

The Mandalorian And Baby Yoda

Pikachu

Poke Ball From Pokémon

Nintendo’s Kirby

Bert

Ernie

Bluey

Nintendo’s Mario

Daniel Tiger

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