Ben Sitton dedicates the year to building decorations for his annual Halloween display.
is filled with an amalgamation of Halloween paraphernalia: a graveyard dedicated to the women who died during the Salem witch trials to the left, and to the right, a 12-foot skeleton and a portal to … hell? Another universe? This stay-at-home dad leaves it all up to your interpretation with his yearly Halloween display.Every Oct. 1, Sitton begins setting up all the decorations he’s worked on for the past year.
Sitton began working on this year's decorations the day after last year's Halloween, finding materials and assembling the pieces throughout the year. Each piece is a carefully crafted artwork or an antique gem.“I was used to making people happy as a chef," he said,"that’s why I got into being a chef. It’s about creating experiences and memories, and I wanted to have a memory for the neighborhood.
“It’s kind of like a family project,” he said. They even helped him create and paint the display pieces.Growing up, Sitton wasn’t able to celebrate Halloween as much as he would’ve liked.With this project, he’s able to express his creativity and work with his family to build something interactive for his community.What goes into crafting the perfect scream? A KUT producer signed up to be an actor at a haunt in Buda to find out.
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