{"id":7683,"date":"2016-10-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=7683"},"modified":"2016-09-28T14:16:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T18:16:06","slug":"target-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=7683","title":{"rendered":"Target Ghost"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ghostie\"<\/p>\n

Not all store-bought props are bad. In fact, I quite like a lot of them. I’m only buying a few things this year, but this ghost from Target had to be one of them. All by herself, she’s pretty cool. She has a fire\/ice lighting effect, and makes good sounds. And this from someone who usually hates<\/em> sound in Halloween props.<\/p>\n

Of course, she needed a little help.<\/p>\n

First off, she only had two settings: OFF or SENSOR. That means she could only turn on via the motion sensor. \u00a0I looked up how to bypass the sensor, and the posts were all ‘solder this,’ and ‘short-circuit that.’ \u00a0I went for something a little simpler. Since I knew she’d be in motion all the time, I found her sensor, and hung a little piece of balsa in front of it.<\/p>\n

\"sensor-hack\"<\/p>\n

It has enough play that it moves with her, and activates the sensor on a regular basis. Usually 10 seconds or less.<\/p>\n

Why is she moving? The owner of the place we’re renting left an oscillating fan for us. I stopped the oscillation, and tipped the fan on to the floor. \u00a0I just had to shorten some of her shroud so it would pick up the air better.<\/p>\n

Add a blacklight, and it’s happy prop time!<\/p>\n