I love to make things myself and especially saving money doing it myself.
How to make a monster garage door.
This was a little tricky to do solo so i would suggest recruiting a helper.
Lower the door and voila one monster house.
The idea with a monster door is simple.
We needed a replacement garage door and i perfer one that swings out so i can use.
Each of our panels will be 12 feet by 3 feet 3 7 meters by 9 meters.
You just use paper and other supplies to create a face on your door so that the door itself is the monster with a monster wreath you are creating an adorably scary little critter that hangs on your door and greets trick or treaters.
So she painted her garage door and had it look like a monster chewing whenever it opened.
I tensioned the tarp using regular bungie chords but you could just as easily use rope or tape even.
Cut two pieces of 1 by 2 inch wood studs to the width of the door less 2 inches 5 centimeters.
1 hang black plastic over garage door 2 draw design for eyes and teeth on foam core 3 cut out eyes and teeth 4 using poster board cut out eyebrows gums and any additional facial features.
Make three panels each measuring the width of the door by the height obtained in step 2.
These will allow the door to roll freely.
But the monster s bottom lip and teeth are on the lower part of the door and move when the garage door.
The windows and simple v design on the new clopay garage doors complements the timber frame detailing over the front door.
But this is far from the coolest part.
When amanda opens her garage door the jaws of the monster close an effect which is impossible to look away from.
The monster s eyes and top of its mouth are attached above the garage door and stay put.
In 2016 she turned her garage door into a scary monster and this year she s turned it into a dragon.
This professional face painter wanted to do something for halloween.
And yes as the garage door closes and opens it appears as though the scary creature is.