Who Has Started Planning Their Halloween and Christmas Displays

I have been planning the Halloween section of the VMT layout for a while now. I will be taking down Jurassic World September 9th and putting in the Halloween starting then. I purchased a bunch of Lemax Halloween stuff at York Spring meet from E-Hobby Tools.

Scott Smith

Yep.  I haven't done anything for Halloween, but for Christmas I'll just be running steam engines with red and green cars, plus one Lionel Christmas car on the layout.  That's about it, since I "planted" all the evergreen trees that used to be carried in gondolas.

Never too early to start planning.

Great to see pics of what others have done or are planning.

 

Might just go with a bigger layout in the basement and keep it up year round.

Between the Carnival, Spooky town, and Christmas village buildings and accessories, it might make more sense.

 

 

Michael's already has their Spooky Town displays set up in their stores.

 

Here's our schedule........my Christmas trains and decorations are ready to go!

 

 

Peter

Zachary posed on Halloween. Feel free to use this photo

Working on mine if I can find a track planner.. This was ours last year..But The cabinet is gone so I can make it 2 feet longer..

Guilty.   From the "Track Planning and Layout Design" forum - 2 months ago. Just hoping the wife doesn't shut me down.... 

 

https://ogrforum.com/t...her-xmas-layout-idea

 

Been thinking about Christmas for a while now, buying a lot of Plasticville and Colber items (will be a heavily postwar setup with a big dose of nostalgia).

 

It's going to be with a tree that uses Shiny Brite decorations and C7 bulbs, I'm not sure where it'll go, though, that's the main issue. We have a spare sitting room in the front of the house, but it's small.

Been over a hundred degrees the past week, hard to wrap my head around Fall and Winter yet, but I'll get there. Supposed to be quite a bit cooler this coming week.

 

Steve

 

My son the three year old and the neighbors son broke my fasttrack around the Christmas tree. So this year we are placing the wooden track and my three years old train set around the Christmas tree. I have to wait until gets a little older.

My Christmas Tree layout needs an overhaul badly. I am starting it now.

i'm in the "Christmas Planning and Building Mode" all year long...

 

http://www.littleglitterhouses.com/

https://picasaweb.google.com/1...v1sRgCIWMs8SjwqXHgwE

http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/index.php

 

You'll also see a few "Halloween" projects in the mix as well...

 

http://littleglitterhouses.com...ow_to.htm#spook_hill

 

Howard...Florida...USA...

 

 

This should be directed at Walt  Mr. Christmas himself

For the first time in several years, I have to rethink the Christmas layout under the tree in the living room (the one on the big layout in the back room won't change much).  I sold all my SG, so my sons want a loop of Fastrack and a loop of LEGO track.  We'll see how this works out.

I am planning to do a small Halloween layout in the driveway again, weather permitting. I think I'll expand from 4X4 4X8. Last year was our first time, and it was well received. It will only take a day to get it all ready, so it's only in the mind right now!

Don

For those who snowbird to warmer parts of the US, the San Diego 3-Railers have a Halloween display going in the middle of September, the room will also be decorated for Halloween. Halloween Display will be there till the middle of November towards the end of November, when the Christmas and Winter Holiday decorations go up. Most of the members have a train for the season or holiday. I only have one train seasonal train, and my Thomas, Percy and James pull that train.

I am considering doing a small Halloween layout this year after picking up that Lionel Peanuts Halloween set last year for cheap.  But just very simple and easy and I want my main efforts going into the Christmas one and do not want to get burned out on it.

 

As much as I like Christmas, I try to hold off on thinking about it until at least October.  I don't want to ruin it by thinking about my Christmas layout already. 

I'm planning some additions to the Halloween layout I put up last year.  Purchased a few more Lemax items.  I looking forward to Halloween this year as it falls on a Saturday, more time to play, and I feel I have to step it up a little from last year.

 

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