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Open Grave Cemetery Standard-Size

Open Grave Cemetery Mid-Size

Open Grave Cemetery Extended- Size

Open Grave Cemetery Extended- Size

Open Grave Cemetery - Standard Size

Holds: One small buildings and lots of graves

Series: Haunted Hallow Series

Designed For: Small building

Size: 15 15/16" (from left to right) x 19 1/2" (from front to back) 

Ships In: One Week

Price: $85 

Optional Display Stands: $7.50

Optional Skirting: $15.00

# of Pieces: 1


 

This isn’t your typical cemetery. With three levels and an innovated design, you can create an incredible Halloween graveyard scene. The stone walls of the various levels make a great backdrop for the tombstones (see pictures), and there is also enough room for a small building.


The most innovative feature, and it is where this display platform gets its name, the display has open graves spread throughout the 3 levels. The open graves are actually carved into the display. Each grave can assume one of 3 positions:


Position 1: The grave is open. The walls and bottom of the graves are painted with a brown earth tone. You can pile a bit of the dark brown ground cover next to the grave to make it look as though it has just been dug up. Or you can put a small amount of the other ground cover into the bottom of the grave to make it look like it has been dug up for a while. Also, you can place a coffin or skeleton in the grave for a great feature.


Position 2: Someone has just been buried. Using the insert included with the platform, place the insert into the grave, and cover it over with some of the dark brown ground cover. Make a little mound on top. This makes it look like someone has just been buried (like you see in the movies). Of course no one stays buried forever in this cemetery. 


Position 3: Make the grave disappear. Place the insert into the grave, and cover it over with some of the green ground cover. This will make the grave disappear so that you can use this space for other accessories. 


With the flexibility of having different types of graves (some open, some where someone has been freshly buried, and others hidden), in addition to the stone walls as the backdrop and your own graveyard accessories, you create a truly unique cemetery display.

 

As with all of our Halloween displays:


  • The ground cover is green with seasonal fall colors blended in (reds, orange, yellow, brown, and tan). An extra amount of the ground cover and each accent color is included with the display so you can customize the amount of fall colors that you want on the ground.
  • The pathways, staircases, walls, and area around the building are all hand-carved.
  • One of the best features: The electrical wires for the buildings and accessories run under the display, and out of view.


Please Note: Our displays are shown with Dept 56 and Lemax building and accessories. However buildings and accessories are just for presentation purposes only. No Dept 56 or Lemax items are include with the platforms unless otherwise noted.

Front view of the platform. There is a place for two lamp post across the front, but for some reason we forgot to put them out.

Front view

View of the steps leading up to the building.

Pumpkins sitting on the walls

We placed a coffin in one of the open graves, and added brown ground cover around the edges to look like dirt. 

Right view of the cemetery.

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Open Grave Cemetery - Mid Size

Mid Size

Holds: One building

Series: Haunted Hallow Series

Designed For: Small building

Size: 23 15/16" (from left to right) x 19 1/2" (from front to back) 

Ships In: One Week

Price: $105 

Optional Display Stands: $10.00

Optional Skirting: $18.00

# of Pieces: 1


 This isn’t your typical cemetery. With three levels and an innovated design, you can create an incredible Halloween graveyard scene. The stone walls of the various levels make a great backdrop for the tombstones (see pictures), and there is also enough room for a small building.


The most innovative feature, and it is where this display platform gets its name, the display has open graves spread throughout the 3 levels. The open graves are actually carved into the display. Each grave can assume one of 3 positions:


Position 1: The grave is open. The walls and bottom of the graves are painted with a brown earth tone. You can pile a bit of the dark brown ground cover next to the grave to make it look as though it has just been dug up. Or you can put a small amount of the other ground cover into the bottom of the grave to make it look like it has been dug up for a while. Also, you can place a coffin or skeleton in the grave for a great feature.


Position 2: Someone has just been buried. Using the insert included with the platform, place the insert into the grave, and cover it over with some of the dark brown ground cover. Make a little mound on top. This makes it look like someone has just been buried (like you see in the movies). Of course no one stays buried forever in this cemetery. 


Position 3: Make the grave disappear. Place the insert into the grave, and cover it over with some of the green ground cover. This will make the grave disappear so that you can use this space for other accessories. 


With the flexibility of having different types of graves (some open, some where someone has been freshly buried, and others hidden), in addition to the stone walls as the backdrop and your own graveyard accessories, you create a truly unique cemetery display. As with all of our Halloween displays:

  • The ground cover is green with seasonal fall colors blended in (reds, orange, yellow, brown, and tan). An extra amount of the ground cover and each accent color is included with the display so you can customize the amount of fall colors that you want on the ground.
  • The pathways, staircases, walls, and area around the building are all hand-carved.
  • One of the best features: The electrical wires for the buildings and accessories run under the display, and out of view.


Please Note: Our displays are shown with Dept 56 and Lemax building and accessories. However buildings and accessories are just for presentation purposes only. No Dept 56 or Lemax items are include with the platforms unless otherwise noted. 

Open Grave Cemetery - Extended

Holds: One building plus a garage

Series: Haunted Hallow Series

Designed For: Small, medium and large buildings

Size: 31 15/16" (from left to right) x 19 1/2" (from front to back) 

Ships In: One Week

Price: $125 

Optional Display Stands: $15.00

Optional Skirting: $18.00

# of Pieces: 1

 

Black Cat Crossing was our very first design, and today is still one of our most popular Halloween display platform. It designed for a larger building such as Grimsly Manor, Haunted Mansion or even the Ghoul School, but smaller buildings will work as well. With a center walkway leading up to the front door and a wrap around stone wall, the display offers a classic Halloween look. There is ample space in front and side yard for accessories. 


This display is designed for Grimsly Manor and the garage, but will work for other houses as well (instead of the garage, place the hot rod car or another vehicle in the driveway). The driveway begins on the right side of the display by the sidewalk, crosses over the front of the house, and ends up in the left corner. By the garage area is a pond with the water tinted to look very murky. 


Features of this display include:

 

  • Along the front of the property, a retaining wall divided in the middle by a staircase. On top of the wall is a perfect location for a fence (fence no included, just a suggestion).
  • A center pathway carved in a cobblestone pattern.
  • On either side of the center pathway, two perfect locations for your accessories. If your accessories have battery packs or plugs, the system we are using allows the wires and battery packs to be located under the display, totally out of view. This keeps the magical appearance of the display intact. If you accessories doesn’t have battery packs, theses areas work just we well for that type of accessories.
  • A second retaining wall starting from both sides of a second staircase, curving around the front of the building, out to the sides, then back.
  • The area for the building is carved in a cobblestone pattern (to match the center pathway). To customize this area for your building, use some of the extra ground cover to cover up the excess cobblestone, leaving a cobblestone outline around the building.
  • Behind the stone wall, on the side yard of the building, additional space for your accessories. If your accessories have battery packs or plugs, the system we are using allows the wires and battery packs to be located under the display, totally out of view. This keeps the magical appearance of the display intact. If you accessories doesn’t have battery packs or plugs, theses areas work just we well for that type of accessories.
  • To the right of the house, space for the tool shed or other accessories.
  • Between the front wall and the pathway/sidewalk, there are places for 4 lampposts. With our system the lampposts stay nice and secures. 
  • Extra ground cover is included with the display, as is full instructions.

 

As with all of our Halloween displays:


  • The ground cover is green with seasonal fall colors blended in (reds, orange, yellow, brown, and tan). An extra amount of the ground cover and each accent color is included with the display so you can customize the amount of fall colors that you want on the ground.
  • The pathways, staircases, walls, and area around the building are all hand-carved.
  • One of the best features: The electrical wires for the buildings and accessories run under the display, and out of view.


Please Note: Our displays are shown with Dept 56 and Lemax building and accessories. However buildings and accessories are just for presentation purposes only. No Dept 56 or Lemax items are include with the platforms unless otherwise noted.

Front view of the platform.

Another view of the front.

Here we have a coffin half in the grave, as if the undertaker is burying the coffin or taking it out. 

Front steps leading up to the next elevation. 

Pumpkins used extensively throughout the cemetery.

Another view of the coffin sticking out of the grave. We use wood fence sections and stone pillars. Unfortunately the company who made the stone pillars is out of business. 

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