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Silhouette Projector

Use a mirror to make a Halloween silhouette projector. The image on my front door is about 15" wide. I was able to get a 10' projection by using a 12" mirror and increasing the distance between the mirror and the side of my house. Happy Halloween.

7 comments

Jan 17, 2012. 5:56 PM

ehudwill says:

I like this one. I have some larger mirrors that I could use in this way. Thanks for the idea.

Jan 19, 2012. 12:14 AM

Mrballeng (author) says:

Larger mirrors work better. Kids love to be involved too.

Jan 2, 2012. 6:04 PMblack hole says:

You've got my vote.

Oct 20, 2011. 9:26 PMsnoopindaweb says:

Merry Xmas.!

Oct 19, 2011. 5:08 PMpixelcurious says:

Great! That should spook some trick-or-treaters.

My dad used to do something like this for Christmas, back in the 60s. He used a spotlight. The projected image covered a good 8-10 feet on the side of the house, if I remember right. Very effective.

Oct 19, 2011. 1:35 AM

St Jimmy says:

Very clever! This could also be used to make 3-dimensional designs on walls and suchlike. Definitely useful for bedroom/halloween decoration!

Oct 18, 2011. 3:47 AM

RedneckEngineer says:

Sweet idea! So simple and gives me an idea for Christmas decoration too. Use a garden solar light hacked to provide the light and it could be used year round with different images with no battery replacement!