This was something my dad used to do when I was a kid. Next year when the kids will remember the person in the scarecrow, it will actually be stuffed, and I’ll be hiding somewhere else!
View from a little further away, my husband was hiding behind the screen door controlling a spider that dropped from above 😈
[Image description: nighttime view of the front door of a house decorated for Halloween. A scarecrow sits on the porch with a large spider hanging above. In the foreground is a dark hooded mannequin, with swirling fog.]
Good nerd idea: check the variance of weight, if is bigger than 1.5x, that mean the kid took more that one and activate the eyes lights and scream to the kid.