Kihikihi woman's spook-tacular Halloween display took months to create

Amy Fuller spend months making props for her Halloween display. Photo / Supplied

A Kihikihi woman who spent months creating decorations did not let Covid-19 scare her off doing Halloween this year.

When Amy Fuller started making the decorations she couldn't have imagined we would soon plummet back into a Covid-19 lockdown.

But despite restrictions and just a handful of locals opposed to the idea, Amy forged ahead with her display which provided those participating in Halloween this year a bit of fun amidst a challenging time.

"I had the idea of a drive-through, or drive-by rather. Cars and pedestrians go past here all the time," says Amy.

"I was determined to be safe."

CommSafe's community safety officer Mandy Merson was even out on the street controlling traffic to keep the children safe.

Trick-or-treating fun was had in Kihikihi at Amy's Halloween display. Photo / Supplied

Amy says she received lots of thanks from the community.

"[Amy] did an amazing job setting up her front lawn for the Kihikihi community yesterday with safe drive-by trick or treat for the kids," wrote Raquel Richards to a local community grapevine page on Facebook.

Around 200 bags of candy were opened and given away from Amy's display. When children came trick or treating to the house, Amy used a pick up stick to safely hand them their candy.

She says she regularly sanitised the stick and her hands.

The display featured an 'oogie-boogie man' that took about six hours in total to make, a witch that took her around four hours to make and papier mache pumpkin that took days.

Most of the resources used to make the display were free or gifted.

"People are so wonderful here in Kihikihi," says Amy.