Carter Boldt loves Halloween. It’s more than just pumpkins and candy. The 16-year-old Farmington High School sophomore spends hours and hours transforming his Kaysville home into a real life display of lights, spooky skeletons, creepy spiders and more.

“For as long as I can remember I’ve loved Halloween,” said Boldt. “There are pictures of me every year in my costumes.”

The idea for the display started about three years ago when Boldt and his family lived in his grandma’s basement. “My Uncle decorated for Halloween and did it every year,” he said. “I liked it and wanted to do that when we bought our own house. As soon as we bought our own house, I started sketching out what I wanted it to look like so that I could get the stuff and build what was on the paper.”

“Carter builds some of his displays with his dad but the majority of them he designs and builds himself,” said Carter’s mother MaryJane. “He spends many hours thinking of and designing Halloween items.”

Each year since, it’s grown bigger and better, Carter said. “I built a 50 foot web last year. This year I’m adding a 14 foot long 4 foot high spider.”

Cobwebs stretch across fences he’s made out of pallets. “It’s all free except the rebar,” said Carter. The spider is built out of PVC pipe. I use a lot of PVC pipe.”

Carter said he gets some of his ideas from a guy he follows on YouTube. “I take those ideas and expand them but a lot of them I come up with on my own. The fences and coffin were my ideas. I just see what fits in our yard.”

In addition to the webs and spiders, the display includes lights. “There are lights that wrap around the fences and spotlights and floodlights that light up different things on the house and the roof,” he said. “Starting now they’ll be on as soon as the sun goes down.”

The neighbors like it too, said Carter. “They see me start building in June and they say ‘oh it’s started.’ It’s fun.”

Carter said his parents mainly pay for all of the supplies. “I pay for some of it but they enjoy paying for it. Usually it’s all me that does the set up and I take it all down too. It’s a big job but it’s fun. We’re hoping to get it on the Halloween map so that more people can stop by and enjoy it.”

On Halloween night, Carter sticks around to make sure no one touches the display. “This year we have a security camera,” he said. “There’s about $1,000 worth of stuff. I don’t want anybody to take it.”

When Carter isn’t decorating for Halloween, he likes to hunt, fish and hang out with friends and he plays the trumpet in the band. “I also have my own business,” he said. “It’s yard care and landscaping. That keeps me busy most of the summer.”

Although there are tombstones and skeletons, Carter said the focus is on a nice Halloween not really scary or gruesome. “I want a family friendly house. I have a mix of everything but I don’t want scary things. I want everybody to be able to come and look at the display.”

Carter’s festive house is at 383 W. Spring Flower Circle in Kaysville.