As one drives down Ash Drive, they will notice a yard completely filled with inflatable Halloween decorations. The organization, collecting and display of these decorations are a passion for Sutter Busch, who will be turning seven in a couple of weeks.
His first memory of inflatable decorations was when he was two years of age. 鈥淚 was once scared of them. When my dad started putting them up I came in here (the house) because blow-up meant boom-boom.鈥�
His initial uncertainty and fear has now changed into a love and passion for inflatable decorations. Sutter has about 60 Halloween inflatables and over 100 Christmas ones, along with the support of his father Todd Busch and mother Brianna Ereth. He has every invention there is to make them turn on - different switches, remotes and voice activation.
鈥淢y first one was a snowman from the Co-op,鈥� said Sutter. 鈥淚 do have a 14-foot Santa. The first time we put him out, he was really wide, and pretty big.鈥�
Sutter even has one of those wavy, wacky guys in full-size and miniature form. The miniature inflatable, which he calls 鈥楩reddy鈥�, had stayed by Sutter鈥檚 side during his interview.
His passion is shared with the world through his own YouTube channel, which can be found by searching 鈥溾��. In his YouTube videos, Sutter unboxes some of the many inflatables in his collection, and talks about why they are special.
鈥淢y favorite video is the .鈥� Sutter is really passionate about making those YouTube videos, and showed off a special microphone that he uses to project his voice.
There are also a few inflatables that are in the 鈥渃hows workshop鈥� that are getting fixed. Over the years, due to the wind or elements that might damage them, Todd has had to repair roughly 15.
There are a few inflatables that get customized. All the inflatables have their own motor to keep them inflated, and there are a few that have two motors, with the second motor for a shaking motion. Just recently, the family had to run a new 20-amp breaker to the front yard, just to handle all the inflatable motors that are set up.
All the inflatable decorations are sorted by height on the lawn, since that is how Sutter likes to arrange them. He noted that next year, 鈥淚 want to do little tiny ones, then three-and-a-half foot, then the four foot, and then taller and taller.鈥�
Sutter and his family also like to dress up for Halloween. They use the cardboard boxes to make some unique costumes and one year actually wore inflatable costumes.
