From Zombos' Closet

Spirit Halloween 2018

As the new year starts,  thoughts for many turn to Halloween 2019. Okay, maybe for just me, then. But here's a whisper of Autumn breeze for you, before the summer heat starts percolating and the politics start prickling again. 

Halloween Pirate Flashlight Gun

I looted this pirate flashlight gun from eBay. Arghh!

Halloween 2018 Creepy Cooky Novelties Sighted at CVS, Rite Aid, and Lowe's

Here are some nifty novelties I picked up for Halloween 2018.

I found this spooky animated clock at CVS. Clocks and phones have become a staple for Halloween novelties in the past few years. 

 

Halloween 2018 Sighted at Home Depot

Home Depot has their Halloween selection on display. Continuing their trend for bones and large novelty items, here are some highlights to spark your decorating activities. My favorites are the witch sitting pretty and the smoking dragon.

Halloween 2018 Sighted at Michaels

Halloween Goth and craft witchery appears once again at Michaels for Halloween 2018. 

A. C. Moore Halloween 2017

The arts and crafts stores go all out for Halloween. Here are some of A. C. Moore's offerings this year.

Halloween 2017 Boney Bunch At Yankee Candle

Very hard to resist these adorable boney characters. 

Marshalls, TJ Maxx, and Home Goods Halloween 2017

While I was in Newton, Massachusetts, I paid a visit to Marshalls, TJ Maxx, and Home Goods to check out their Halloween decorations. I was not disappointed. Here are some pictures to whet your trick or treat appetite.

Home Depot Halloween 2017

Home Depot has their Halloween 2017 into full swing. Here's the pictorial lowdown on the cool stuff you can entertain the kids with this year. Or just yourself. They outdo themselves each year with lawn decorations and animated home novelties to spice up your parties: this year? Nice skeleton T-Rex, a haunted toaster, and these little ghoulies to help you hand out candy.

Halloween Sighted: Michaels Stores 2017

You can always count on Michaels Stores to bring Halloween in early. Lots of decorations, Lemax Spooky Town, and fun wood and plaster craft items you can paint this year to showcase your Halloween mojo. Skeletons, skulls, and Day of the Dead are once again staple themes, and you can go with either a black and white motif or add splashes of color. Either way, I'm always thrilled to see their shelves filled with the creepy and the spooky. Here's a sampling of what's in store and waiting for you. The Lemax Spooky Town display wasn't up yet, but I'll be back to snag some photos for you.

Halloween Sighted at Target 2016

Target this year is doing more animated Halloween collectibles than I've seen in the past few years. There are the usual skeletons, Gothic decorations, and tombstones, but a lively (or deadly?) mantle clock strikes the gloomy doom hour for you, and doorbell chimes put the eye on you.

Halloween Sighted at Spirit Halloween 2016

Spirit Halloween comes up with nifty tableaus to exhibit their life-size decorations in. For 2016, their Halloween milieu is the cursed hotel. Last year it was the cursed subway train. Here are some highlights.