Popular Mechanics Christmas 1963 woodworking series brings us “Make your yard a Christmas card”. Catchy title! The magazine claims that you can win some prizes amongst your friends and neighbors in a local decorating contest. That’s quite a boast! The Popular Mechanics Christmas 1963 edition suggests this interesting technique. It’s …
Kusan Costume Catalog 1973
Behold, the Kusan Costume Catalog 1973 edition! Kusan, Inc. out of Nashville Tennessee, thought itself as America’s leading creators of masquerade costumes. This catalog showcases masks, wigs, boxed and non-boxed costumes, and accessories. Kusan licensed many of these properties. Kusan’s 1300 Tiny Tot Range was a gypsy, a devil, a …
Red Barn Halloween Bag
Before there were Boo Buckets, paper bags printed with company names and characters were a common promotional item around Halloween. This Red Barn Halloween bag is a great example. Red Barn restaurant was founded not far from where I am in Ohio. Springfield, Ohio, to be precise, in 1961. Red …
2023 McDonald’s Halloween Buckets
2023 McDonald’s Halloween Buckets! McDonald’s giveth and McDonald’s taketh away. You can’t have the good without the bad. Without the bitter, the sweet won’t taste as sweet. Well, you can take those to the bank, and while you’re there, grab enough cash for a 2023 McDonald’s Halloween Bucket happy meal! …
1979 McDonald’s Halloween Rings
If you’re here, reading this blog, there’s a good chance you know McBoo. First introduced to me at the tender age of six years old, through the McDonald’s Halloween happy meal buckets, McBoo was the “O” faced jack-o-lantern bucket. McBoo was always my favorite of the three, the other two …
Dollar Tree Halloween 2023
The Dollar Tree Halloween 2023 Look Book is here! And we’re off! Dollar Tree offers a bunch of skeletons and skeletal parts for 2023, plastic, glass, and cardboard. Some glow in the dark, others are metallic or pearlescent. They’ve also got a large selection of tinsel and wooden signs and …
Collegeville KISS Box Costumes 1978/1979
Boxed Halloween costumes were a staple of the 1940s through the 1980s. You have everything you need to dress your 15 and under children in nearly any costume they might want. Collegeville, Ben Cooper, and Bland Charnas licensed characters for costumes and by doing so, made available the hottest disguises …
IKEA Halloween 2023
IKEA Halloween 2023
1990 – 1992 Hershey’s Pumpkin Kiss Candy Dish
Assembled the Hershey’s Pumpkin Kiss candy dish is about 5″ tall, orange plastic with stickers for the eyes and nose.
Free 3d Print File: Happy Easter Bunny Standup
Here’s a free 3d print Easter Bunny standup I made for your 3D printer. Please post makes! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4796774
Vintage Cleveland Press Pumpkin Print
2023 Update: I re-created the Cleveland Press Jack-O-Lantern as I wanted it to look better. You’re welcome. P.S. If you use this somewhere on the internet, credit would be nice. Feel free to share this link with everyone! I was reading a Facebook thread about all the good memories this …
1962 Popular Mechanics Christmas Wood Plans Reindeer Hoisting Sack; Santa Space Capsule; Nativity
Looking for unique Christmas wood patterns? The Douglas Fir are coming into popularity again. Douglas Fir sold patterns for a very inexpensive price, which you glued down to a piece of plywood cut to shape. These unused patterns and even surviving finished wooden Santas, choirs, wreathes, and more, have become …
Popular Mechanics 1960 Wood Cuts Santa; Wise Men; Victorian Horses and Carriage
The “Patterncraft” Waving Santa wood cut is originally featured in the 1955 Popular Mechanics magazine. Waving Santa is featured in December 1960. Waving Santa is a classic Coca-Cola style, red-coated jolly figure. This feature is titled, “Make it a Merry Christmas” with these free Popular Mechanics 1960 wood patterns! Grab …
1955 Popular Mechanics Patterncraft Santa Waving & Sleigh Woodcut
Popular Mechanics magazine November 1955 provided for readers 2 more woodcuts for the handyman and handylady. 1955 Popular Mechanics Patterncraft Waving Santa with a sack of toys thrown over his shoulder is a classic, gorgeous design of the traditional red-coated saint. I created this exact design for Christmas 2022 in …
Popular Mechanics 1954 Say Merry Christmas with Plywood Cutouts
The first installment of these Christmas do it yourself wood cuts came in the November 1954 issue of Popular Mechanics. Say “Merry Christmas” with plywood cutouts! These patterns are free, use a sheet of plywood and paint. I like to use latex house paint for durability. To transfer, either place …