Professional haunted houses have kept gaining popularity, especially over the past couple of decades. Theme parks dedicate after hours for the entire month of October to haunted houses. Old stores and warehouses are transformed into gory scare zones. While there are many haunted houses in the Cleveland area to choose …
Spooky Sweetness: Wendy’s 2024 Frosty Frights Halloween Kids Meal Toys It’s that spine-chilling time of year again, and Wendy’s has conjured up something special for Halloween 2024 that’s sure to thrill little goblins and ghouls. This year’s Frosty Frights Halloween kids meal toys bring a blend of eerie excitement and …
The Nostalgic Charm of the McBoo Halloween Trick-or-Treat Bag When it comes to Halloween, few things invoke nostalgia quite like the iconic plastic trick-or-treat bags from our childhood. Among these cherished artifacts, the 1980’s McDonald’s McBoo Bag holds a special place in the hearts of many. This delightful piece of …
Halloween in the 1980s was a different kind of magic. Trick or treat bags were everywhere, and today we’re looking back at the Bresler’s 33 Flavors Halloween bag. Measuring a handy 15×11 inches, this adorable plastic bag was an essential accessory for young trick-or-treaters. Its vibrant orange and black color …
What kid didn’t love getting a plastic bag for trick or treating? Sure, you probably wouldn’t use it, but the 1980s Burger King Halloween bag was still a treat. For those who grew up in the 1980s, Halloween wasn’t just about candy and costumes—it was also about the fun and …
The 1920 Dennison Bogie Book is one of many Bogie books, an item that has gone up and down, yo-yo’ing in price for decades now. Reprints are available for a reasonable price, and are really wonderful little books to have if you want to lose yourself in vintage Halloween (and …
The 80’s had a lot of cool stuff – but these weird foam pumpkins were always a little too lifelike for my liking. Sometimes called Grumpkins or Grotesque Face, designed by Diane Steel and Todd Masters (and possibly more). Produced by companies such as Fundex, Topstone, and Summit Collections. These …
Remember these? TrendMasters Boo Bunch Halloween Window Silhouettes – How we did Halloween window decorating before cheap projectors
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 …
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 …
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! 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! …
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 …
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 …
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 …
