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 …
IKEA Halloween 2023
Assembled the Hershey’s Pumpkin Kiss candy dish is about 5″ tall, orange plastic with stickers for the eyes and nose.
Here’s a free 3d print Easter Bunny standup I made for your 3D printer. Please post makes! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4796774
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I wanted to paint a vintage-style Santa since Christmas 2021. I looked through the Douglas Fir designs and I liked them well enough, but when I came across this 1960 Popular Mechanics Lawn Santa, the design was perfect and so was the price: Free on Google books. You will have …
The masses have spoken (loudly, and for years) and McDonald’s finally gave us the vintage style Halloween Happy Meal buckets we’ve been clamoring for. I rather enthusiastically introduce you to the 2022 McDonald’s Halloween Buckets. There are 3 buckets, each with 3 faces. The first, formerly known as McWitch, is …
The 2003 Burger King “Big Kids” Halloween kids meal premiums were Hamtaro Little Hamsters, Big Adventures toys. There were 8 toys in all to collect. Each character is outfitted with a removable plastic Halloween disguise. Penelope Ghost-Ham donned a white sheet and a little spider. Cappy Pumpkin-Ham wore an adorable …
This Toys R Us ad was published in October 1977, and comes from a newspaper in Upland, California. It advertises a rare Kusan Geoffrey Halloween Costume. The Kusan costumes are shown underneath costumes by the well known costume company Ben Cooper. Plaid Stallions has a lovely full color 1974 Kusan …
