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 …
1988 McDonald’s McBunny Buckets. What a useful thing a bucket can be. If you’re a fan of this blog, you know how we treasure our Halloween buckets, and rightfully so. They can hold what? Yeah. Halloween candy. McDonald’s used to make excellent choices by giving us 80’s and 90’s kids …
Another year of Halloween SHADE thrown by McDonald’s. The 50th anniversary Disney kids meal premiums parade right through Halloween 2021. So much for the 2021 McDonald’s Halloween Happy Meal toys even being seasonally themed, really. What a bummer. These seem like they’d be aimed toward adults, not kids. There are …
Here’s a super cool retro guide to making your own costumes and carving jack o lantern’s the Popular Mechanics Halloween way. First off, a witch costume with a surprise meowing, grimacing black cat will be sure to get a laugh! I adore the style of the little witches hat. Tin …
2013 General Foam Catalog – Full of Christmas, Halloween, and Easter blow mold decorations! Not enough blow mold goodness? Check out my other blow mold posts here!
2002: Wendy’s fast food hamburger restaurants and Lionel team up to offer this cool set of 4 train vehicles, the Eerie Express! The first of the Wendy’s Lionel Eerie Express trains is the engine, which is black with purple wheels. A skeleton peeks out one window, and the other window …
Burger King’s Halloween 1999 kids club kids meal promotion were Silly Slammers clip-ons. Burger King Silly Slammers, from top left to bottom right: Redeye, Boo Hoo, Witchazel, Batty, and Li’ Jackie & Mo. Don’t quite remember these? Sink your teeth into this advertisement for them:
