Thread: Fake crows/ravens?

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I own no fake birds and its bugging me.

I'm doing sort of a gothic elegant vampire theme this year and I would like some of those fake black birds (are these considered crows or ravens... the ones at spirit and other places?) to put on things. I was just wanting some suggestions on where you guys have found these things for cheap? It seems like they're so expensive everywhere! They're like $15 on Ebay I've seen them for about the same on craigslist as well. About $10-$20 at Spirit...

Have you guys had better luck anywhere else?

They sold them at the dollar tree and the 99 cent only stores in past years. Maybe they will be available again this upcoming season. Best of luck to ya!

See!! I knew something like that existed. Thanks ter_an!

I bought several at Dollar Tree. They are a little smaller that the Spirit or retail model, but they look fine to me. The Dollar birds are smaller so they are crows.

Michaels carries them in the late summer/fall. They run a bit over 10 bones but if you use the 40% off coupons you can get them reasonable. They are a decent size.

I have a dozen or so probably of the Dollar Tree blackbirds which I've bought over the past few years. They came in a few different poses which made them an attractive purchase. They are pretty small but for a $1 each you can quickly approach Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds for less money than other places!

In the past I have bought some larger crows from Tuesday Morning at the beginning of their stocking of shelves of fall merchandise (probably in July/August?). As I recall they were about $6-7 each.

I also own one or two sets of larger crows (10 and 12 inches) that I bought from Oriental Trading Company in the past. Both Oriental Trading and Terry's Village (an affiliated company I'm pretty sure) have them currently in stock. I particularly like the raised wing bird in this set. They sell 2 for $14.99 so really not bad pricing especially for the size.

As mentioned, Michaels carries the crows and ravens usually stocking them around the beginning of fall (maybe around August). They are more expensive but probably larger than any of the above. If you sign up for Michael's Newsletter you will begin receiving email coupons for 40% off any one item and sometimes 50% off one item non-sale, or something like that. Anyways with the coupons if you time your purchases using them you can save you some money on them as jdubbya mentioned.

I'm pretty sure that if you have a HomeGoods nearby you might find some on the shelves. TJMaxx and Marshalls are related companies and carry some of the same products but I don't think they're selection of halloween merchandise was that large this past year.

Oh, and Big Lots! has carried crows in the past as well. I think 2 years ago I bought one or two of the LED red eyed ones. Kind of a nice change of pace.

Try using the search feature on the forum for "crow" or "raven" and "Dollar Tree" and you should be able to find some pictures posted of their birds from past seasons (probably in the shopping thread somewhere). I'm pretty sure I posted one somewhere. They really are the best deal and if they get ruined you don't feel that badly.

We sell a 12" feather crow for $6.99. They're sold out right now, but we have a bunch on order and should be in late spring/early summer. Here's a link to it: http://www.halloweenasylum.com/raven...ween-prop.aspx

I got a bunch from the dollar store last year. They do come in different poses so they were pretty cool. You just have to make sure that the feathers aren't all messed up and show the underneath part. some are like that. I stuck a bunch on top of my gravestones last year. they were pretty cool for the price. Hope this helps.

What I do is buy a bunch of the cheap smaller ones from the Dollar Tree, they're a buck. Then mix in one or two of the larger, more expensive ones. Looks fine.

I also got about 20 something of these at the dollar store as well for my bathroom. Did an Alfred Hitchcock theme of "The Birds"and they are on the smaller size they are very realistic looking for the price.