Thread: 2012 BIG LOTS! Finds

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Went to locate a car cover for my Car-to-Space Ship prop, $25, (see Prop section) and was pleased to see that they were in the process of putting out their Spring Patio and Gardening section already. Some interesting items to report on and a few pics I'll come back to post.

Fence Toppers -- Their black spiked and rustic brown decorative fence edging material is making a reappearance (I think nicer than the styles they had last year). $8 for a 4-pack, Village Green.

Circus Globe Light Strands -- a 40-count plastic multi-colored globe light strands ($10, not LED but clear Xmas bulb light inside the colored globe). Colors of globes -- red, green, yellow, purple, blue. UL listed. Wilson & Fisher. Clear globe 40-count sets also available. Smooth globes, not faceted. The clear inside bulb will allow you to switch out globe covers without electrical issues if you want to alternate colors in a different pattern. (LED versions of globes we found had an issue doing this because of voltage issues involved).

Witch's Cupboard -- the Gemmy Butterfly Jars are back again.

Tiki -- cheap Tiki-style decor, tiki lanterns and vases.

Gazing Ball Cast Plaster of Paris? Columns -- Lil Ghouliette mentioned using some in a tombstone design last year. $18, 4 designs.

Sounds like great finds. They just closed our Big Lots down this past month.

Noticed the LW had the Gemmy butterfly and firefly jars for less than $12 for those in Canada.

I will have to hit them up.Thanks!!!

I went through their stuff looking for finds as well. Came across these LED lanterns. Fairly big and they come with a dimmer switch. They cost $10

Liken those lanterns! Great find!

Originally Posted by BR1MSTON3

I went through their stuff looking for finds as well. Came across these LED lanterns. Fairly big and they come with a dimmer switch. They cost $10

love those lanterns...lucky

Here's a few pics of things I mentioned above when I was last in my BIG LOTS. Further details in my shopping album.

Circus lights -- Quite a few globe lights on this year's light strand compared to the one they offered a few years ago. The plastic this year is not as thick as before on the globes and there aren't any clips on the light base, not necessarily a bad thing, but it is nice that you get about twice the globes this year.



Cast Columns -- Same as last years. 4 different styles (3 pictured). The stores I've been in seem to get in 2 of each style. I'm planning on incorporating mine into a large cemetary monument, one on each side, with a top, base, and tombstone epitaph area in between.



Carnival arcade -- If you are planning a carnival theme with games, this kids bowling set comes with pins, rack, 2 bowling balls, and a alley mat. Good size to do as a low table top game maybe. I was thinking of turning the pins into ghosts and the bowling balls into eyeballs.



Cemetary Fencing -- These fence toppers are the same as a few years ago (different than last years). If you are making your own wall or fence for around your cemetary these designs are pretty adaptable to use as a fence topper.




Not pictured, 12-pack of 5-ft bamboo stakes, $6, and 25-pack of 3-foot bamboo stakes, $4.50. Both are stained a darker red/brown color. Black landscape fabric, 3 ft x 45 ft rolls, $6. Their Gemmy Firefly and Butterfly jars (for witch's kitchen) are $11.77 this year, several color choices.

That's my fencing I bought this time last year, the one on the left! In fact it's sitting in the spot where we left it when we took it up on Halloween night!!

(putting my coat on and running to Big Lots!)