Thread: 2010 Halloween sightings in stores!!

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For those of us who look to pick up things for our halloween haunts earlier in the year, I thought I would start this thread for those early birds.

I walked into BIG LOTS today and ended up buying a few things for my Halloween projects. They have some new styles of plastic edge fencing which is meant to look like iron ($6 and $8 per pack). Nice looking I thought. Found a metal sign that was part of their bar signage (new for spring) that worked great for Halloween ($6). Picked up another red rotating Party Light (bought one last year), $10. Also picked up one of these cardboard Valentines mailboxes that I'm going to creep out for my haunted house scene, $5. Some additional details on these items can be found by checking out my album for 2010. Double click on pics in album for larger sized image and text description.

Their gardening section was still being put out but they did have a few nice garden statuarys already (think tombstone toppers).

Here's some pics of what I bought:

Great buys! I might have to check out the Big Lots by me. I could use a cementary fence and that is a great price. Thanks for posting your finds!

Don't buy it all now....I need some of it to still be there when they start dumping inventory around labor day. I picked up some similar fencing there last year when it went on sale.

I also got the red light last year, but paid the $10.00. That's still cheaper than Spencers and Spirit.

Ghost of Spookie, you are really on top of things! Those items could really be useful. I like that sign a lot. You are an A+ shopper! Thanks for scouting out the stores and sharing your great finds.

I saw angel statues at Joanne's yesterday. Sorry I didn't check prices.

Thanks guys. Hubby isn't as appreciative of my shopping efforts so glad to get your feedback.

I bought some of BL's clearance fencing last year too and will use it this year but since I hope to do a larger walk-thru I figured I could use some different styles for different areas. I'm planning on cutting off the inverted U-portion above the black "iron" finials to make it more of a spiked fence top. Think I would like that look better. Guess my jig saw will come in handy to make quick work of that. Bought the jig saw last year from BIG LOTS BTW for $30 so if you need some tools for your home hobby work be sure to look in that area of the store too.

I'm thinking if you make a foamboard wall you might be able to simply stick these fence toppers into the "wall" to add more detail to it and make a fairly quick project out of it. Glue them in if necessary to hold, but the ground spikes are a decent size and might suffice.

Thanks for the heads up. I bought a couple of garden statues from BL last year for tombstone toppers. Looking forward to seeing what they offer this year. Might have to stop by tomorrow.

Thanks for the heads up need the fencing and the light.

Good finds, thanks for the info!! I am in need of a good fence

Where would we be without you, Ghost of Spookie? I have a big area to fence in and couldn't for the life of me figure out how I was going to do it economically. (Is it bad that I went overbudget for 2010 by the end of January ?) Those little fences might be just the thing. And that Valentine's mailbox would be perfect if I throw another Love Sucks party this year, which is something I'm leaning toward doing.

I bought that Dine with the Spirits sign last year and just adore it. I thought they'd be clearanced out with the Halloween merchandise and am glad to hear it'll be readily available for other haunters.