Halloween wish list 2022

Below you’ll find my wish list for Halloween items for 2022! I’ll try to add here when I come upon something that I really love and plan on getting or hunting for soon.

Skeleton Croc - Target

This is going to be a must for me. I want two but who knows due to space I may be forced to get one. Perfect for a bayou scene!

Link @ Target 


More to come!

Halloween 2022

I'm back with my first update for 2022. Since my last post, we have moved and a lot has been going on. The first thing is I planned on having a haunt warming party to celebrate our new home and being here a year in October, but things have sort of happened and it may make that idea not so great as I had hope. The big news is I'm PREGNANT! Therefore, all my spooky and crazy ideas for this year may not even happen. I have no idea what we will do. I am leaning toward maybe a falloween themed house warming instead so I don't have to get too crazy with the decor or maze(which may not happen.) 

As for the Halloween craziness, I've already made a few Halloween purchases: LINK

Apprently, I'm a fool and can't figure out how to embed a code without adding all the extra gibberish Instagram adds on so it won't work here. You can just click the link above to see my latest purchase! 

More to come!

Our first trunk or treat!

This year we attended our first trunk or treat. Normally, I would not be too interested in this type of event.  However, now that I have a son any activity, especially an outdoor one becomes a good option for us!

So my husband’s work had a cook out and in the evening they planned on spooky activities. Although we arrived late, (20 minutes til event end) we were able to go “trunk or treating,” got a free pail of candy for our son, snowcone, food, and treats. We did miss the last hayride but it was probably for the best. 

The best part about it was I was able to quickly throw open my trunk and set up a ghastly ghoul and non-candy treats. It’s all I had in a pinch but I had some awesome goodies. I threw open a pack of zombie fingers and those were a total hit. I even had people come and ask where they came from because more kids wanted them.

I ended up running out but giving one kid some other finger puppets I had and another girl’s dad even chased me down asking if I had found some more. I hadn’t and the poor dad sulked in disappointment.  I had a cute Halloween plushie keychain that I bought for my son and I ended up chasing him down and giving it to him for his daughter. I felt like it was the right thing to do and boy was I right! The dad yelled “OH HELL YEAH!” Apparently even he understood how cute it was! I knew it was right thing to do if that was his reaction. I’m sure his daughter was excited about it too so that made me happy!

My son painting his pumpkin!

Snow cone truck—I’ve always wanted to try these!

Our goodies haul!

Anyway, for my first trunk or treat—I would say it was a success! I def need more zombie fingers which I purchased from Halloween City. They were an absolute HIT! I mean the kids went crazy over them and I only had one pack.
Found @ Halloween City or Party City for $2 (10 pack) Link here!

Items that got away!

I’m really upset with Target. I couldn’t find any of these anywhere and I went out n about during prime time to find them. NOTHING.

They even removed them from search from their website but I just used a trick to find them again. Haha!



I honestly think they were bought up by employees and sold on eBay before any of us customers could stand a chance. Word got around thats what happened at Home
Depot and then my husband looked on eBay and found these listed. Ugh! 

Halloween @ Goodwill

Aren’t these bags amazing? While on our family trip to the farm my husband found a Goodwill nearby and wanted to stop. It added a couple of minutes to the drive which left me annoyed and naturally I gave him a hard time about it. I decided to stop with the intention of only him getting off.

I decided to get off and quickly look around. It turned out that inside there was a huge selection of Halloween items waiting on me! I ended up taking longer than him. Unbelievable! I plan to make a video of the items I found and post it later. I’ll update this post with a link when I do!

-Goodwill located in Canton, TX

Might I add, I have never seen as much Halloween stuff at any Goodwill as I did here. Also, no other Goodwill I have visited recently has these bags! What’s up with that? It all felt like it was supposed to be!

90s Halloween haul!

Anyboooo-ty who knows me, knows I love anything Halloween related to the 90s! So when I find 90s Halloween items new in package it’s basically Christmas in (insert whatever month we’re in)! 

Imagine my surprise when my husband took me to a local thrift store that I never knew about! It is half outdoors/half indoors (large open garage building.) At any rate, these gems were waiting inside for me:

My favorite purchases were the lil jewelry pieces for my son! The rats are quality rats with wheels on the bottom so you can race them. Also the curtains are great for parties or haunts! 

The inflatable bag is also just what I needed. (Not 90s but very important to me still because I didn’t know they existed and boy, is it gonna come in handy!)

I’m sure I need to go back and continue digging. I didn’t snap any pics of the place because I left my phone in the car but I will next time! I’m very pleased with my finds! 


Big purchase of 2021

Each year I look forward to one big purchase. For me this usually means a high-quality mask. However, this year I've been leaning toward props. 

This year I went back and forth on wanting these two items from Home Depot. NOTICE: These items are no longer available online or through search engines! I had to go find the photos I saved on my phone to post them here. Craaaaazy! 

Flaming Inferno Scarecrow

Giant Anaconda

Home Accents HolidayLong story short, I did not get either one and ended up getting several smaller items which I will get to in a minute. The reason I did not buy the scarecrow is because I saw someone post a real life photo of it online and it didn't look as menacing in person. I wasn't sold even though I still like it, it just wasn't the right time for me to get it. The giant anaconda was going to be my top choice but I had to pass it up due mostly because I will be moving to a house with a much smaller yard than I currently have. I don't see it even working in the new spot unfortunately. 

So what did I buy?!

This 84ft. Lighted Spider Web! 

It looks way better in person. Photos never really capture how vibrant LED lights are. Imagine it at night! I had to have it! It was a bit of a pain to get but we ended up finding one available at Lowes.

NOTE: Online the web is listed as $150 but in person at the store, it is marked $99. I have no idea why. 

Next we have my newest Jack-O'-Lantern!

LED Halloween Jack-O'-Lantern Pumpkin

I was able to score this larger than life Jack-O'-Lantern by ordering it on Costco's website. You do have to be a member to order by the way! I ordered one because I wasn't sure of the texture on it. To me it somewhat looks like the texture of an orange so I stuck with buying one just in case I didn't like it. It turns out, I love it! Apparently these went fast in 2020 so as soon as I saw someone mention it was available in a Halloween facebook group, I went for it! The 2021 design is supposed to be better than the 2020 design. Find it @ Costco!

And lastly, I bought this lil gal.

Gemmy Tapping Skeleton

I needed to buy this because this animated ghoul has the best sayings. I couldn't pass her up. It is extremely frightening and goes on and off when the lights are flicked on or off. It even goes off when no one is present in the room. I can actually hear it from my bedroom going off which is terrifying to me personally. Worth it! This is not a 2021 prop so you may not be able to find this in person unless you stumble upon it like I did! I made a video of us trying this particular prop out so I'll add the link here when I'm able to!

...and theres more but these are the main larger items for the time being. And last but not least, I will leave you with the next prop I wish to attain... hopefully within the next week somehow!

Musical Lighted Monster

I mean, really! What a strange name for this but I'll take it! I have yet to see this prop in person and I'm currently being too cheap to pay for shipping on it. I hope I can find it in a store soon. This prop I actually saw on someones facebook photos they took at Lowe's and I knew as soon as I saw it, I needed to get it. It would add the perfect eerie glow to just about any scene and I think that's what makes it so versatile to me. Stay tuned to see if I'm able to find it!

Found @ Lowes!

The truth about Halloween 2021

I decided to update to post about my lack of motivation for creating anything Halloween related this year. Normally, by this time I'd be working on several projects for my haunted maze/back yard haunt. However, this year my motivation is severely lacking in part because I will be moving. I honestly don't know what the future holds for my haunts at this point. We're supposed to move right in the middle of October too! I have some Halloween items to share and a few videos in the works but no actual creations. I should be updating my blog more and when I'm lazy I'll just update my new Halloween instagram with new Halloween finds in the meantime. Take a look here!