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One person in Toronto wrote it was their new goal to put a whole series of giant skeletons along a street just like Inglewood Drive does with the giant Santas. Vice devoted an in depth article about the skeleton, reporting that it now "graces suburban lawns and city stoops from coast to coast" and that Home Depot regularly sells out within hours of getting it back in stock. "When you think about Halloween and you think about discretionary categories, it's probably as discretionary as you can get," said Boltz of Lowe's. He noted that there's been demand for pricier Halloween items, too, such as the big lawn decorations.
Limit one per person, and do make sure to purchase quickly, as we all know how fast the Home Accents decorations sell out. You can head to the official The Home Depot site to secure your skeleton's outfits. Other Halloween sales items include a new "Hocus Pocus"-themed inflatable that goes for $149 and an eight-foot animated reaper that recites scary phrases while moving its head and mouth costs $249.
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As retailers brace for a lackluster holiday season, many are planning to pump up sales early by dangling a wider assortment of Halloween merchandise. Even if consumers are cutting back on spending elsewhere, they say Halloween gives people a chance to get into the holiday spirit with relatively inexpensive celebrations before Thanksgiving and Christmas. On Friday, the home improvement retailer brought back its popular 12-foot skeleton, along with other Halloween decor. Both larger-than-life skeletons are available online right now, and they’ll reach Home Depot stores in September.

This one may be lacking in height, but it still has glowing blue LED eyes and posable limbs, towering at least a few feet above most trick-or-treaters and their parents, too. The 12-foot Home Depot skeleton first went viral in October 2020, and unlike many social media trends, its popularity didn't plummet the following year. If anything, Skelly—as the skeleton is affectionately called by The Home Depot's holiday team—is only burrowing deeper into our hearts. Now it’s returning beside12-Foot Inferno Pumpkin Skeleton with LifeEyes™, new for 2021. That was followed by Christmas decor in 2005 and Halloween merchandise in 2013. Then it saw an opportunity to expand seasonal sales in the fall, said Lance Allen, the company's senior merchant of holiday decor.
Home Accents Holiday 12 ft Giant-Sized Inferno Pumpkin Skeleton with LifeEyes, $624, original price: $850
But instead of creating a single décor piece, they wanted to give customers a full-sized, free-standing and completely poseable skeleton. Revealing all the skeletons in our Halloween closet is Lance Allen, the decorative holiday merchant known for bringing not just one, but two giant skeletons to life. The skeleton sold out long before October in 2020 and was comparably tough to get in 2021. If you've yet to get your hands on this viral decoration , this might be your year—but only if you act quickly. You can order the skeleton (as well as the rest of The Home Depot's Halloween decorations collection) online starting July 15. Wait too long, and you may have to wait until 2023 to finally bring your very own skeletal giant home.
As customers face troubling news headlines, Covid surges and political uncertainty, they're seeking more ways to celebrate and "bring joy to their families," said Christina Hennington, Target's chief growth officer. That's expected to lift total Halloween spending to a record $10.6 billion, a jump from last year's $10.1 billion, the survey found. On average, consumers plan to spend $100 for candy, decor, cards and costumes. Companies have taken note, with Lowe's debuting a 12-foot mummy to compete with Home Depot's hit skeleton, and Party City is hiring 20,000 seasonal employees. The giant skeleton isn’t the only huge offering from Home Depot this Halloween.
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If you can sacrifice just a few feet, this skeleton dupe is the next best thing. According to an emailed response to The Post, more Skelly stock will be added to the site on a rolling basis in the coming weeks, but no solid date has been released.

He said he wants to create the kind of experience he enjoyed when he dressed up in costumes and trick-or-treated as a kid in upstate New York. The best houses, he recalled, gave out full-sized candy bars or had extra spooky decorations. This skeleton from Walmart measures 84 inches — or 7 feet — high, which puts it not too far behind the other giant decorations on this list. The best part is that it is a fraction of the cost, sold for $99 on Walmart.com. The joints on his many bones lock into place, all the better to scare you with when set up in an unsuspecting corner or left hanging near the candy bowl. We found the 8-foot skeleton at Best Buy, and for a similar price as the original one at just $350 with free shipping included.
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Lauren Phillips is a digital senior editor at Better Homes & Gardens. She has worked at The Spruce, Real Simple, and Coastal Living, among other publications, and has more than 5 years of experience working in print and digital media as a writer, editor, researcher, and fact-checker. As a self-described stress cleaner, Lauren has always found comfort and catharsis in scrubbing the shower or reorganizing her closet. Her current around-the-house passions include removable wallpaper, clever small-space organizing ideas, and paint colors. It is too early to say exactly how Halloween sales will play out this year. Merchandise is already in stores, but sales tend to gain momentum throughout October as families gear up to celebrate.
“Once we got back to the office, we started to collaborate,” says Lance. “Originally, we were going to target 10 feet, but decided to shoot for the stars and design it at 12-foot." Sign Up NowGet this delivered to your inbox, and more info about our products and services. For Home Depot and Lowe's, spring remains the most lucrative time of year. But over the years, the home-improvement companies have bulked up on their Halloween and Christmas product lines.
"I started thinking about, 'How am I going to store him in our house?,'" she told Insider. "I knew instantly he'd be a showstopper dressed in his holiday best," she told Insider. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.

If you’re on the fence, don’t ponder too long, since these things are almost guaranteed to sell out like they did in 2020. Even though it’s only the first week of September, the coveted Home Accents 12-foot skeleton decoration is now on the top of everyone’s mind for Halloween 2022. The New York Times reports how it's been selling like hot cakes for the last two yearsand people have been hunting to find stores where it's in stock. The giant skeleton currently sells at Home Depot for $448 and is described on the website as "the statement piece for your Halloween scene." At the Target department store in Exeter Township Tuesday afternoon for a story on halloween costumes. As retailers brace for a lackluster holiday season, they're dangling Halloween items to pump up sales early.
But after realizing that they don't have a place to store the enormous giant, Gilbert caved. Instead, they've decided to repurpose their skeletons for Christmas and the holidays by adding a little holiday flair. The $300 Halloween decoration has been repurposed for Christmas decorations this season. Celebrate Halloween the only way you know how — with larger-than-like decorations in your yard and home.
People rushed to Home Depot to get their hands on the $300 lawn ornaments. The skeletons sold out before October even began, driving record sales for the company. Several homeowners are repurposing the pricey skeleton as Christmas decorations. Maybe you won’t have room for a giant skeleton—a giant skull should do the trick instead. This bad boy (officially known as the 12-Foot Giant-Sized Skeleton with LifeEyes) was the undeniable bright spot of last October. The frenzy began late last summer, when a TikTok featuring one of the behemoths strapped to the roof of a Mini Cooper went viral.
This oversized figure will retail for $299 and is almost identical to the versions released in 2020 and 2021. The only difference between 2020's skeleton and the one available in 2021 and 2022 is the addition of a power cord, so you can plug in the figure and watch its eyes light up. Add it to your Halloween front porch display, or pose it in your yard for the whole neighborhood to see. If there's one thing to be sure, next year when Home Depot gets the giant skeleton back in stock, don't even think about it.