Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:17 am
#65019
By the end of July, Michaels has most of their Halloween items on the shelves. Much of it is the same as last year. But I'll share some photos of my findings. First, I'll show you what I bought:
The metallic skull is a tealight holder (the top of his dome flips open). But the material apparently isn't safe for real flame. It says right on it, "For LED tealight only!" I have a flickering LED pumpkin light in mine. The actual-size skeleton hands are sturdy resin, and make good props for placing around your jack o' lanterns for photos. Or they could be good hands for your life-size grim reaper prop (assuming you don't mind him having 2 left hands). The book is meant to look aged, and it's actually a hollow box. The front cover opens as a lid, and is held closed with a magnet.
Now I'll show you what I didn't buy. First, we have the foam pumpkins (which I'm sure to buy soon enough). I won't talk about all the varities here. To learn more about this year's Michaels faux-kins, see this post: Michael's 2012 Foam Pumpkins (Gemmys)
Next to the foam pumpkins are all the necessary tools. No new inventions this year. Among these implements I would recommend the Jack O' Ripper scoop for gutting pumpkins, the Artificial Pumpkin Saw for cutting real or foam pumpkins, and the Creative Versa-Tool for cutting foam pumpkins.
Various tonics and potions in bottles. I prefer the black bottles with the aged labels, over the more colorful varieties...
Skulls with much bling...
Changing portraits, tombstones, curly witch shoes...
Some sparkly jack o' lanterns and spooky trees. I love the sculpt of the tree, but it's a shame that it's covered in glitter. All you have to do is look at it, and the glitter flies everywhere. Touch it and your hands will look like you murdered a pixie.
Various signs for hanging, staking in the ground, and even pillows...
Sculptures of books, supposedly holding spells, hexes, curses and rituals. I thought these were pretty cool...
The cute figurines and table knick-knacks...
I always like their faux-stone busts. This year we have a male and female bust that talk to each other. Eyes light up and jaws open as they speak...
They have a number of larger, light-up decorations. Such as this candlabra, spider, and witch hat...
Here's the skull I bought, with the metallic paint job. Also available as a slightly smaller skull on a black pedestal...
More skull themed candles and candle holders, pretty classy...
Again, the annual collection of Spooky Town village pieces. Some clever ideas for haunted buildings. I don't collect these, but I'm guessing some are new...
Over on the crafting side of the store, we again have the paper mache items for painting. Skull masks, small full skulls, witch hats, and skull/pumpkin boxes...
Also some wood things for painting. A haunted (bird) house, coffins, skeletons and signs...
I'm not sure if these are new, but I don't remember seeing them before. Rather large plaster sculptures, meant to be painted with acrylic paints. Varieties include skulls, witch heads, haunted houses, jack o' lanterns and face-less pumpkins. A potentially fun project, but these are pretty heavy and breakable...
Foam haunted houses for the kids to construct...
More foam stickers, masks, etc...
Party favors and games...
Obviously not everything is out on display yet, as evidenced by this aisle...
This empty aisle will soon hold some of the larger decorations for hanging around your haunt. Items you can expect to find include 18" witches, reapers, skeletons and ghosts. Bags of eyeballs, skulls and bones. A 60" hanging bat. A 30" plush spider. Basically, this sort of stuff...
So what do you think of the offerings from Michaels this year? Do you have any favorites?
The metallic skull is a tealight holder (the top of his dome flips open). But the material apparently isn't safe for real flame. It says right on it, "For LED tealight only!" I have a flickering LED pumpkin light in mine. The actual-size skeleton hands are sturdy resin, and make good props for placing around your jack o' lanterns for photos. Or they could be good hands for your life-size grim reaper prop (assuming you don't mind him having 2 left hands). The book is meant to look aged, and it's actually a hollow box. The front cover opens as a lid, and is held closed with a magnet.
Now I'll show you what I didn't buy. First, we have the foam pumpkins (which I'm sure to buy soon enough). I won't talk about all the varities here. To learn more about this year's Michaels faux-kins, see this post: Michael's 2012 Foam Pumpkins (Gemmys)
Next to the foam pumpkins are all the necessary tools. No new inventions this year. Among these implements I would recommend the Jack O' Ripper scoop for gutting pumpkins, the Artificial Pumpkin Saw for cutting real or foam pumpkins, and the Creative Versa-Tool for cutting foam pumpkins.
Various tonics and potions in bottles. I prefer the black bottles with the aged labels, over the more colorful varieties...
Skulls with much bling...
Changing portraits, tombstones, curly witch shoes...
Some sparkly jack o' lanterns and spooky trees. I love the sculpt of the tree, but it's a shame that it's covered in glitter. All you have to do is look at it, and the glitter flies everywhere. Touch it and your hands will look like you murdered a pixie.
Various signs for hanging, staking in the ground, and even pillows...
Sculptures of books, supposedly holding spells, hexes, curses and rituals. I thought these were pretty cool...
The cute figurines and table knick-knacks...
I always like their faux-stone busts. This year we have a male and female bust that talk to each other. Eyes light up and jaws open as they speak...
They have a number of larger, light-up decorations. Such as this candlabra, spider, and witch hat...
Here's the skull I bought, with the metallic paint job. Also available as a slightly smaller skull on a black pedestal...
More skull themed candles and candle holders, pretty classy...
Again, the annual collection of Spooky Town village pieces. Some clever ideas for haunted buildings. I don't collect these, but I'm guessing some are new...
Over on the crafting side of the store, we again have the paper mache items for painting. Skull masks, small full skulls, witch hats, and skull/pumpkin boxes...
Also some wood things for painting. A haunted (bird) house, coffins, skeletons and signs...
I'm not sure if these are new, but I don't remember seeing them before. Rather large plaster sculptures, meant to be painted with acrylic paints. Varieties include skulls, witch heads, haunted houses, jack o' lanterns and face-less pumpkins. A potentially fun project, but these are pretty heavy and breakable...
Foam haunted houses for the kids to construct...
More foam stickers, masks, etc...
Party favors and games...
Obviously not everything is out on display yet, as evidenced by this aisle...
This empty aisle will soon hold some of the larger decorations for hanging around your haunt. Items you can expect to find include 18" witches, reapers, skeletons and ghosts. Bags of eyeballs, skulls and bones. A 60" hanging bat. A 30" plush spider. Basically, this sort of stuff...
So what do you think of the offerings from Michaels this year? Do you have any favorites?