Everyone Had The Same Halloween Decorations

[Wee67]

I swear, when I was a kid, it seemed almost everybody in my neighborhood had some example of the exact same Halloween decorations. There were some more popular ones at Christmas, but they was definitely more variety. I ralize they are from earlier decades, but they just seemed ubiquitous by the 70's. I just put up my vintage Halloween decorations yesterday and I have to say I still love 'em. I realize its mainly for nostalgic reasons, but they still make me smile and pine for a simpler time.

Usually it was one of the many awesome flats put out by the wonderful Beistle Co.


Or it was one of the jointed numbers.


Or, my favorite, one of these blow molded gems-

[Meule]

Halloween is still relatively new here, so no vintage decoration for me.
As far as the same decoration in my street I'm pretty safe... my house is the only one that's decorated

[Mikey]

Had the skeleton (of course, that was standard 70's issue for EVERYONE)

Also had an opening pumpin ... like the Christmas fold out hanging bells

[Mikey]

Coolest thing we used to have .....

My brother-in-law got this in Italy ...

It was a ceramic pumpkin (full size) that had large christams lights inside that would blink like crazy all different colors.

It was really nice

[toys2cool]

I had the large Dracula face and the elvira vampire looking chick from the 80's

[Hector]

The most effective Halloween props are fake spiderwebs and dry ice/smoke machine...they are a must have....oh...and hanging bats...fake ones of course...

[Werewolf]

Great thread! I love Beistle Halloween decorations. I really miss seeing them in stores.

[Wee67]

Had the skeleton (of course, that was standard 70's issue for EVERYONE)

Also had an opening pumpin ... like the Christmas fold out hanging bells

Like this-


I always liked this variations-

[Mikey]

That's them !!!

[SUP-Ronin]

I think you can still get all of those. They're kind of like the glass balls on the X-mas tree, you gotta have them. Classics. I love halloween, but we live in the country and no-body goes trick or treating here. Besides for some reason in many places it's "dangerous" and parents only take their kids to organized events. IMO, thats a real shame, I used to love getting all dressed up and going out getting candy or sneaking around the neighborhood. Sure we always kept an eye out for possible bad stuff in candy, but it really kept with the spirit of the holiday.

Do people really put sewing needles and acid (LSD) in candy or apples? That's totally and absolutely pathetic. It was always an urban legend but I never knew anybody that found anything.

[mike binion]

Love that lamp, I had one with a black cat with the pumpkin on his back growing up.

[HardyGirl]

The only decorations that went up in my house were the ones from school. (Mom wasn't much on Halloween). But we did have those vintage things at school, including the classic witch flying past the moon, and witch's face.

These days, I have a Hallmark felt black cat and ghost BOO door hanging, glow in the dark window clings (I have huge picture windows in the living and dining rooms) and a battery powered LED flashing jack-o-lantern, facing the street.

[cjefferys]

I had one of those skeletons hanging on my bedroom door all year round when I was a kid. But I was a weird kid that had a strange obsession with skeletons for some reason, and I loved that thing.

[mike binion]

I had a jointed skeleton on my ceiling above my bed for many years where I could lay in bed and look up at it. I too had an obsession with skeletons and still do.

[ramsey37]

Wal-Mart had a pack of reissue Beistle decorations a couple of years ago that included that jointed skeleton. I picked up a couple of sets after Halloween for super cheap.
George