Why is it always the same stuff?!

[california ghoul]

Anyone else getting bored of all the same old Halloween decorations every year? I keep looking online for new party or decorating ideas, but I feel like I've already seen them all because each website I go to has the same stuff but with different names. Even the stores seem to carry a lot of the same stuff each year. Halloween ideas need to be jazzed up a little bit don't ya think?

[Morticia]

Have you tried FrightCatalog.com online? (Probably a silly question), but I haven't seen any place with more stuff than they have.

[Pumpkin King]

Haunt Masters website has some nice stuff. Have you looked at it?

[Rising Dead Man]

This has really cool stuff but it is expensive.

www.thehorrordome.com

[Andybev01]

I'm such a traditionalist that it dosen't matter so much to me.

when it's time to put out all of my stuff it's like opening presents, or greeting old friends.

I have a lot of stuff that I've collected over the years so I don't buy much anymore, but when I do find something really interesting & unique I buy it.

I do agree, though, that there are more places to find stuff now, unfortunately it's just more of the same stuff.

[Rising Dead Man]

Andy, are you going to buy more gravestones or are you sticking with those three ones you showed us?

[DemonSlayerMau]

I'd like to see new stuff more ideas. That would be such a sweet job...designing holiday stuff.
At the same time however, it's good in a way that they keep the popular stuff, that way if you missed out on it one year, you can always get it the next year.
I really need to break down and buy me some skull goblets. xx;

[OctoberChill]

I see different items each year, but it's usually just a variation of something else. I'm a traditionalist as well. I like the basics. The generic Halloween things. The nostalgic part of it is what I like the most.

[california ghoul]

You guys are so right. I do like the tradition of Halloween and putting up the decorations I've saved over time up each year, but darn it it's hard to find new things to post on this forum!
I'll definately check out all those websites...yay!

[DemonSlayerMau]

Well that gives me an idea. I think we should do our own Forum Halloween project, have us come up with our own original Halloween ideas.
I think the Kitty Litter Cake/Surprize is/was an original idea because there's nothing scary about it, it's just looks gross.
But what ideas do you think we could come up with? Maybe a winged black cat, create our own original monsters....it's hard to be original nowadays but I think we could do it.
If you guys agree to it maybe a new thread could be made for the Forum Halloween Project. :3
Another idea could be to look into what other cultures do for their version of halloween.
The Japanese have Boten week...a week to celebrate the dead! Imagine if Halloween could be for a week instead of one day! And then there's Dia de Muertos in Mexico.
We could also implement other cultures ideas into our Halloween.
It's an idea, what do you guys think?

[autumnbr33ze]

i agree.
that's why i usually make my own dummys from stuff lying around my house.
but some decorations just never get old [:

[Andybev01]

Andy, are you going to buy more gravestones or are you sticking with those three ones you showed us?

I'm not planning on it, but you never know.

My summer kind of got away from me as well, but there is still most of 2 months left...

I might just try putting them in a better spot. The hillside I chose last year was far too large to really show them off.

Either way I'll post pix.

[Rising Dead Man]

Why don't you buy or make a bunch of stones and put them on the big hill? That would look so awesome!! I would love to see that!

[scorpio 40]

we have our traditional items each year with new editions from the stores.
but we tend to make our own items for something new.
this year we have made a wooden book stand for my book of spells . also what looks like a piece of driftwood we have put wooden letters stuck on saying " SALEM'S BAR" which will go above the bar area.
have made a boot hill cross and gravestones made out of plywood just basic shape .
and made a cheap version of beer pong for the garden.
taniax

[HalloweenMelanie]

There are certain things that will never go out of style--you'll always see Santa Claus decorations at Christmas, for example--and people love the nostalgia of more or less replicating what they've done in years gone by. But for real Halloweenophiles, we love doing new things. So we're a little different than the norm around here, I think.

I agree that once you've really gotten into making your own decorations...the stuff in the store just doesn't do it for you any more!