Wolcott Garden Treasures
Groovy graveyard: now that your planting beds are a little bare, use our motion-activated tombstones with lights and sounds ($14.99) to fill in the front of your house and instill a little fright into your unsuspecting guests! Add some fabric ghost stakes for even more fun, just $5.99 for a pack of four. We also have huge light-up Halloween inflatables for just $64.99 for years of spooky fun. Your front yard will be the envy of every fun-loving neighbor. Jazz up your porch, deck or portico: attach cornstalks and Indian corn to the columns, railings or supports, then plant mums in existing Coco Moss or wire hanging baskets to replace your wilted annuals. You can also purchase a pre-made hanging mum basket here for $16.99 to $24.99. Our huge 8-10" fiber pot mums are $8.99 each or 3/$25.00 and our 4" potted mums are just $4.99 or 4/$18.00. We also have super stringy "spider webs" (2/$1.00), which look fantastic stretched out across windows or between porch supports. Use your imagination! (Additional pricing below.) Pumpkin pizazz: Not into carving? For an easy, no-mess alternative to the traditional jack-o-lantern, try one of our 3-D glow-in-the-dark scary or silly pumpkin faces. Just press the individual features into the pumpkin however you like them and set it out to enjoy! They're $9.99 and you can use them year after year.
Trying to get your place ready for trick-or-treaters? Want to be the best looking house on the block this fall? Try these great seasonal decorating ideas to spruce up your property:
Mild-mannered country decor: not into goblins and ghouls? You can still add some seasonal fun to your house with decorative scarecrow baskets ($12.99) - they're perfect for holding mini gourds, apples, even Halloween candy. We also have colorful, country-inspired scarecrow "welcome" stakes to make your house feel like home - available in two sizes for $3.49 and $12.00. For an unexpected alternative to mums, try our gorgeous decorative potted kale and cabbage along your stoop, or even in your planters! Just $4.99 each, they're a colorful and fun way to decorate for fall. Our fall blooming perennial daisies and asters are also a great alternative to traditional mums, plus they'll come back year after year! Just $9.99 or three for $25.
Mailbox makeover: slip on a spooky plastic mailbox cover ($6.99) and attach a cornstalk to the post using twine or wire. Try putting down a bale of hay or two in front of or on the side of the mailbox as a stage for pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn and mums. For Halloween night, carve up those pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns and place one of our battery operated strobe lights inside for a safe but festive look. They're just $3.99 and reuseable year after year. (Additional pricing below)
Fun and easy jack-o-lanterns: Make carving easy, fun and more creative this year with a battery operated saw & carving kit for $8.99. Use the enclosed face patterns and tracing tool to map out your masterpiece and enjoy easier and quicker cutting with the specially designed saw. Or if you hate carving faces, grab one of our "Fright Light" kits for just $5.99 - much like the "Light Bright" toys that were popular in the '80s, they're colored plastic pegs that you push into the pumpkin skin in the pattern of your choice. Simply cut the top of the pumpkin to remove the pulp and place the battery operated LED "candle" inside to light up the pegs. It's a great project for smaller kids who aren't quite ready for detailed cutting.
Additional pricing:
Cornstalks, $6.99 or 4/$25.00
Straw bale (full size), $12.00
Carving pumpkins, $0.39/lb.
Small gourds, 4/$2.25
Large gourds, 3/$2.25
Indian corn, $3.49/bunch
Sorry, no sugar pumpkins or mini hay bales this year.
Stock photography courtesy of www.sxc.hu. Special thanks to JadeGordon for her Halloween Series images.
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