Lowes Halloween 2026

The hardware stores have really been bringing the great Halloween stuff this year. I've been super impressed with the large scale figures I've seen at these stores. Actually, in some cases I've been more impressed than I was at Spirit Halloween.

I will have several hardware store posts to share. Starting with Lowe's, you're welcomed into the store with this treat vendor display:

They're creepy enough as is, but then BAM! Those creatures pop out of the treat boxes.

 

I thought that the "Ice Scream Delights" and "Rotten Candy" couple had a vaguely circusy vibe. I think they go with some of the clowns.  This creeper comes apart revealing...

A slinky?

This little guy swings back and forth.

I think I may have seen these guys in someone's yard last year. I'll have to recheck my photos, but I know someone had a skeleton band set up.

This is a close-up of one of those mini garden flags. I laugh every time I look at this picture. Do you think it looks safe to "take one"?

I loved the section against the back wall with all these smaller animatronics. There was a whole neon skeleton dance party going on. 

This little barking skeleton dog was my favorite small scale prop.

 

This next section has not been well fed!

 

This is probably the most mangy, emaciated werewolf prop I've ever seen.

The Disney/Pixar characters moved around and talked or sang. Minnie and Mickey sang some high pitched numbers. I want to say The Monster Mash?

 

A little side eye...

There had been an amazing prop between this ghoulie and witch. I really wish I'd had my camera when I was first at Lowe's, because it was my favorite scary prop there. It was this tall, scary reaper type guy that stood next to a lamp post. It had a skeletal hand that slowly reached and pointed to the side. It was just really well done. I guess someone else thought so too, because it was the only prop missing on my second trip. I can't even manage to find it on the Lowe's web site!

Check out that umbrella. I didn't remember there being a face on it.

 

This pumpkin scarecrow man was so cool! You guys know by now how much I like this type of character. His mouth moved in a way where it looked like the pumpkin was really indented. I mean, if you can imagine that a pumpkin came to life, it would move like this.

 

His teeth look a little like pumpkin seeds.

I want to say this skeleton lifting his skull was 20 ft tall. Super massive. I had to strain my neck to tilt up and take this photo.

Speaking of head lifters, this guy is great. I like this new addition to the pumpkin props where it looks like pumpkin guts are stretching slowly upward. I think the "guts" are strips of fabric slowly moving up. It's pretty effective.

With his head back on:

I like the red glow on this one. It's like he has embers inside his face and chest.

Another head lifter:

Boo!

A Lowe's employee who noticed I was taking a lot of photos was nice enough to offer to take a photo of me and my mom in front of the props. It looks like we're about to get beaned by a skull!

So, there's Lowe's. Home Depot and Menards are coming up next. From what I've seen this year, hardware stores are definitely the place to go for large scale props.

Halloween at Menards ~ 2021

After my last blog trip to Lowe's, we're continuing on with the Halloween hardware store theme. This time we're headed to Menards. I was pretty impressed with their selection, especially after combing through my photos. Sometimes I don't realize how many cool things I've seen until revisiting pics of them. 

There were a number of decorative candle containers at Menards.

I'd expect to see something like this tin more at Michael's, although Menards did have some retro/rustic decorations this year.

Isn't this fun and goofy? I'm just now noticing the octopus (?) in the cat's palm.

This "Coffin Sound Box" was totally new to me. It's sort of a little remote that plays different classic Halloween sound effects. The red circle is the speaker.

Looking closer here you can see that each tiny pic corresponds to a sound effect.

Wouldn't this gold skull be a perfect fit with a pirate-themed haunt?

And speaking of shiny skulls, here are some mercury glass skull lights. I always wonder what mercury glass (or mercury plastic) lights look like lit up. Maybe not so great. They might look like dark splotches in front of light. But I'm a big fan of unlit mercury glass anyway.

Try not to hear this in Mike Myers' voice.

Now, this werewolf may not look too scary here, but he gave me a start. He was very tall and motion activated. I bet that big funky thing under his foot picked up the motion.

When the "Lanky Werewolf" senses your movement, his eyes glow, he roars, and he lurches about while reaching his paw at you.

He had kind of a rubbery head. I have to laugh looking at this pic as I remember how his eye was almost bent in on his skull. 

Menards had a number of cute Halloween village pieces and I think a lot of these were actually new. I had fun getting up close and photographing the details and I am super happy with how the lights showed up in these photos. 

Seriously, I don't know what Menards magic was going on with how these were set up, because I normally am not this happy with store-lit photos.

How adorable is this? I'm reminded of the life-size cars I've seen at car shows with prop skeletons inside.

And this one had kind of a snow globe thing going on with the glitter.

A greenhouse:

I love these guys. I'm sure they're telling ghost stories around the campfire.

She's another favorite. I guess we're to think Death Metal is dead, or that she's somehow channeling it? Anyway, I like this little figure. There's a lot of movement and character going on for such a tiny part of a Halloween village.

"Candied Numbskulls" :) Looks like there's a nice list of flavors there.

See the owl?

These pet dragons are cute. They remind me of the ones you see on people's shoulders as magical costume accessories. 

And onto another dragon... If you look near this one's neck, you'll see some bright lights that move around inside the inflatable. I'm reminded of the Maleficent dragon.

A closer look...

How about this little cutie?

I share this every year, but that's OK. :) I'm not sure if he had a little trick-or-treat bucket last year, though. 

May The Force Be With Boo!

I'll leave you guys with this hideous creature.

Do you ever take a picture of something without realizing what it really looks like? Then you look at the picture you took and get a surprise. Well, this is one of those times. Yikes. I looked at the screen on my camera after zooming in on this and was kind of like "Eww".

Haha. I have no idea what this does, but it probably flaps its wings and shrieks. 

I may have one more set of hardware store pics to share, depending on how many I took at Home Depot. I hadn't thought I'd taken all that many at Menards and yet here we are! I'd be interested to know if this is pretty much the Menards selection you guys have been seeing.