Home Depot Releases Outfits for Their Giant 12-Foot Skeleton

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• FT Foot Giant Skeleton Animated LCD Eyes Halloween Home Depot
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• Home Depot Releases Outfits for Their Giant 12-Foot Skeleton
• NOW WATCH: A Toronto-based designer marbles home decor to create colorful patterns
• Home Accents Holiday 15 ft Towering Phantom Halloween Animatronic $299, original price $399
• Seasonal Visions International 8ft Towering Skeleton, $199

He noted that there's been demand for pricier Halloween items, too, such as the big lawn decorations. Lowe's also expanded its Halloween array of goods by more than 20% this year and dedicated more space in stores for larger outdoor merchandise. Cislo, 43, of Dallas, plans to spend about $700 for Halloween to step up his family's front yard decorations.

Insider's Samantha Grindell spoke with Home Depot's decorative holiday merchant, who said he was inspired by haunted houses. Gilbert's family purchased a fake Christmas tree, ornaments, and transformed a tree skirt into a Santa hat. They also left up a few smaller skeletons to make it look like a family of skeletons are all decorating for the holidays. This skeleton from Walmart measures 84 inches — or 7 feet — high, which puts it not too far behind the other giant decorations on this list. The best part is that it is a fraction of the cost, sold for $99 on Walmart.com.

FT Foot Giant Skeleton Animated LCD Eyes Halloween Home Depot

According to an emailed response to The Post, more Skelly stock will be added to the site on a rolling basis in the coming weeks, but no solid date has been released.

The internet famous, larger-than-life skeleton is back—but you better act fast. Now, her husband and son are brainstorming how to leave the skeleton up year-round. Gilbert said her husband found a large martini glass perfect for New Year's Eve, and they've brainstormed ideas for Valentine's Day, too. "I started thinking about, 'How am I going to store him in our house?,'" she told Insider. "I knew instantly he'd be a showstopper dressed in his holiday best," she told Insider. If you can sacrifice just a few feet, this skeleton dupe is the next best thing.

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For some shoppers, celebrations like Halloween offer an escape from the worries of everyday life. As customers face troubling news headlines, Covid surges and political uncertainty, they're seeking more ways to celebrate and "bring joy to their families," said Christina Hennington, Target's chief growth officer. Companies have taken note, with Lowe's debuting a 12-foot mummy to compete with Home Depot's hit skeleton, and Party City is hiring 20,000 seasonal employees. She has worked at The Spruce, Real Simple, and Coastal Living, among other publications, and has more than 5 years of experience working in print and digital media as a writer, editor, researcher, and fact-checker.

The push around Halloween comes as more people return to in-person gatherings. Participation is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, with nearly 70% of Americans planning to celebrate, according to the National Retail Federation's annual survey. Emily VanSchmus is the assistant digital home editor at Better Homes & Gardens, where she covers home decor, entertaining ideas, and more.

Home Depot Releases Outfits for Their Giant 12-Foot Skeleton

You can head to the official The Home Depot site to secure your skeleton's outfits. The retailer's team of merchants sought inspiration by going to haunted houses and watching classic '80s Halloween movies and Tim Burton movies. They also roamed trade shows, where they spotted a display of a giant skeleton torso that would inspire one of the company's most popular Halloween products.

But instead of creating a single décor piece, they wanted to give customers a full-sized, free-standing and completely poseable skeleton. He said he wants to create the kind of experience he enjoyed when he dressed up in costumes and trick-or-treated as a kid in upstate New York. The best houses, he recalled, gave out full-sized candy bars or had extra spooky decorations. Revealing all the skeletons in our Halloween closet is Lance Allen, the decorative holiday merchant known for bringing not just one, but two giant skeletons to life. Given how fast the festive figure sold out last year, we anticipate it'll go even more quickly this year—so if you want one, don't wait to add it to your cart.

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The joints on his many bones lock into place, all the better to scare you with when set up in an unsuspecting corner or left hanging near the candy bowl. New for last year is the above skeleton’s fiery best friend, the Inferno Pumpkin Skeleton. Also from the coveted Home Accents brand, the 12-foot skeleton decoration is equipped with the LED LifeEyes, but housed inside his pumpkin head with a glowing grin. In case you missed it, the brand released the first batch of ghoulish decor on July 15, but they are unfortunately sold out. A giant skeleton sold at Home Depot might be the Halloween decor of the moment, only taking a slight back seat to all the memes going around about Spirit Halloween costumeslike the one about the Oakville teacher.

Then, on the first day of fall, a tweet with a picture of the comically large skeleton just hanging out in a suburban yard garnered well over half a million likes. "The 12-foot skeleton was for the Halloween enthusiasts who aren't afraid to go the extra mile for the best of the best decor," Allen told Grindell. Instead, they've decided to repurpose their skeletons for Christmas and the holidays by adding a little holiday flair. Several homeowners are repurposing the pricey skeleton as Christmas decorations. When Home Depot's "Skelly" skeleton returned this year, the first shipments sold out the first day they became available on July 15, Allen said.

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As a self-described stress cleaner, Lauren has always found comfort and catharsis in scrubbing the shower or reorganizing her closet. Her current around-the-house passions include removable wallpaper, clever small-space organizing ideas, and paint colors. This top-rated set looks just like a skeleton climbing out of the ground—perfect for a haunted lawn setup. But after realizing that they don't have a place to store the enormous giant, Gilbert caved. The $300 Halloween decoration has been repurposed for Christmas decorations this season.

The skeleton sold out long before October in 2020 and was comparably tough to get in 2021. If you've yet to get your hands on this viral decoration , this might be your year—but only if you act quickly. You can order the skeleton (as well as the rest of The Home Depot's Halloween decorations collection) online starting July 15.