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This year, Skelly brings oversized thrills to the party along with a brand-new cast of characters, such as the 12-Foot Hovering Witch and the 10-Foot Towering Werewolf. Home Depot's 12-foot-skeleton will hit brick-and-mortar store shelves from late August to early September. The giant skeleton isn’t the only huge offering from Home Depot this Halloween. Why so many people identify with this creature – enough to snatch up entire inventories in hours and spawn a whole skeleton black market in the process – is a question best left to a higher power.
Other Halloween sales items include a new "Hocus Pocus"-themed inflatable that goes for $149 and an eight-foot animated reaper that recites scary phrases while moving its head and mouth costs $249. The company also added a 15-foot towering phantom — its tallest decoration yet — that sells for $399. The retailer's team of merchants sought inspiration by going to haunted houses and watching classic '80s Halloween movies and Tim Burton movies.
Skelly is born
This top-rated set looks just like a skeleton climbing out of the ground—perfect for a haunted lawn setup. Top editors give you the stories you want — delivered right to your inbox each weekday. If you can sacrifice just a few feet, this skeleton dupe is the next best thing. 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.
When she returned from work on Thursday, Governale heard a toddler cry out. She hoped that the presence of the spooky spectacle would lift the spirits of passersby. This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available. Boltz of Lowe's said higher prices of food, rent and other essentials do not appear to be scaring customers away from spending. For Home Depot and Lowe's, spring remains the most lucrative time of year. But over the years, the home-improvement companies have bulked up on their Halloween and Christmas product lines.
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To hear Lance Allen, Home Depot’s senior merchant of holiday décor describe it, bringing Skelly to life was a labor of love. She had an inside contact at her local Home Depot, so when she got a call in September that the skeletons — the skeletons — were back in stock, she raced to the store and swiftly snapped one up for $299. The decorations regularly sell out long before Halloween and resell for well over regular price. We do know where two of the giant graveyard friends ended up, however, and if you decide to go trick-or-treating at Kourtney Kardashian’s home, you’ll see them for yourself. Somehow she got her hands on a pair of the spooky siblings, showing off her find in an Instagram post. Home Depot has limited purchases of the 12-foot skeleton to one per order, the product page says.
Skelly's popularity has spawned other sizeable Halloween offerings, like a levitating witch and a massive werewolf. It is too early to say exactly how Halloween sales will play out this year. Merchandise is already in stores, but sales tend to gain momentum throughout October as families gear up to celebrate. Major retailers will give sales updates in November when they report quarterly earnings.
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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. Cislo, 43, of Dallas, plans to spend about $700 for Halloween to step up his family's front yard decorations. He has noticed more neighbors are joining in too, with large inflatables, animatronics and even an elaborate display inspired by "The Walking Dead."
Home Depot's famous 12-foot skeletons have been hot Halloween decor for several years now, and now they're the victims of thefts across the US. 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. 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. If this is your mindset and you want the original Home Accents 12-foot skeleton, here you go. Since it is the OG skeleton, it comes with the LED life-eyes that stare into your soul, as well as a stand to keep it in place in your yard.
Home Depot’s 12-foot $300 skeleton is back in stock for Halloween
Perhaps Skelly is a bridge between the extremes of our human nature; sorrow and joy, famine and excess, the sacred and the profane encased together in high-density polyethylene. After all, the skeleton is now officially sold out for the remainder of this Halloween season, according to Home Depot. Governale, with the help of her boyfriend, her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend, had hers up in 25 minutes, surrounded by a number of vibrant “Beetlejuice”-themed decorations. Sign Up NowGet this delivered to your inbox, and more info about our products and services. "This is one of the reasons we continue to see such strength in our seasonal categories, which we expect will continue in the back half of the year," she said on the company's earnings call in August. The push around Halloween comes as more people return to in-person gatherings.
On Friday, the home improvement retailer brought back its popular 12-foot skeleton, along with other Halloween decor. 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. On top of being, you know, massive, this guy is set apart by his animated eyes, which are brought to life by LCD screens. The decoration now comes with a power cord instead of a battery, meaning you don’t have to worry about keeping him charged all night long.
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. Even though it’s only the first week of September, the coveted Home Accents 12-foot skeleton decoration is now on the top of everyone’s mind for Halloween 2022.
Instead of the classic bone color, this skeleton has rotten-looking bones to add to the chilling vibe. Lance and his team first began working on the concept of a giant skeleton in 2019. The inspiration came from a massive skeleton torso they noticed after walking trade show floors and haunted houses.
A skeleton Halloween decoration was reported stolen from a Chicago front lawn on October 13, The Chicago Tribune reported, amounting to $600 in losses. In August, one of the skeletons was stolen from a New Jersey home in the middle of the night, Fox29 reported. Shannon McKibban, the skeleton's owner, told the station that she heard it being dragged down her street after thieves removed the cinder blocks used to keep it in place. Celebrate Halloween the only way you know how — with larger-than-like decorations in your yard and home. The 12-Foot Giant Skeleton, affectionately named Skelly by his fans, has returned for his third Halloween season.
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. 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. This year, the retailer debuted a giant werewolf figure that, at 9½ feet tall, looks like it belongs on the 18th hole of the best putt-putt golf course in town.
She had an inside contact at her local Home Depot, so when she got a call in September that the skeletons – the skeletons – were back in stock, she raced to the store and swiftly snapped one up. After admiring it in her local store near Hudson, Fla., Karen Governale, 42, tried to order one online and found it was sold out. So she frantically called the store to see if they still had the one she’d seen, to no avail. Delivery time is estimated using our proprietary method which is based on the buyer's proximity to the item location, the shipping service selected, the seller's shipping history, and other factors. "When you think about Halloween and you think about discretionary categories, it's probably as discretionary as you can get," said Boltz of Lowe's.
