I LOVE to decorate for the holidays. It’s one of my favorite things to do. Our basement storage area is mostly filled with holiday and seasonal decorations. Only a corner of our storage space is filled with miscellaneous stuff.
Each year I love to get new pieces to decorate with so that I can rotate things around so that we are not using the same decorations all the time. There are a few things we make sure to put out year after year (mostly ones with sentimental attachments). Other things we put out every other year so that we never have the same display on our balcony or in our home year after year.
Decorations can be expensive, unless you know where to shop. One affordable place to shop for not only Halloween decorations, but also costumes, treats and party supplies, is Oriental Trading.
I have been shopping at Oriental Trading for years, ever since my kids were little. I used to buy gifts for their classmates from Oriental Trading. I found them to be a great resource for affordable, quality items – especially if you need to buy thing in bulk. Of course not all things are sold in bulk. The newest additions to our Halloween collection are sold individually.
This year we added three new eerie (and fun!) Halloween decorations from Oriental Trading.
One of my favorite is the Standing Mummy (item #IN-13709676). He is so creepy looking! He’s also life size (he’s actually taller than me when he’s standing on his stand).
Space is something that we don’t have a lot of in our home, or in the storage room. What I love about the Mummy is that he comes apart easily and can be stored in a regular storage box. His upper torso and head are made out of Styrofoam, as is his feet. The rest of the body are metal rods that come apart when you are ready to pack him away.
He looks pretty realistic too.
If you follow me on Instagram (SheScribes) you might have seen the post I made about the Mummy.
Another fun Halloween decoration we added to our creepy collection is the Ivory Hanging Angel of Death (Itam #IN-13576234).
This Halloween decoration is light weight and could be hung from the wall, ceiling or on our case, attached to the railing on our balcony.
The Angel of Death has bendable wings so that you can configure it to your liking.
It’s approximately 36″ in length, but most of that is the robe that it’s wearing, which is made out of a gauze like material.
He/She is pretty creepy looking. I love it!
We have a similar hanging decoration, also from Oriental Trading. The other one is a Light Up Hanging Reaper (Item #IN-13636867).
The Hanging Reaper measures 63″ in length, but most of that is his robe.
The Hanging Reaper’s eyes glow red, but he requires 3 AG watch batteries, which are not included. There is a set up on it to let you know what it will look like when the eyes light up, but that part has to be removed when you add the batteries. Right now we don’t have batteries in it only because I haven’t had a chance to pick them up. I will before Halloween comes around.
Currently the Hanging Reaper is leaning over our balcony, staring at people who walk up the stairs and on the balcony in front of our building.
All three items from Oriental Trading are hanging up (or standing) on our balcony. I tried to get a good picture of them but it wasn’t easy with the cellphone camera (my regular camera is broken).
You can see the Light Up Hanging Reaper on the left corner (it almost looks like he’s smiling) and the Angel of Death in the middle. Just behind the Angle of Death you can see the Mummy.
Above is another shot of our balcony (further away). You can see the Grim Reaper, Angel of Death and Mummy. I do believe the other black creepy figure on the other corner is also from Oriental Trading. In fact, a lot of Halloween decorations in our home are from Oriental Trading.
If you would like to see what other Halloween products available from Oriental Trading (decorations, costumes, party supplies, trick-or-treat goodies), visit their Halloween page. You can also visit OrientalTrading.com.
Oriental Trading is also found on social media. All of their links are found on their website.
What do you think of our new decorations? Are they the kind of decorations you use to decorate your home for Halloween?
Kimberly
*I received free products to review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.