People who know me (including neighbors that I am not necessarily good friends with), know that I LOVE to decorate for the various holidays and seasons. I usually go all out. I even decorate the hallway, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and dining room. I decorate every part of our home.
We have people in our condo complex who’ll approach us in the parking lot, or if they see us in a store, and compliment us on our holiday decorations that we put up outside of our condo. We live on the top floor and have a balcony. Oh if only we had a yard… the things that I could do!
I look forward to all of the holidays (Autumn is my favorite season). Some might argue that Halloween is my favorite holiday to decorate for. I personally love Halloween and Christmas equally, but most people tend to agree that we have much more Halloween decorations.
Every year I am on a quest to find something new to use to decorate our home. I’m always on the look out for new places to shop, both in person and online.
A while ago I was pitched by a company called Wholesale Halloween Costumes. They were interested in a review. Since I love to dress up on Halloween for the kids I work with (in an after school program), I thought it would be nice to get a new costume this year (for the past three years I’ve been a butterfly).
Wholesale Halloween Costumes has men’s, women’s, boy’s and girl’s costumes, from popular characters like superheros to really crazy costumes. Best of all the prices are great.
That was always one of my biggest pet peeves when my kids were younger. I hated spending $50+ on a costume they were going to wear ONE TIME (they always outgrew them for the following year). I understood that they wanted to dress up like popular characters, but at $50+, that was a hard pill to swallow.
I usually donated their costumes or let them use them as dress up clothes so at least we got more use out of them.
Wholesale Halloween Costumes has amazing prices – and I’m not just saying that. I am seeing wonderful children’s costumes for $25 or less.
Currently they have a TMNT costume (Leonardo) for only $11.90, which includes the body portion of the costume and a mask.
I don’t know if it’s on sale or not, but regardless, that is a great price!
I even saw a deluxe Batman costume for a child on sale for $9.90. WOW!!!
Don’t think kids get all the fun. I’ve seen ADULT (grown-up) costumes for under $20.
Their plus-size women’s costumes are an average price (compared to similar sites), but regular sized costumes are priced low compared to others.
I originally wanted a new costume for myself, until I saw their Halloween decorations and props. I couldn’t pass up getting some new decorations for my home.
Something I REALLY wanted to have was an animated Michael Meyers prop. Michael Meyers if from the Halloween movie franchise.
I saw an animated prop on another site, but they wanted $250 for it, and honestly, it didn’t really look like Michael Meyers.
I came up with a great idea. Using an Adult Michael Meyers costume from Wholesale Halloween Costumes, I could create my own prop. The costume (outfit and mask) is only $35.01 on their site.
I was able to find an inexpensive mannequin on Ebay (6′ tall too!). Using the costume from Wholesale Halloween Costumes I created my own Michael Meyers prop for our balcony.
I wasn’t too keen on the mask that came with the costume, so I purchased a different mask. The results are AWESOME!
“Michael Meyers” stands on our balcony. At night we put a small light on him so he can be seen. Our neighbors are FREAKING OUT because they didn’t know if he was a person dressed up as Michael Meyers, or a prop. We can actually hear people outside talking about it. We love that we’ve piqued the interest of our neighbors, including many people we don’t know. I love it!
Another fun Halloween prop that I received from Wholesale Halloween Costumes is the Crawling Undead Zombie Prop. This prop takes batteries (I believe it’s 3 AA, which were not included).
The zombie is sound/motion activated. When it turns on it’s eyes glow red, it groans and it wiggles back and forth, making it appear like it’s crawling. It’s not easy for it to do since it has no back legs (I guess they were chewed off by another zombie – ha ha).
This is loud. If it’s too loud I would recommend taping a piece of cardboard over the speaker holes. That helps to lower it a bit (something I do with a lot of loud decorations/props).
I’m not keen on the glowing eyes (zombie’s eyes don’t light up red), but the groaning sounds are cool and very realistic. I also love how it crawls. It really does look alive.
For some weird reason, two of our three cats LOVE this prop. One of our cats, Padmé, loves to sit in front of it and set it off over and over again. It got to the point where I had to turn him off because she would just sit there and activate him intentionally.
I’m sorry that the video was a bit off. I just wanted people to see it in action.
Our other cat, Bella, LOVES to curl up on his missing legs (it’s just shredded up clothing) and sleep. I’ve even seen Padmé do it a few times. They LOVE this prop, so much so that I am debating on whether or not to leave him out year round. I collect horror memorabilia and creepy things, so it wouldn’t be too odd for me to have him out 365 days a year. We’ll see.
Another cool animated prop I received to review is the Spell Book and Feather Prop. This one is also too loud for my taste, but still super cool nonetheless. There is a silent option where it’s animated but it makes no sound (thankfully).
This spell book opens and closes (manually). When it’s opened you can stand up the included feather and watch it dance around the book when it’s triggered. It’s fun to watch. I really enjoy this prop.
I won’t leave the book open when we are not around. Our cats want to chew on the feather and I don’t want them to ruin it. I can’t replace the feather because there is a magnet on the end that helps it to “dance” around the book.
As I mentioned earlier, I love it when our neighbors enjoy our decorations as much as I do. That is why I also love the Official Bates Motel Sign that I also received to review. It lights up just like a real hotel sign.
It says “No Vacancy” on the bottom of it, but only the “Vacancy” part lights up. The “No” part seems to flicker a little. My son thought it was broken, so I had to explain to him that its suppose to be that way because Norman Bates wanted to lure people into the motel to kill them.
I love this and I wish I could keep it out year round, but I have no wall space to hang it up.
It’s lightweight. I have it hanging from a single suction cup hook on the window.
I appreciate that the light turns off with a dial, rather than search for an on/off button or have to unplug it all the time. With the simple flick of my fingers I can turn it on/off.
It’s hard to make out what it says from a distance (when looking at it from outside) but up close you can clearly read what it says.
The last thing I received to review is the Creepy Grave Breaking Clown Decoration. It’s a set of two clown arms/hands and one balloon stick. My idea was to blow up a red balloon and tuck the hand behind something. Sadly, it didn’t work out where I had intended to use it, so right now they are not put up in our home. I’m still trying to find the best place to use them along with a red balloon (just like the one Pennywise the clown uses in the film It).
Just like their costumers, Wholesale Halloween Costumes also has plenty of great Halloween decor at affordable prices.
If you are interested in checking out all they have to offer visit WholesaleHalloweenCostumes.com. The brand can also be found on social media. All of their links are found on the bottom of their website.
Are you decorated for Halloween yet? Do you have your family’s Halloween costumes?
What do you think about these fun decorations?
Kimberly
*I received free product samples to review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.
Christina Gould says
OMG, those cats are awesome. The costumes are too, lol. Thanks for posting!