While I love the warmth, newness, and laid-back nature of summer, there is something about this season, when the weather cools and the days get shorter, that I look forward to. Brisk, pumpkin spice latte mornings…cool, snuggle under the covers evenings…it’s Fall! And between baking, cleaning, and decorating, we’re getting ready for the coming holiday season.
With Halloween just about a week away, one of the traditions we started with my son was to carve a pumpkin. I don’t know why I hadn’t ever noticed it, but Walmart actually has a pumpkin patch, which is where we got our pumpkin this year. For just $3.88, we obtained a nice-looking pumpkin of pretty decent size. About a week or so ago, there was still plenty to choose from. Rather than just simply carving our pumpkin, we decided to try one of the carving kits from Pumpkin Masters. For less than $6, the kit included 10 carving tools and 16 patterns which make it easy to create something amazing. While it does take some time to hollow out the pumpkin, trace the design, and carve it out, the results are well worth it. We completed the super spooky look with an LED Lightning Strobe Light (less than $3).
To be honest, we don’t typically outfit our home in Halloween decor, but I couldn’t resist picking up these LED Pumpkin Lights (less than $10) for the outside of our home. We strung them along the set of bushes that line the front of our house and they actually look quite nice at night.
While we do allow our children a small amount of sweets during this season, we also prefer other types of Halloween treats. Walmart has an entire Halloween book section for children, so I let my son and daughter each pick out a book for the season. My son chose It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and my daughter chose Dora’s Spooky Halloween. What’s nice about purchasing books at Walmart is the savings you’ll receive since the stores discount the books.
The grand total to decorate and prep for Halloween this year? $34.56 plus tax!
Walmart’s Halloween selection is quite expansive and competitively priced. Stay tuned as I’ll highlight some affordable Halloween baking ideas that you’ll find spooktacularly simple!
Disclosure: I participate in the Walmart Moms program and am compensated for my time and honest opinions.
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I love getting Halloween stuff at Walmart. We just bought some candy and decorations there last week and I was amazed by all the things they had in the aisles.
I love your carved pumpkin. We haven’t carved a real one in years, not since the kids were little. We just use our plastic ones now – one of which is a Mickey Mouse head, of course. =)