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I’ve gone over the fun Halloween merchandise to be found at Home Depot and Lowe’s this year, so let’s move on to the next store on my list: Walmart.

Love it or hate it, I’m sure you have a Walmart near you, and I’m pretty sure you spend a buck or two here each week. I, myself, spend many bucks, but that’s beside the point.

I might not love the place, but it still makes me happy to walk in and see their display.

No. It’s not spectacular or anything, but just look! There are costumes, big bags of candy, decorations, orange, and black everywhere! Really, anything Halloween gives me the warm fuzzies.

Walmart’s decorations are pretty run-of-the-mill, but they’d still be enough to really spookify your house inside and out. Hanging ghosts, skeletons, tombstones, lighting, cobwebs – you’ve got all you need right here.

And they did have these two little skeletal garden gnomes that I was quite taken with. I haven’t seen these anywhere else, so Walmart definitely wins the Halloween garden gnome race. That should be a thing if it isn’t already. Just look at these cool, little things.

They have a small selection of skeletons and skeleton animals. Because who doesn’t these days?

Walmart also has a great selection of Halloween-themed hats to keep your ears warm when you’re trick-or-treating. You know. If you’re lucky, and it’s not still 80 degrees by the end of the month. Cross your fingers, folks.

And Walmart also has a nice selection of non-costume Halloween makeup and nail art. Here’s some of my favorites.

So, no, Walmart might not be crazy innovative in the Halloween department, but if you’re looking for crazy animatronics, go to Spirit Halloween or Halloween Express.

Next up on my review is Target, so check back soon.

I’m not that big of a fan of Kirkland’s just because I don’t like looking at the type of decorative items the stores carry, but I thought I’d venture inside one a few weeks ago to see what their Halloween selection looked like.

They are definitely lower on my list for Halloween merchandise providers, but I admit that they had some fun stuff. I’m going to apologize in advance for the picture quality. This store was worse than Bath and Body Works regarding the VERY fragrant aroma in the air as I walked in. I felt like I was slapped in the face hard by 15 different air fresheners. That being said, I was in a hurry to get out of there, and my pictures suffered.

Here’s blurry pic of some cute ghosts and pumpkins along with a cool Day of the Dead platter at the bottom:

Here’s another of the back of the same shelf. Their stuff is definitely more on the cutesy side of the Halloween merchandise spectrum, but I think everyone could find at least one thing they liked out of their selection.

For instance, I really liked this metal guy:

They also had some pretty cool canvas pictures, including this one of trick-or-treaters out on Halloween night and the one below of a cool haunted house.

Right before I fled to save my nostrils and avoid a headache from the overpowering smell, I saw this:

I think the pillows at the bottom were adorable, and I’m always game for anything skull related. The little nutcracker-like dolls on the top shelf were pretty cool, too.

So would I go back to Kirkland’s for their Halloween stuff? Probably not, but I can see where their items would appeal to certain types of Halloween decorators. If you’re looking for scariness or gore, this ain’t it, but if you want cute and accessible, try it out.

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