You either had one of these decorations or knew someone who did

And we used the eraser side of a pencil to push each little crepe paper square into the Elmer’s glue that was smeared all over the paper plate. Makes me want to do this project with my 1st grader 😂

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Snelmm@reddit

Yes! And the elmer’s glue would make the dye in the paper run a little and make a colorful, gluey mess.

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

Yup, and the toothpicks/fabric were jammed into one of those Styrofoam wreath bases.

You totally should do the project with your lil' one. Will very likely be a lifetime memory for them. I know it is for me.

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Although I definitely remember all of them, I’m not sure we had any. I do have a plastic shavings Christmas tree, though. I’d love to have loads of the plastic shavings decorations for all the holidays, they feel so cool and are so colorful.

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PDM_1969@reddit

Definitely had the plastic pumpkin & witch as well as the Disney Haunted sounds record

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Username_888888@reddit

I had these decorations and also the velvet ones.

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Rude-Consideration64@reddit

My parents had them, then got rid of them during the Satanic panic. Because, you know, just the sort of thing a devil worshipper would put up, or putting up would attract devil worshippers, or something.

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kellynch10@reddit

My Gram :) thanks for the memories

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takigruba@reddit

Yep! All three!

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SixtiesKid@reddit

I remember having this one.

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ZipZapWho@reddit

Do I get extra credit for growing up in a house with all 3?

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Tricky_Leader7545@reddit

100%

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Tova_Borg9@reddit

And you also had this

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HumpaDaBear@reddit

Aha! I was trying to figure out what spooky record we had. It was this one !

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NomadFeet@reddit

OMG...I had forgotten all about this until I saw this picture!

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galtscrapper@reddit

Was this the one where the screaming sounded like someone was climaxing? Lol.

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Intelligent_Grade372@reddit

And the Chinese water torture..?

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GogglesPisano@reddit

The whole album is on YouTube!

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Tova_Borg9@reddit

And indelibly stamped in my brain.

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Rikkitikkitabby@reddit

Who's got my skinny toe?

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HumpaDaBear@reddit

Yep. Absolutely.

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Emergency-Crab-7455@reddit

I had the articulated witch....but it got damaged beyond repair. But...I have the large skelleton & 6 "half size" skelletons, as well as 4 of the fancy "honeycomb crepe paper" table top displays & several of the vintage "blow mold" lawn display figures ( I collect Halloween items).

Went to an estate sale yesterday, bought (2) Halloween themed tamborines (child size). The noisemakers are hard to find (probably because Mom tossed them because the noise drove her nuts).

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NomadFeet@reddit

You can get a reproduction of the witch! I have bought nearly every one of these paper decorations. I love the table pieces with the honeycomb fold out bases. https://www.vintagebeistle.com/vintage-halloween-jointed-witch.aspx

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YamAlone2882@reddit

We had the big witch. I remember being so scared of that witch, I was even scared to come out my bedroom. If I had to leave my room, I would run out then run back in so she wouldn’t get me. I was 3/4 at the time.

One year the day after Halloween, mom told us the witch ate all our candy. Ole witch bitch😄

Happy Halloween!!!

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Fit-Distribution2303@reddit

I remember that cardboard witch from grade school. 🤣

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Candid_Elk2465@reddit

I might have some boxed up in my basement

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nannerp@reddit

The pumpkin one is currently hanging on my front door

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Klonopina_Colada@reddit

Omg we actually did

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HandheldObsession@reddit

Yes and yes

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RunningWineaux@reddit

With my freakin Cologuard test box on the bench to truly establish my GenX cred

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Just_me5698@reddit

Mine is hanging in my front window due rn! Lol

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Gomertaxi@reddit

You absolutely win this one.

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UsualCharacter@reddit

Whoa! Memories unlocked x 3!

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doa70@reddit

We had the witch and the jack!

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Vinnie_Dime_1974@reddit

I still have the tall witch decoration.

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izolablue@reddit

I think we had all of them!

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bulanaboo@reddit

Definitely in school

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oceansapart333@reddit

My mom was teacher. This reminds of her classroom decorations.

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smokeehayes@reddit

All 3 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

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kunduff@reddit

Had that pumpkin well into the 80s.

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Suspicious_Bar9995@reddit

Between the immediate family we had all 3

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ApeChurn26@reddit

Indeed! Grandparents had all 3 in fact.

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Relative_Ad9477@reddit

We had all three. lol

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Keldrabitches@reddit

That witch was one of the decorations for my Halloween bday party. She’s scary

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lgramlich13@reddit

I can feel that pumpkin...

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OkCap9110@reddit

Pumpkin… that thing was hard and would poke the mess out of you!

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Mrszeno34@reddit

Pumpkin is hanging in my dining room window!

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BlackLakeBlueFish@reddit

We had the cardboard witch!

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Millbarge_Fitzhume@reddit

So you've been in my old house. I think my mom still puts these up.

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VisceralMonkey@reddit

All 3, but the plastics ones stand out in memory the most.

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RivkaMila@reddit

I still have the pressed plastic ones. They are in my windows.

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dibhunter@reddit

I have 4 different ones of the plastic figures. All hanging on hallway doors. Every year! Witch, ghost, pumpkin and an owl.

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Leading_Attention_78@reddit

Yes to all three.

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kevtay1969@reddit

Pumpkin for sure. The plastic texture was amazing back then.

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enygmaeve@reddit

Yeah, seeing this pic unlocked a core memory of child me just touching the fuck out of that pumpkin. Endlessly mesmerized by that texture.

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kevtay1969@reddit

Also had christmas same plastic bumpy texture. Memories….

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enygmaeve@reddit

OH YEAH. The wreath!!!

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RaspberryVespa@reddit

I had all of them. I had ALL the decorations, and then some.

Also, gluing bits of colored tissue paper to a cardboard backing to make a holiday decoration was a right of passage in second grade.

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Wide_Breadfruit_2217@reddit

Love how the witch has short skirt so can see the legs move

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12sea@reddit

That pumpkin! We had that pumpkin!

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LibertyMike@reddit

Yep, had both the plastic pumpkin & witch! I don't believe we had the cardboard witch, but we did have a cardboard skeleton with the bendable joints.

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Owhatabeautifulday@reddit

We had the pumpkin! I wonder where it is. Mom doesn't throw things away. Probably gave to my cousin.

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Jamminnav@reddit

Green skull was my favorite

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Bootyclapthunder@reddit

We had all of these and I had entirely forgotten about them until just now. Thanks.

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toooldforlove@reddit

Yep. The 2 on the right. Before my mother decided Halloween is evil because the satanic panic, that is.

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stevejscearce@reddit

Two out of the tree!

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kkcita@reddit

My grandma

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FLBirdie@reddit

Yup! We had all of those!

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lazygerm@reddit

My family had the witch and the pumpkin.

Also a Christmas wreath and a Santa Claus.

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Quixote511@reddit

I have bought all of the plastic popcorn ones again off eBay because I’m a kid at heart. They are up in my classroom and home

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GogglesPisano@reddit

We had all of these when I was a kid.

I recently found the Witch cardboard cutout (and also the Skeleton version) in a store and now they're once again decorating my house for Halloween.

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