Spooky Season is finally here. Time to start hanging up spiderwebs, carving pumpkins and generally get ready for the scariest night of the year. If you haven’t started decorating yet, don’t worry, here’s some of the best places to get Halloween decorations right now.
TK Maxx
Always the first place you should check and usually the first place to have Halloween stock in at all each year. Their selection is always changing and always interesting with everything you need from spooky snow globes, doormats, kitchenware, pumpkin scented candles, welcome mats, baking kits and much more. Be warned, if you decide to browse their Halloween section it will be very hard to leave empty handed.
Flying Tiger
Tiger is one of those places that you can’t pass without ducking your head in for a quick look and their Halloween stock is no different. Right now they have a selection of luminous ghosts and pumpkins, skull shot glasses for those Halloween parties, pumpkin mugs, talking mirrors and Halloween balloons. Lots of fun and unique Halloween decorations at affordable prices.
Home Store and More
If you want to do some serious Halloween shopping, Home Store and More has your back. They have a big section of the shop dedicated to Halloween stock and the walls are covered with ghouls, ghosts, witches and terrifying demon children. They even have a big tent set up with some very spooky stock inside which is also a great place for a Halloween photo. There’s even projectors and eyeball doorbells that swivel around when they’re rung.
Fresh Pumpkins
Decorative pumpkins can found at several places around Galway such as Yes flowers and Ernie’s and help you give your Halloween decorations something special. However, if you’re looking for pumpkins to carve, Tesco already has ghost pumpkins and large pumpkins that are perfect for carving and if you’re thinking that it’s a bit early to be carving pumpkins, I say that Halloween is only once a year, let’s get the most out of it.
Rachel Garvey is a Co-Editor for Features for Student Independent News for the year 2023/24. She works full-time, but dedicates her free time to writing and being involved in SIN. Rachel has been a contributor to SIN since 2017.