- While it’s still summer, retailers are already promoting Halloween yard decorations. This year could be different than previous years as tariffs have raised fears about supply shortages and higher prices. Lowe’s is the latest to offer goods, with products that tie in to Disney’s Haunted Mansion attraction.
Holiday creep is the sort of thing that usually drives people a little bit crazy. So seeing yard decorations for Halloween cropping up in home improvement stores right as hurricane season gets underway might seem a bit much.
But 2025, by all signs, is not going to be the usual spooky season. And people who are hoping to have the latest and greatest ghouls in their front yard might want to consider stocking up a bit early this year.
Lowe’s is the latest store to offer early Halloween decorations, with several new decorations and animatronics from Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride. The store is offering several freestanding tombstones that visitors see when they’re waiting to enter the attraction, as well as decorations of popular ride characters, including the groundskeeper and the hitchhiking ghosts.
Critics might take issue with some of the design choices of these decorations (which are not exactly what you’d call a carbon copy of the ride characters), but as Oct. 31 draws nearer, the choices in stores might not be as robust as previous years.
Continuing questions about tariffs have pushed some retailers to pause or cancel orders for Halloween and Christmas decorations.
Lowe’s is hardly the first retailer to launch early Halloween sales. The Home Depot, in March, launched sales of select spooky decorations, such as its iconic 12-foot skeleton and a 15-foot animated scarecrow.
Several more items are still available on that company’s website, but if you’re hoping to pick up a 12-foot skeleton, you’ll have to wait until the Home Depot’s next big Halloween event, which usually takes place in July.
