Sunday, December 29, 2013

'Tis the *Wrong* Season...

....to find some vintage Halloween!

Hello Friends, hope your Christmas was Merry and your New Year Happy! I had to pop in and share with you a major thrift score from this past week! As you all may know, thrifting knows no season, and the best finds are usually out-of-season gems!

And so it was for me. I happened to take a trip to my favorite thrift store a few days after Christmas and of course, I didn't buy Christmas stuff (that is all long since picked over!) but in the back of the store by the kids' stuff I found these!


Five vintage costumes still in their boxes! All are from the early 80s and earlier. On the left is a Collegeville Costume (Collegeville is not very far from here, but I had no idea they made costumes there) Panda and a Ben Cooper Raggedy Ann. On the right are Ben Cooper Strawberry Shortcake (the original version from my childhood, not the one my daughter is familiar with, LOL), a Pound Puppies and another Collegeville Scarecrow.


This is the Panda- it is probably the oldest. I'd guess it was from the late 60s, as the costume part is fabric. 
My daughter was thrilled to model these costumes for you all to see, and they will be eventually headed to my Etsy store.  I was sorry to have to tell her that she couldn't keep them to play dress up!


Naturally, this one is her favorite. It still even smells like Strawberry- remember that? I don't think the new dolls do that. I may hold onto this one for her for next year, we shall see...


 My son, aka "Eagle Eye", spotted these vintage Fisher Price pull-behind trains. He happened to have some of his Christmas money on him, so he bought these to resell. He is quite the businessman anymore. Watch for these in the Etsy shop, and help out an 8 year old entrepreneur!


That's it for today, I promise to blog a bit more in the New Year, now that I have got my camera issues straightened out! (Thanks, Santa! :)

8 comments:

  1. I've never heard "flame retarded" before, I had to Google it to see if it was real. Basically the same as flame retardant?

    Pretty fun costumes! I never got to wear anything like this. I think I was often my moms homemade pumpkin.

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    1. Me too- I always wanted a store bought costume, but my mom made us make our own costumes. She didn't even help, which was probably a good thing. I learned to be very creative!

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  2. An extraordinary thrift find for any time of year! Love them!

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  3. When we first moved to the area and realized we lived near Collegeville, the first thing I thought was "Collegville Costumes!" We had an old costume w/a box with their name on it when I was a kid, and obviously it stuck with me. There is a building where they sell Halloween costumes there during the season that I think may have been the original location of the factory, but now 100% of what they sell is from overseas. I'm always meaning to do some research on them b/c they're so close, but I always forget until too late in the season. Putting it on my list for 2014!

    Good finds! I haven't been thrifting lately myself so it's good to see there's still some good stuff out there.

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  4. Nice score! I haven't thrifted in so long. I haven't had much luck when I have gone out too.....I think everyone here is onto us that vintage is cool! A few years ago that SSC mask would have brought you a pretty penny - she was hot back then! Of course, it was just when Mary turned 4 and I wanted to get these for her. Everything cost so much then. There are lots of SSC collectors out there though. If you decide to sell, good luck!

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    1. Thanks, I will keep that in mind. I had already bought her a new SSC costume for last year which she didn't even wear, so I think we might be able to wear that one and sell this one!

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  5. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Susie. Kool costumes. Brings back memories of the old days. Thanks for the memory.

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  6. How neat! And to find 5 new in box all at one time, wow!

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