Hallmark Boo Bazaar Creepy Cobwebs (stretchable cobweb decoration)
- Year
- 1986–1989 Source verified
- Manufacturer
- Hallmark Source verified
- Original price
- $2.25 Source verified
About this item
Bagged, stretchable white cobweb material of the kind used on horror-film sets, sold as 'Creepy Cobwebs' for spooky decorating. The 1989 catalog lists it as a bag of cobwebs.
Details
- Holiday
- Halloween
- Archive type
- Decoration
- Brand
- Hallmark
- Product line
- Boo Bazaar
- Materials
- stretchable synthetic fiber
- Packaging
- Printed bag header: Creepy Cobwebs, stretchable stuff for spooky decorations.
- Product code
- 225HBO1197
Collector details
Research notes
Retail price derived from the price-coded Hallmark stock number printed in the 1989 trade catalog (the leading digits are the retail price in cents; the catalog's own packaging photos show $1.95 on 195HBO-coded makeup, confirming the convention).
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Sources & verification
- Hallmark Halloween/Thanksgiving Catalog 1989 Retail Catalog Supports: Scan of Hallmark's 1989 Halloween/Thanksgiving trade catalog View source
- Jordan Times, Nov. 1, 1987 (wire feature on adult Halloween spending) Newspaper Advertisement Supports: Quotes Hallmark spokeswoman Barbara Miller; says Hallmark launched the Boo Bazaar line 'last year' (1986) with creepy cobwebs, fabric masks, cardboard tombstones, attachable dragon and devil tails and orange-and-black partyware, and that Hallmark was putting more focus on Halloween. View source
- U.S. 1 (Princeton, N.J.), Oct. 25, 1989: 'Halloween's Monster Profits' Newspaper Advertisement Supports: Feature on the Boo Bazaar display at Amy's Hallmark: novelty ties (Boo!/Slime, cobweb-and-spider, pumpkin bow ties), character makeup, feathered masks, cobwebs, suction-cup skeletons, light-up pin/magnets, an R.I.P. ('Really Into Partying') T-shirt and a new Baby Boo infant costume line; calls Boo Bazaar 'now in its third year'. View source
- Granite City Press-Record (Ill.), Oct. 21, 1987: Halloween Boo Bazaar advertisement Newspaper Advertisement Supports: Rhyming Hallmark ad copy listing gloves and tails, T-shirts, capes, bats and rats, creepy cobwebs, skeleton bones, ghoulish makeup, glowing ghosts, slimy ties, headbands with multiple eyes, fabric masks and beanies. View source