“Unleash Your Inner Ghoul: Discover the 75 Most Jaw-Dropping DIY Halloween Decor Ideas You Never Knew You Needed!”
There’s no question that Americans are willing to spend when it comes to Halloween. According to a 2023 survey from the National Retail Federation, a whopping 73% of Americans participated in Halloween-themed activities last year. It was expected that those celebrating Halloween would spend over $12.2 billion on their decor, costumes and more last year, while the average person was expected to spend over $108.
You might be wondering how Americans can possibly spend so much on Halloween, but if you break the holiday down, it’s easy to see how it can become expensive. There’s decorations, candy to pass out to trick or treaters, costumes for yourself and your children, food and drinks for parties and more. In fact, on Halloween candy alone, Americans spend over $3 billion annually.
Costumes are another high-ticket item for those embracing spooky season. According to the National Retail Federation, Americans spent over $4 billion last year making sure that they, their children and their pets were able to fully embrace the holiday. And when it comes to the most popular looks, kids tend to go for Spiderman, princesses, ghosts, superheroes and witches. Meanwhile, adults like to dress up as witches, vampires, Barbie, Batman and cats. And as for what we dress up our pets as, pumpkins, hot dogs, bats and bumblebees are the most popular choices.
Are you feeling inspired to transform your home into a creepy, haunted house this Halloween, pandas? Keep upvoting the pics you find particularly amusing or impressive, and let us know in the comments below how you plan to decorate this spooky season. Then, if you’d like to check out another Halloween-themed article from Bored Panda, we recommend reading this one next!
