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Residential Entry
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Happy Halloween to all but especially to Cal Raleigh and the Mariners! Here's to staying undead during the playoffs. Read more
It's Barbie! She traveled all the way from Barbie Land to visit Edmonds in time for the scarecrow contest this year. Vote for Barbie (not the Kens!) Read more
Welcome aboard The Scary Skies! Please stow your bones—I mean bags—and fasten your seatbelts, especially if you're in row 26 with our disappearing door. As we prepare for a fretful flight, remember that extreme turbulence can strike at any time, alongside screaming children, arm-rest hogs, loud snorers, strong odors, cramped legs, long lines to our dirty restrooms, and the occasional ghost who loves to hit the back of your chair. In first class, enjoy our mystery meal, featuring a mystery meat, sauce, a vegetable, and a dinner roll sure to have rolled onto the floor—don’t worry, the five-second rule is always in effect! For your frustration, our flights are frequently cancelled or delayed, and your checked luggage may vanish. If you have a connection, well, good luck with that terror in the terminal On behalf of our senior crew, we look forward to scaring you! Boo! 👻 Read more
This elegant lady scarecrow is ready for a masquerade ball, styled with a designer dress made of dried Crocosmia leaves taken from the garden. Read more
Generations gather for the annual Halloween witches brew. Boiling up a bit of trouble or good times, it’s too early to tell. One thing for certain is that getting your Vote will guarantee more Good spells than Bad! Read more
Madame Anna V. Bassett waters her rose garden as she overlooks Main Street. This was no ordinary Victorian-era woman. Born in Ohio and homeschooled by her father (a preacher), she graduated with honors from Oberlin College in 1887 and went on to see the world! She taught music in China and Japan for several years before returning to the states with her new husband (Reverend Franklin Bassett), living in Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, and North Dakota before settling in Edmonds in 1904. She was a strong, civic-minded woman and very involved in our town's early development. She founded the Edmonds Floretum Flower Club and the Edmonds Music and Art Study Club. Madame Bassett was an active suffragist and was the first woman in Edmonds to register to vote. Her most lasting legacy lives on through the thousands of pianists that can trace their piano instruction (often through their piano instructor's instruction) back to Anna Bassett. The room with the turret behind her is the music studio where she taught countless children and adults from Edmonds how to play. If you listen carefully, some say they can still hear the haunting sound of her fingers tapping the keys around Halloween! Read more
Carl the Creepy Crayon has risen from the pages of Aaron Reynolds' book and is bigger and creepier than ever! He's joined by some of his creepy carrot and underwear friends to haunt Jasper Rabbit once more. Carl is made from straw, burlap, and a repurposed traffic cone. He was created with help from the whole family 🙂 Read more
Move over Karen, Barb is here to talk to all the managers in Deadmonds. This pearl-clutching scarecrow comes preloaded with such classics as "I want to talk to your supervisor", "This coupon IS valid", "I know the owner", "No one wants to work these days", "What does anti-bullying mean?", "I've lived here [insert non-requested length of time to validate useless opinion]", and all non relevant stories that begin with "well in MY day...". This royal B is sure to put the "witch" in the witching season. Read more
Edmonds may be a long way from Hogwarts but I think Hedwig knows the way. Happy Halloween! *Accio candy!* Read more
Emerald Evie is the friendliest witch you've ever met. She spreads joy with her black and orange flowers. Her small cauldron, filled with mini pumpkins and her cute jack-o-lantern adds magic to her charming presence. Read more
Peekaboo is dressed as her favorite animal, a giraffe. She’s excited to Trick or Treat up and down the street! Read more
Deep in the heart of Yost park, there is a great tree, and in the fathomless earth under this tree lies the corporeal remains of the Yost Park Phantom. When the twilight air grows cool, and the mists rise off the Salish Sea, the spirit of the Yost Park Phantom rises from the earthen depths and begins its slow saunter through the park, calling out for companions to join it under the great tree for an eternal slumber. So walk softly along the park at twilight, and if you hear a faint calling from the shadows of the park, know that the Yost Park Phantom is near... Read more
Welcome aboard The Scary Skies! Please stow your bones—I mean bags—and fasten your seatbelts, especially if you're in row 26 with our disappearing door. As we prepare for a fretful flight, remember that extreme turbulence can strike at any time, alongside screaming children, arm-rest hogs, loud snorers, strong odors, cramped legs, long lines to our dirty restrooms, and the occasional ghost who loves to hit the back of your chair. In first class, enjoy our mystery meal, featuring a mystery meat, sauce, a vegetable, and a dinner roll sure to have rolled onto the floor—don’t worry, the five-second rule is always in effect! For your frustration, our flights are frequently cancelled or delayed, and your checked luggage may vanish. If you have a connection, well, good luck with that terror in the terminal On behalf of our senior crew, we look forward to scaring you! Boo! Read more
Captain Jonathan Thorn and the remains of the crew of the blighted ship, The Tonquin, have pulled themselves from their watery graves in Clayoquot Sound and up Shell Creek, seeking to plunder and pillage. The horrid tableau must be seen to be believed, if one can countenance such horror. 6 of the damn-ed crew, in Davy Jones’s locker since 1811, have hoisted themselves to haunt on Halloween night, but the sea creatures that snacked on them still bedevil these scalliwags. (Google “The Tonquin” to read more of the tragic tale.) Read more
Retail Business Entry
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Our Scarecrow is centered and looking up towards all possibilities with hope for a peaceful future for all— Read more
This year's scarecrow is called Amanita "Must-Scare-Ya" and the Funguys as a play on words with the poisonous mushroom Amanita Muscaria and our fungi friends. We are avid mushroom hunters in our family and love this time of year for tasty forest treats but beware the beautiful yet deadly amanita fly catcher. Our scarecrow was constructed with antique French lace, a fabricated mushroom cap, tons of tiny skull and mushroom details, straw hair and a little wink of style to one of my personal hero's, Dolly Parton. Our five year old daughter cut out all the paper dots and helped with the arrangement and construction. Scarecrow creating is now a family tradition! We also created a tiny forest in our shop window for Miss Amanita to spend her days scaring the crows away. Read more
The Fab-BOO-lous Fashion Girl Barbies love shopping at the new European boutique, NC Concept Store, in downtown Edmonds! They enjoy meeting with their girlfriends there to find stylized, unique clothing! A reminder that Barbie can be anything she dreams to be… it’s a concept! After all, fashion is a GHOUL’S best friend! Read more
Welcome to the Jester’s Court — where even the afterlife gets a laugh! This mischievous monarch of mirth has risen from the grave to preside over his loyal bone-to-be-wild companions. Dressed in royal colors of purple, green, and gold, our skeletal jester brings a touch of Halloween humor to the harvest season. Careful though — he’s always dying to tell a joke… Read more
Vinnie McVintage entirely lost his mind, (err, uhm, his head) over all the amazing vintage goods he found at Camp Vintage. He'd love to have your vote! And maybe a little help getting his head back on. Read more
Our first scarecrow submission was vandalized and parts stolen within the first 24 hours of installation. This is our take two - inspired by a friend's comment that 'you should make a candy corn because they are gross and no one will touch it". Please enjoy our defiant candy corn. Read more
Our Siren says "Seas the Day' because life is short! Our curious siren is made with all kinds of blue netting, paper, fabric, sequins and hundreds of dyed blue seastars. Her antique coral fan crown is just one of the ocean treasures used to create her world under the blue waves above. We hope to "sea" you around town and don't forget to "carp"e diem. Read more
Sitting down scarecrow with a plague doctor's mask, witch hat, cloak and a small tiny bird made out of pine cone. Read more
Lucy the Lavender Witch is conjuring up the perfect lavender brew to fulfill all your lavender dreams. Come visit the Complete Lavender Experience in downtown Edmonds. Read more
What is scarier for humans than change? Miss Metamorphosis is here to remind us that while change is possibly the scariest thing for humans that the curiously unexpected beauty and wonder awaits on the other side of that fear. Embrace the transformation! Read more
Service Business Entry
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A play off the Emmy Award winning TV series, "Schitt$ Creek" to depict the essence of the year 2020! Read more
This spa-crow was once a radiant beauty and then didn't make it to her facial, so she ended up forever a skeleton that roams the treatment rooms! Read more
Wonder Woman wants you to Vote! Bodyworks Pilates is Woman-Owned and offers Private Pilates Sessions customized to our clients needs. Dedicated to Jessica (Jess) Oldwyn- Our beloved client, a true Wonder Woman and designer of our beautifully updated website at www.bodyworkspilatesedmonds.com Read more
Darkness falls across the land/ The midnight hour is close at hand/ Creatures crawl in search of blood/ To terrorize y'all's neighborhood/ And whosoever shall be found/ Without the soul for getting down/ Must stand and face the hounds of hell/ And rot inside a copse's shell. The foulest stench is in the air/ The funk of 40,000 years/ And grizzly ghouls from every tomb/ Are closing in to seal your doom/ And though you fight to stay alive/ Your body starts to shiver/ For no mere mortal can resist/ The evil of The Thriller!!! Read more
Financial / Insurance / Real Estate Entry
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Ahh! It's Bowser! But made entirely out of yarn! This 2-foot-tall crocheted mischief-maker is popping out of the pipes this Halloween to give little trick-or-treaters a scare with a giant roar! Read more
It's an Edmonds kind of Fall Raining Cats & Dogs Fall backdrop with pumpkins, hay and corn stalks. Large cat and dogs raining down! Read more
Koenig Financial Group's display this year features a friendly witch happily crocheting away along with 12 crocheted squares each featuring a Halloween themed image. Each square is 22"x22" and was created with Pine & Cauldron yarn using a technique called Corner to Corner (C2C). Just like Bowser from last year and the Adams Family from 2 years ago, Sarah Chaddick is the mastermind and crochet-artist-extraordinaire of this magnificent piece! Read more
Koenig Financial Group's display this year features a friendly witch happily crocheting away along with 12 crocheted squares each featuring a Halloween themed image. Each square is 22"x22" and was created with Pine & Cauldron yarn using a technique called Corner to Corner (C2C). Just like Bowser from last year and the Adams Family from 2 years ago, Sarah Chaddick is the mastermind and crochet-artist-extraordinaire of this magnificent piece! Read more
The Real Housewitches of Edmonds have arrived and are brewing up something spooktacular for the townsfolk. Just like the ladies of Bravo, there's drama, secrets, spells and more. Even more, they can lead you to some amazing people who can sell your house! Tune in, take a picture, join the fun - these witches are sure to create stories for years to come! Read more
The Madrigals are an extraordinary family of scarecrows who live hidden in a charmed place called “Encancrow”, right in the heart of downtown Edmonds. Everyone in the family has a unique gift, including the future seeing uncle Bruno, which no one speaks of. Poor Mirabel is the only one with absolutely no special abilities, until one day it is revealed that Mirabel does have a gift…she has the ability to bring everyone together. Read more
Look's like Team Rocket's blasting off againnn!! Meowth crash landed from Team Rocket right here in Edmonds! Be sure to catch em' all and come see Meowth! Read more
Look's like Team Rocket's blasting off againnn!! Meowth crash landed from Team Rocket right here in Edmonds! Be sure to catch em' all and come see Meowth! Read more
She's back and this time she brought friends. Come visit our "Witchy Woman" at the corner of 6th and Main Street. Here you will find bats, spiders, and mummies - 'Oh my!' It's quite a spooky scene. Read more
Shadows from the Night are hanging around, hoping their spooky images will be exposed when you take your Halloween photos. Read more
Shadows from the Night are hanging around, hoping their spooky images will be exposed when you take your Halloween photos. Read more
He'll huff and he'll puff... We all know how the story goes. The pigs with the straw house and stick house have lost their homes already and are hiding out in their brother's sturdy brick house while the wolf hides in the background biding his time. Read more
Poppy the Scare-Troll discovers that there are many different trolls scattered in and around Edmonds. With everyone playing a different tune, her mission is to unite the community and celebrate our differences. Poppy’s message through music is, WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER Read more
BUCK remote learning! Its a spooky time out there and we have a lot of smart kids in virtual learning lands. BUCK teaches kids how to understand personal finance. Get your BUCK on today! Www.buckacademy.org Read more
Jack Skellington and his dog Zero from Nightmare Before Christmas are creeping in front of the window at Koenig Financial Group! Read more
There's been little to laugh about in 2020, let's be honest, but this "Witchy" woman is rising above and looking ahead. Read more
Let’s face it, 2020 brought on some extremely weird times for all. From running out of flour and toilet paper to forest fires, hurricanes, to the wildly popular Tiger King and they mystery of Carol Baskin’s late husband. We at Coldwell Banker Bain have decided to just throw it all in the dumpster and light it on fire! Poof! On to 2021! Read more
A hobbit made their way here from Middle Earth with a message board encouraging passers-by to mask up Read more
Arts / Government / School / Civic Entry
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The Edmonds Library SelfCareCrow wants you to take time this autumn to do what nurtures you: cuddle up with your favorite hot drink, wear your coziest jammies, and read a good book of course! Scan the QR code for a list of self-care themed reads to get started. Thank you to the Friends of the Edmonds Library for supporting SelfCareCrow! Read more
Meet Edmonds Elementary's newest student, Echo! Name: Hay! I'm Echo! Favorite Fruit: Straw-berries, yummm! Favorite Holiday Food: Stuffing Favorite Show or Movie: Wizard of Oz, "If I only had a brain!" Have You Won Any Awards: Of course, I'm outstanding in my field! What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up: A DJ, Turnip the Beet! You can meet our newest student just outside the main office at Edmonds Elementary! Read more
Barclay Shelton Dance Centre proudly presents our pumpkin pigerinas, Hamrietta, Baconella, and prima Pigerina, Agnus in our own rendition of Swine Lake. Our dancers exude personality and will dance their way into your hearts! Read more
In honor of our 65th season and celebrating our upcoming show The Edmonds Driftwood Players have created two scarecrow versions of Willy Wonka's Oompa Loompas to welcome people to the Wade James Theatre! Come enjoy a trip through the chocolate factory with us this holiday season! Read more
Support the Recrea-Crows! They’re committed to continuing the amazing classes and programs at the Frances Anderson Center and local parks—such as Taekwondo, yoga, pickleball, youth sports, dance, and fitness classes—as well as beloved community events like Summer Movies in the Park and more. Help us keep the fun going and the sense of community in Edmonds strong! Read more
The Trike Stop Childcare Center & Preschool has had the pleasure of caring for thousands of local children. We hope our festive display makes them and their families smile each day. Read more
We dedicate this to all dancers everywhere! You have bravely endured the blistered feet, the tired muscles, the long hours of class and rehearsal. Your audience has thrilled in your performance! Pamper yourself. Rest and relax. Dance on! Read more
Sister Mary Hayseed is a tribute to the dedicated nuns who first taught at Holy Rosary School. Dressed in a traditional habit, this scarecrow represents the heart and soul of Catholic education. She reflects the nurturing spirit of Catholic educators who have guided students for 60 years. With a cross around her neck and students by her side, she symbolizes the rich history and timeless values that have shaped the lives of hundreds of students at Holy Rosary School. Sister Mary Hayseed reminds us all that, just like her, the roots of faith and education run deep in our school’s community. Read more
PICKLE! Here's an ACE of a display to come check out! Beware of the DEAD BALLS in the Pickleball Graveyard! It's always Pickleball season at the Frances Anderson Center! Read more
Join Edmonds Driftwood Players and Cinderella (and her very cute little mice) as she heads for her pumpkin carriage before the clock strikes midnight. The perfect stop for a festive photo. Read more
Our little scarecrow is dressed up like an Elf. Keeping with scarecrow tradition he is sporting a pumpkin head and overalls, but he has accessorized with elf themed items, so he fits in with our sign. Read more
One of CPE’s 3rd Grade Classes was inspired by the Dreamworks movie Trolls. This is Poppy the Scaretroll. Read more
Sal is a friendly fisherman. Even the seagulls like him! A real Scaregull! Made with paper mache. Read more
BOO! Beware of the ghoulish grinning ScareGhosts haunting the Frances Anderson Center! They look fun and friendly by day, and will be sure to light up your night! Have a SPOOKtacular Halloween from your Edmonds Parks, Recreation and Human Services staff! Read more
A crow sits atop Vincent Van Gogh"s head with an ear in his beak. Vincent, although a little ragged, doesn't seem to mind. They are made of paper mache pulp and are clothed in hand painted scenes from his paintings. Read more
Sister Mary Hayseed is a tribute to the dedicated nuns who first taught at Holy Rosary School. Dressed in a traditional habit, this scarecrow represents the heart and soul of Catholic education. She reflects the nurturing spirit of Catholic educators who have guided students for 60 years. With a cross around her neck and students by her side, she symbolizes the rich history and timeless values that have shaped the lives of hundreds of students at Holy Rosary School. Sister Mary Hayseed reminds us all that, just like her, the roots of faith and education run deep in our school’s community. Read more
Food / Beverage Business Entry
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Come visit Shore Pine Coffee and Gelato at the Edmonds Waterfront Center and snag a Sucker... if you dare! Read more
Our Demetris Sasquatch is all dressed up and ready to scare some crows and take pics with your family! Read more
Meet Earl Lawrence. He’s all bones because he left all his skin in the game. Earl sits above the bar inside the Salish Sea Brewing Co. keeping an eye on things. Join Earl and the rest of the Salish Brew Crew for a pint or a bit to eat. We are open 7 days a week in our downtown location from 11am-7pm. Read more
Chef Tom A. Toe is Table for 12's featured chef for October. Chef Tom enjoys long walks on the Edmonds beach, pamplemousse La Croix, and hosting cooking classes at Table for 12. Read more
Ash Ketchum has arrived in Edmonds with his favorite pokemon Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Charmander and or course Pikachu! Read more
Meet Walnut's crow-bot Sustain! Made from entirely recyclable materials, we wanted to challenge ourselves to a "buy nothing" approach to making our scarecrow again this year. Designed and built by Grace Doquilo, our only expense was duct tape. Impressive! And Sustain has two messages for you. First - plant based milks are yummy, better for the planet, and we don't up-charge for them at Walnut. Second, we encourage you to consider ways you can reduce your waste stream in your own lives. Consider bringing your own mug when you grab a coffee (and save $.25), and carry your own water bottle instead of purchasing plastic single-use water bottles. Read more
Our Friend Alan returns for a Halloween visit from dimensions unknown with his new buddy Omelet. He’ll be keeping and eye on all of his friends in Edmonds. Read more
Lovingly made by the staff of Potlatch Bistro and ShorePine Coffee and Gelato, the Fisherman and his catch of the day are right at home at the Edmonds Waterfront Center beach. Read more
Gru and his minions have taken over Red Twig! All the minions have taken over jobs at the café. Check our Instagram to learn more about our minion team! Read more
Las catrinas showing up to party at Las brisas! We tried to use non conventional materials as much as we could! We made the flowers from paper and sewed the skirt from a table cover. The heads are two foil pans we glued together. Read more
La Catrina has found love here in Edmonds. She met el Catrin. A beautiful skeleton made out of paper and wire. They might look like all bones but have big hearts. Come join us on Halloween night for their wedding here at Las Brisas to celebrate their big day. Read more
A young alien has fallen in love with Halloween and disguises himself as a human boy disguised as a pirate to join in the Halloween fun. Read more
Ahoy Mateys! If ye' be wanderin' the Edmonds Waterfront, set your sights on the skeleton crew of Shore Pine Coffee and Gelato - Were holding down the fort, brewing strong and scooping sweet, aboard the S.S Salty. Come on by, drop anchor and share a tale or two! Read more
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