SEASONAL & HOLIDAY ITEMS

...play this game. And so can you. Put a touch of tropical whimsy on your mantel with this laid-back toucan resting in a banana boat. Imagine a cross between Sam, the Froot Loops pitchbird, and Jimmy Buffet wasting away on his day off. Made from the ubiquitous and pretty-near-indestructible polyresin, the bird measures 9” x 6”, including the banana boat.

Imagine grandma hanging laundry, if grandma were Cardi B in Las Vegas at 2 a.m. Got it? Now you have a sense of how these LED clothespin string-lights can glamorize the mundane. The clothespins are clear plastic, with little bulbs behind the pincers, so the whole battery-operated deal seems to light up, clips and all. The string is 14” long, and you’ll get (40) lights total. Runs on (2) "AA" batteries, not included. From mDesign.

Alas, we do, too, and here’s another one—made of foam. Quite realistic-looking due to the weathered color and texture, it has most of its teeth, all of its fissures, and deep, creepy eye sockets. A must-have for the Halloween season, productions of Hamlet and Gothic interior design. Very lightweight so it would also work for macabre indoor volleyball. The flat bottom means it will sit right up on your (actual) desktop as a procrastination deterrent.