{"id":2213,"date":"2025-10-31T17:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/?p=2213"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:23:55","slug":"halloween-inflatables-take-over-the-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/halloween-inflatables-take-over-the-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween inflatables take over the neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve often joked that Belleville, NJ is the holiday inflatible capital of the state.  Every holiday is included and the inflatables come out &#8211; even for unexpected ones like Easter or Valentines Day. Well, it&#8217;s Halloween, and this week is no different.  A simple half hour walk around Belleville revealed this collection of Halloween inflatables.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2215\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Halloween-inflatables-front-yard.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween inflatables in front yards around Belleville, NJ.\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2215\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Halloween inflatables in front yards around Belleville, NJ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure how a unicorn fits in with the Halloween theme, but here&#8217;s a unicorn along with a cloak-wearing skeleton welcoming me with open arms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2216\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/inflatable-halloween-decorations.jpg\" alt=\"inflatable Halloween decorations\" width=\"850\" height=\"561\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2216\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inflatable Halloween decorations seen in yards in Belleville, NJ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I guess this trio, with one of them holding a pumpkin that says &#8220;Broom Squad,&#8221; must be a trio of witches. They look pretty friendly, I&#8217;d say.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2218\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/inflatable-witches.jpg\" alt=\"inflatable witches\" width=\"850\" height=\"696\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2218\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trio of inflatable witches seen in Belleville, NJ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you get when you put a skeleton, a witch, and the devil in a bathtub? The proclamation that &#8220;Everyday is Halloween.&#8221; Enjoy the holiday, and be safe out there tonight!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2219\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/everyday-is-halloween-inflatable.jpg\" alt=\"everyday is Halloween inflatable\" width=\"850\" height=\"657\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2219\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of four inflatable figures wishing us a Happy Halloween in Belleville, NJ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve often joked that Belleville, NJ is the holiday inflatible capital of the state. Every holiday is included and the inflatables come out &#8211; even for unexpected ones like Easter or Valentines Day. Well, it&#8217;s Halloween, and this week is no different. A simple half hour walk around Belleville revealed this collection of Halloween inflatables. &#8230; <a title=\"Halloween inflatables take over the neighborhood\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/halloween-inflatables-take-over-the-neighborhood\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Halloween inflatables take over the neighborhood\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[149,345,365,383],"class_list":["post-2213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-street-photography","tag-belleville-nj","tag-halloween","tag-holiday-decorations","tag-inflatables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2213"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3070,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213\/revisions\/3070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}