Manitou Springs Skeleton Craze 2025

Every year, local businesses prepare for another month of Skeleton Craze! Each participating business decorates a skeleton in their storefront. We always kick off Arts Month each October in the Pikes Peak region with this event and it continues to be a great way to support local businesses and organizations. The streets of Manitou Springs always come alive with bone-chilling creativity during the annual Skeleton Craze, and it’s almost time to unveil our spooky champions!

Congratulations to This Year's Winners!

As we said goodbye to the spookiest month of the year, our team of judges hit the streets to find the best skeleton window displays in Manitou Springs. Businesses competed for bragging rights in the 2025 edition of the Manitou Springs Skeleton Craze proudly presented by the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce and Ace Hardware Store on Uintah Gardens!

Our judges this year consisted of Kristin Lee, Beverly Tagliarina, Annie Schmitt, and Sallie Knox Hall.. The judges scored the displays based on Creativity, Attention To Detail, and Best Story. 

1st Place — Flowers…and the Moon

2nd Place — Manitou Outpost

3rd Place — Mountains West Trading USA

In addition to our Top 3 skeleton displays selected by our judges, we also made YOU the judge in our People’s Choice vote. The People’s Choice vote was tallied based on 250+ digital and write-in votes. 

People’s Choice Winner — Flowers…and the Moon

Prizes include a $250 gift card for 1st Place, $100 for 2nd, $50 for 3rd, and $100 in Manitou Money for our People’s Choice winner — all made possible by the generous support of Ace Hardware Store at Uintah Gardens!

 

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