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 Last 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 presented by the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce and Ace Hardware Store on Uintah Gardens. 

Our judges last year consisted of Kathy Minch, Sallie Knox Hall, and Annie Schmitt, who all have been previous judges. The judges scored the displays based on Creativity, Best Theme, and Overall Appearance. 

1st Place — Flowers… and The Moon 

2nd Place — (TIE) Mountain High Gallery & Gifts and Mountains West

3rd Place — Southwest Silver

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 300+ digital and write-in votes. 

People’s Choice Winner — Flowers… and the Moon

1st Place will receive a $250 gift card, 2nd Place a $100 gift card, a $50 gift card for Third Place, and $100 in Manitou Money for our People’s Choice winner, all generously donated from Ace Hardware Store on Uintah Gardens!

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