When Paul and Rebecca Knirnschild-Kelley first began decorating their Palmerton home for Halloween, it involved plopping a few old school blow molds in the windows.

And then the couple got their first Minion.

“We started with one, then two, then five, 10, 22, 39 in 2025 — and now currently at 71,” Paul said.

Practically every spot in the Kelleys’ front yard at 712 Columbia Ave. is occupied by a Minion, causing quite a stir.

School buses are rerouting so children can view the display, and the Kelleys often spot people pausing on the sidewalk to admire the dozens of capsule-shaped creatures.

The minion display has even reached TikTok, with a recent video logging millions of views.

The minion invasion wasn’t planned — Paul said it kind of “just happened.”

“Five was OK. Ten were OK,” he said. “But you don’t just see a handful of Minions. You see lots of Minions.”

It started in 2017 with the purchase of a single minion ghost.

“We kept it minimal for several years before it exploded,” Paul noted.

That’s when the Kelleys added Minions in all sizes and dress. A trio of vampires tower the highest at 12-feet tall, and two firemen Minions soar to 8-feet. There’s even a 4-foot Gru, the grouchy boss of the Minions, peeking from a bay window.

Arranging them — the first 56, at least — takes Paul about two days.

“And yes, I’m out there in a minion ‘onesie’ decorating and moving Minions,” he admitted.

When all the Minions are in place, the Kelleys begin seeing tons of visitors, young and old.

“I’d say that most of our visitors are parents who stop, roll down the back windows and let the kids see the Minions,” Paul said. “I like to imagine that it’s a scenario of ‘Eat all your vegetables and we’ll take you to the minion house’.”

His wish, he said, is to have the house be a core memory for kids — just like how he remembers the house that distributed full-size candy bars to trick or treaters, and the house from his childhood that was decorated in the theme of Stephen King’s novel, “Carrie.”

Kelley knows that the Minions aren’t typical of Halloween — they’re definitely not scary.

And they’re definitely nothing like a nearby home at Columbia and Third, where owners have decorated with Art the Clown from “Terrifier,” a levitating Eleven from “Stranger Things,” and Pennywise the Clown from “It.”

Paul called the creepy displays “awesome.”

“Palmerton really does Halloween. From Halls of Horror on Delaware to the numerous houses that go with the scare, we get to be the tame house — with lots of Minions,” he said. “I wanted to be the Halloween house for kids and kids at heart.”

Paul believes that most people in Palmerton know about the Minion house.

“And considering my wife Becky teaches in Northampton, pretty sure a lot of kids will too,” he said.

Many TikTok viewers are aware, too, with a video posted in 2025 viewed more than 2 million times.

Paul plans to add another Minion — the 72nd — sometime before Halloween. And on Halloween, he and Rebecca, will dress in minion gear as his mother-in-law, Betty Knirnschild, hands out treats to trick or treaters.

The end of the Halloween season won’t signal the end to the Minions.

“When they come down, Thanksgiving goes up (with) five Minion scarecrows,” Paul said.

For Christmas, there will be at least 20.

“Then Easter rolls around with a bunch of pink Minion rabbits,” Paul said. “The pink bunny makes an appearance for Halloween, then for Christmas (homage to ‘Christmas Story’) and then start multiplying like rabbits for Easter.”

Paul invites all to see the Minion house.

“Don’t be a stranger — the Minions don’t bite,” he said.