Do you "boo" your neighbors? The You've Been Booed idea is a fun tradition that our family looks forward to each year and we can't wait to do it again this year! Not sure how to "boo"? It's simple! You choose two neighbors, leave a basket of Halloween goodies on their doorstep, ring the doorbell and RUN! Inside the baskets are treats, little Halloween gifts and You've Been Booed instructions for the neighbors to keep the "boo" going. Be sure to download the Free You've Been Booed Printables here!
Print out the You've Been Booed Instructions onto white cardstock, cut out and tuck into your boo baskets! There are 4 different colors to choose from so pick the one that works best for you! Happy Haunting!
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A little busy with the buzz of daily life? Make a You’ve Been Booed Kit easy with these pre-packaged Boo Bag Kits. All of the essentials are in a kit together including bags, toys, crafts, candy and much more. Our favorite kits include the Mini Halloween Boo Bag Kits for 12, Adult Halloween Booze Bag Kit for 12, the Christian Pumpkin Halloween Boo Bag Kit for 12 and the Halloween Activity Boo Bag Kit for 48. Discover all of the boo-essentials to put together your bag!
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A mint green paper gift bag is a fun twist on the traditional orange and black Halloween palette. Fill the bag with Halloween toys and treats and tuck in a bit of orange tissue paper. Tie a strand of bat shaped ribbon to the handles and add the free printable as well as a little boo tag.
Project by: Rachel McAffee of Fawn
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Bring the egg hunt to your friends and neighbors with a Halloween Egg Hunt Basket. Decorate simple Plastic Easter Eggs as fun Halloween characters using a Sharpie® marker, fill the basket with Easter Grass in a Jack-O-Lantern Trick-or-Treat Bucket. Fill the eggs with fun Halloween toys and candy! Some of our favorites include Sugar Skull Tattoos, Spider Rings, Jelly Beans and Eyeball Sweet Creams Candy. Fill the basket with other goodies including a Halloween Plush and Lollipops!
Project by: Missy & Kristen of Sweetly Chic Events & Design
Candy corn, corgis, and fun, oh my! This adorable boo basket celebrates Halloween’s most popular treat in the cutest way! To recreate this sweet idea, tuck Candy Corn Plush Corgis inside a Orange Sand Bucket, then arrange themed treats like Halloween Kawaii Plush Pumpkins, Candy Corn Treat Favor Containers filled with goodies, Halloween Maze Puzzles, Mini Candy Corn Flashlights, Candy Corn Prism Stickers, and a Large Favor Tube filled with Candy Corn around them. Add our coordinating free printable “Booed” Signs, then tie a Black & White Ribbon bow around the bucket for a festive finishing touch!
Project by: Jen Tetreault of Jen T. by Design
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Make Halloween extra special in a classroom or for friends by having a Halloween Party in a Box. With social distance measures in place, having a “normal” Halloween party might not be in the cards this year. Include all of the party essentials in a Black Favor Box and deliver to classroom students, neighbors and friends. Decorate the outside of the box with a Bat Ornament Craft Kit and Jack-O-Lantern Craft Kit. Fill the inside with lots of goodies including Color Your Own Halloween Magnets and Unicorn Pumpkin Adhesive Shapes for some fun Halloween activities. You can still host a virtual Halloween costume contest and award with the Best Costume Award Badge. Everyone will enjoy this clever Halloween favor box!
Project by: Marcy of Simply Sprout
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Tall jars are a fun and unique way to present a gift this Halloween season. Fill them with Halloween slap bracelets, squishes, stickers and a few pieces of yummy Halloween candy. Next, tie a few strands of ribbon in festive Halloween colors and attach the free printable found. Super quick and easy but absolutely adorable!
Project by: Rachel McAffee of Fawn
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This boo basket is frightfully fang-tastic, and one that the kiddos love! Mini Coffin Favor Boxes with Lids with Spooky Googly Eyes glued onto them set a spooky scene, and we love that you can hide treats inside! Arrange the boxes in a Spider Web Basket along with Halloween Kawaii Plush Vampire Bats, Halloween Stuffed Bats, Bat-Shaped Plastic Straws, White Vampire Fangs, Bat Halloween Maze Puzzles and our coordinating “You’ve Been Booed” Free Printables to create a spooktacular surprise for your favorite ghouls and goblins!
Project by: Jennifer Tetreault of Jen T. by Design
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Bats, skulls and black cats galore! This black candy bucket is filled with spooky stickers, Halloween bat cups, mermaid skeletons and creepy unicorn skeletons. Attach the free printable and your gift is all ready to be delivered!
Project by: Rachel McAffee of Fawn
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Want to surprise the kids with a boo basket that’s so cute it’s scary? This idea is monstrously fun! Simply add an Enormous Googly Eye and a paper mouth to a Green Sand Bucket, then fill with monster-themed goodies like Monster Cups with Lids & Straws, Plush Monsters, Cute Monster Yo-Yos and Halloween Eyeball Bubble Tubes. You’ll definitely want to include Slime Eating Monster Toys, too … the kids are obsessed with those! Finish off the basket with our free coordinating “Booed” printables.
Project by: Jennifer Tetreault of Jen T. by Design
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“Classic” doesn’t get much cuter than this! Black cats, pumpkins, and ghosts add a traditional touch to this “You’ve Been Booed” basket, and our Free Printable “Booed” signs coordinate perfectly! The Ghoul Gang Necklaces light up, making them great for the kiddos to wear while trick-or-treating, and the Halloween Kawaii Plush Characters are a huge favorite! Fill some Polka Dot Cellophane Bags with yummy treats, then tuck them inside a Spider Web Basket along with Halloween Maze Puzzles and Black Cat Prism Stickers for a fa-boo-lous gift!
Project by: Jennifer Tetreault of Jen T. by Design
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Candy corn is a Halloween staple and so are jack-o-lanterns, black cats and witches. Put everything that represents the spirit of Halloween into a small cauldron and attach the free printable with a black and white ribbon.Your neighbors will love all the fun Halloween surprises like Halloween character cups, super cute pencil cases, witch shoe pens, Halloween squishes and lots of Halloween candy!
Project by: Rachel McAffee of Fawn
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Treat your neighbors to a sweet surprise by giving them a night off from washing dishes. Stack some adorable boo paper plates, boo napkins, and ghost cups together and tie them all up with a strand of black and white striped ribbon. Place a few bat shaped straws inside the cups and attach the free printable. Tuck in a gift card to a pizza place and your gift is ready to go!
Project by: Rachel McAffee of Fawn
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Move over monsters, mermaids and unicorns have stepped up their spook game and they’re looking ghoulishly glam! We love the idea of adding Color Your Own Halloween Unicorn Pumpkin Cups with Lids & Straws and Gibby & Libby™ Halloween Gel Crayons to this basket. It’s a fun activity that the kids can do right away, then they can use the cups throughout the Halloween season! Mermaid Skeleton Bendables, Mythical Halloween Characters and Skeleton Mermaid Charm Necklaces tie into the mythical theme perfectly, and Mini Twisty Lollipops add a sweet surprise to this magical medley! Arrange all of the goodies inside a Spider Web Basket and tuck our “Booed” printables inside so that the kids can carry on the fun!
Project by: Jennifer Tetreault of Jen T. by Design
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Drop this fun You've Been Booed Adult Halloween Game off on friends' and neighbors' doorsteps to make sure the adults don't miss out on all the fun this Halloween! Consider putting fun wearable accessories in your boo basket as well as all the supplies to make a tasty Halloween themed cocktail. Be sure to grab the FREE You've Been Booed printable that goes with this idea.
Project by: Missy & Kristen of Sweet Chic Events & Design
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Craft your own DIY ghost favor jars to put inside a boo basket! Dress up Short Jars with little felt ghosts wearing hair bows or bow ties and attach the FREE downloadable favor tag using bakers twine. Fill jars up with orange and yellow shimmering candies or opt for Halloween chocolates to give your friends and family an extra sweet treat!
Project by: Missy & Kristen of Sweet Chic Events & Design
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Host a Friendly Ghost Themed Play Date or simply drop boo bags off to neighbors and family! These boo bags consist of an adorable stuffed ghost complete with a ghost adoption certificate for each child. Include a DIY Necklace Kit in the bag to keep children busy as well as a mint parchment bags filled with boo lollipops and a ghost craft kit. Download the FREE certificate here along with all the other adorable printable tags!
Project By: Rachel of Fawn Parties
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Make a batch of Ghostly Gak slime to give as a small gift in your boo bag! This simple slime recipe only calls for 3 ingredients and is super easy for the whole family to make together! Package your slime in Clear Round Favor Containers and embellish them with foam to create unique ghost faces.
Project by: Ashley of One Sharp Bunch
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Put together You've Been Boo'd bags for students to keep behaviors in check before Halloween! Create a classroom ghost using white tissue fans and enormous googly eyes to watch over all of your students. This ghost should be a reminder for students to practice good behavior whenever they come into your classroom. Fill boo bags with items like eyeball pencils, eyeball candies, eyeball stress balls and foam putty monsters that students are sure to love!
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Include a number of fun activities inside a door drop bag to keep kids entertained! Some of our favorite ideas are a paint your own monster kit using Ceramic Halloween Characters, a ghost busting kit, a make a monster kit, and mini DIY Halloween piñatas made from Paper Streamers and White Craft Rolls. See all of the fun Halloween party activities here.
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These cute, not scary, Halloween favor boxes are the perfect DIY project before trick-or-treaters stop by! Use Mini Kraft Cardboard Popcorn Boxes as your base then select the color of streamers you want to use. Cut slits on the edges of your streamers to give them texture (like a piñata!). Wrap streamers around the popcorn boxes then embellish with googly eyes and monster smiles cut out of white cardstock! Don't forget to fill your favors with items like Goofy Monster Lollipops, Monster Stress Balls and Body Parts Gummy Candy.
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Make the most adorable and easy You’ve Been Booed Jar by placing Metallic Shredded Paper at the bottom of the Paint Bucket Favor Container and start filling it up with some fun treats and hand-outs. Fill with Witch Shoe Pens, some Goofy Ghouls Stickers and Halloween Plush Characters. For the sweet tooth, add in the Black Cat Character Lollipops and Pumpkin Lollipops. Add a gift tag with Boo written on it and you’ve got a perfect hand-out kids will love.
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These 5 Halloween gift ideas are perfect for students and won't break a teacher's budget! We particularly love the idea of handing out Mini Ghoul Gang Tote Bags filled with Halloween Slow-Rising Squishies, Halloween Character Pens, Mini Bat Erasers, Mini Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween Buttons and lots of candy.
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Give the gift of a little extra light this Halloween! Craft up your own pumpkin jar favors using Short Jars, a bit of paint and some Battery-Operated Tea Light Candles. A thin coat of orange paint allows the light from the battery-operated tea light candles to shine through making for a memorable gift! Download and attach the FREE printable tag to your favor jar for a finishing touch.
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Make any treat stand out in a you've been boo'd bag with these FREE Halloween Treat Bag Toppers! This is a great way to safely hand out individual treats on Halloween night too. Whether you're handing out popcorn, an assortment of candy, or non-food treats like Jewel Spider Rings, these bag toppers are the perfect solution. Download all four Halloween designs now!
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Celebrate reading and recognize students who have achieved specific reading goals! Hand out Skeleton Plastic Cups filled with a Magic Scratch Skeleton Ornament, Spookadelic Crayons and Skeleton Pencils as a congratulatory gift. Don't forget to attach the FREE printable gift tag to finish it off!
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Add these oh so special Halloween Play Dough Kits to any boo bag you're handing out this season. Kids will love creating their own monsters using the free printable dough mats that can be found here. Include Halloween colored dough from the 8-Color Crayola® Dough Tubs Classpack® and other embellishments like Halloween Chenille Stems, Striped Paper Straws, Spooky Googly Eyes and Glitter Halloween Pom-Poms in each kit.
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Make a fun Boo! Favor Bag from a simple Boo Kraft Bag and fill with fun Halloween toys. Add a super Stretchy Skeleton and a spooky Eyeball Bouncy Ball. A Plush Jack-O-Lantern Bouncy Ball is sure to be a hit with the kids along with the Monster Keychains that kids will love adding to their backpack. Adding a few fun Halloween toys in a hand-out bag is sure to excite kids of all ages.
Project by: Marcy of Simply Sprout
Transform a Ceramic Square Flowerpot into a candy corn treat bowl that's perfect as a door drop gift for friends or neighbors! Paint your flowerpot with a couple coats of acrylic paint then add a hint of Gold Glitter. Finish the treat bowl off by filling it with Jack-O'-Lantern Lollipops and a variety of chocolate candy.
Project by: Lindsay of Artsy-Fartsy Mama
We love the idea of having a cute candy bowl filled with individually wrapped goody bags for this Halloween! Personalize your goody bags by adding a fun gift tag to each one.
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We can't get over the bright, bold colors of these fun "batty for candy" treat bags. Simply customize our DIY Mini Cotton Treat Bags with vinyl and your favorite Halloween phrase then finish off the bags by filling them with candy like our Black & White Swirl Lollipops and Halloween Gummy Body Parts Candy.
Project by: Mariah of Giggles Galore
Give your students the gift of a little something sweet this Halloween with these Halloween Funny Sayings Trick-or-Treat Goody Bags! These 12.5" x 17" bags are large enough to fill with lots of goodies including Ghoul Gang Putty, Ghoul Gang Paper Straws, Ghoul Gang Mini Bubbles and a variety of candy!
Project by: Beth of Flexible in First
Give your best mateys these favor boxes that even the toughest scalawag will love! Fill a Treat Box with fun favors like Jack-O'-Lantern Mini Bubbles, Pirate Eye Patches, Gold Coins, Candy Corn and Orange Swirl Lollipops.
Project by: Dawn of Cutefetti
These cute and cuddly Halloween boo bags are perfect for small kids. The Halloween Slow Rising Squishies and these Halloween Plush Characters in Costume sit atop a bag full of Laffy Taffy and Jack-o-Lantern Lollipops.
Project by: Lindsay of Artsy-Fartsy Mama
A simple Black and White Treat Bag becomes an instant Halloween boo bag with a few Smile Face Monster Stickers. Add in some treats like Bright Orange Swirl Lollipops, Black Cat Character Lollipops, Mini Witch Brooms, Realistic Bugs Gummy Candy and Rock Candy Lollipops for a boo bag that's all treats and no tricks!
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This plush filled basket is perfect to boo a neighbor, but it also makes a great bucket to put on your porch for any trick-or-treaters that come by. Fill it with handouts like Halloween Plush Emojis, Halloween Candy Corn Plush Corgis, Witch's Potion Bubble Bottles and Glow-in-the-Dark Eyeball Bouncy Balls.
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