Boo! Your Neighbors with this Fun Halloween Tradition!

October 15, 2013 by
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Boo your neighbors with a Boo Basket!

One of the best things about holidays are the opportunities for fun with our kids.  Last year a couple weeks before Halloween we were surprised and delighted to find a “Boo Basket”– a basket of delicious and spooky goodies on our front doorstep.

We’d been “Booed”!

That set off a fun wave of “Boo Baskets” throughout the neighborhood.  This year I decided to kick off the fun!

I took the kids to Target and we scoured the dollar section for the best Boo Basket goodies.  I spent a grand total of $7 for each Boo Basket and we went home to put the baskets together.

Boo Basket ideas

Now, the point of the Boo baskets is to foster neighborhood unity/appreciation and have a little fun so you’ll need to make sure to include this sign and set of rules in your basket.  I love this one from Happiness is Homemade.

 

We have a new neighbor right across the street from us so we broke one of the rules (the Drop off and Run one), and we took the treats over and introduced ourselves.

You've been Booed! Boo Basket

 

One reason I love this activity so much is because it only takes just a few minutes and a few dollars to do something nice and fun for your neighbors.  Hopefully, the neighbors will pass along the fun and you can watch the whole neighborhood come alive with the “Booing!” spirit!

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  1. Julie Wood says
    October 15, 2013 at 10:52 am
    This is such a cute idea and fun! I like all the Boo your neighbors items and think it would be nice to give some to my neighbors!
  2. Carrie with Children says
    October 15, 2013 at 11:30 am
    How fun! I love this idea! What a great way to do something nice for others too!
    • Amy @ Oh So Savvy Mom says
      October 18, 2013 at 12:18 am
      We love doing it. It is so fun to see the neighborhood get involved. We had a huge turnover this summer (we have a lot of military in our neighborhood) so we really rely on fun things like this to keep us close knit.
  3. Jessica @FoundtheMarbles says
    October 15, 2013 at 4:16 pm
    What a terrific and neighborly idea. Love it!
  4. Kerri O says
    October 15, 2013 at 5:18 pm
    Such an awesome idea!
  5. Becca says
    October 15, 2013 at 9:58 pm
    Love this idea!! You made everything look so cute!!
  6. Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
    October 16, 2013 at 1:50 am
    I remember this happened to us a few times and the kids got such a huge kick out of it!
  7. Rebecca Parsons says
    October 16, 2013 at 11:39 am
    I had a neighbor who would do this and my kids loved it. We moved and I thought about doing something like this again. Thanks for this post, just gave me the motivation to do it.
  8. Melissa T says
    October 17, 2013 at 9:20 pm
    What an adorable idea! I'll have to try that this year with our new neighbors.
  9. Olivia Douglass says
    October 19, 2013 at 9:18 am
    We have never done this in our neighborhood but maybe I should 'start it'. :)
  10. Bree says
    October 19, 2013 at 12:53 pm
    I wonder if it's too late to get this started in my complex. The only thing I could see hindering it, is that next week is mid-terms. Aside from that, it could get going pretty fast. I might just prink out a couple extra sets of rules to help it along. I feel a trip to target coming on!!!
  11. Mer says
    October 23, 2013 at 12:57 pm
    My neighborhood does this, and it's so much fun! I love those frankenstein masks!
  12. Robin Wilson says
    October 24, 2013 at 8:35 pm
    What wonderful idea! I think that even though I no longer have any little ones at home I could/should start this fun tradition in my neighborhood. Especially now that I know it can be done on the cheap! Thank you for sharing.
  13. Meredith says
    October 29, 2013 at 6:02 pm
    Great idea
  14. shelly peterson says
    October 3, 2014 at 7:10 am
    I love this idea! This sounds like a lot of fun and shows caring for your neighbors.