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October is here, time for Halloween cheer!
1Oct2008 Filed under: Holiday Author: Aimster
For some good clean Halloween fun try “Booing” your friends or neighbors. It’s a fairly new and fun Halloween tradition.
What you do is make up a small goodie bag and secretly deliver it to 2 friends. You include a poem that explains the bag and a ghost to put up on the door so you don’t get “booed” over and over again. In a perfect world, those 2 people then “BOO” 2 other people and so on and so forth all over town! Start early so it can get around.
Tips:
Include age appropriate items
Be sure to include something for every child in the family
Start in early October so it can travel far and wide
Some fun items for your goodie bags
cookie cutters
holiday sprinkles
pencils/erasers
glow sticks
flashlights
pumpkin leaf bags
holiday decorations like spider webs
tee shirt
luminary bags
halloween cups - plates - straws
coloring book - fun pad - book
goo
stickers
stamps
pumpkin carving kit
holiday stuffed animal
mini play doh
Halloween music cd or movie
candy
Halloween puzzle
small toys or games
velcro catch game
Halloween twister
Halloween hand towels
*Tip - I go shopping after Halloween and stock up on some fun (discounted) stuff for next year’s boo bags.
Be creative and send us your best ideas!
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Frederick
October 11th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I got candy on my front doorstep this way once. I threw it out. Not to be paranoid, but I’m not eating (or feeding my kids) random food some anonymous person left on my doorstep.
Aimster
October 14th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
I don’t blame you Fredereck. You sound just like my husband.
When I was a kid we weren’t even allowed to trick-or-treat since people were getting apples with razor blades and poison candy bars! Luckily things seem to have gotten better - although we still trick or treat in our own neighborhood.
In this case I have found that you often know who your BOO bag is from: moms talk, you may get caught dropping it off, or the kids are so excited they can’t keep from spilling the beans.
I also don’t advocate using candy - kids get enough this time of year. I’ve suggested over 20 other fun and safe Halloween surprises. Hopefully you will give it another chance.