BOO! A Neighborhood Activity for Halloween
Be the first in your neighborhood this year to start the chain reaction. Pick a neighbor (usually a house with a child, but it doesn't have to be) to give a little surprise Halloween themed gift. Don't tell them it's from you! It's a secret. Include in the gift a sign for them to hang in a front window letting the neighborhood know they have already been 'Boo-ed'. They'll also need instructions on what to do next. You can include The Halloween Phantom poem, or write your own.
The gift can be in a decorative box, bag, basket or tin. You can include candy and cute little Halloween trinkets & small toys, anything you think your recipient might like. Sneak up to their front door, leave the gift on the doorstep, ring the bell, and get out of there!
Once a family has been Boo'd they can choose to return the favor by Booing another house or two in the neighborhood to keep the chain going.
Have Fun, and Have a Happy Halloween!
The Halloween Phantom
One version of the poem.
The phantom ghost has come to town
To leave some goodies... I see you've found.
If you wish to make this a happier fall...
Continue this greeting, this phantom call.
First, post this phantom where it can be seen
and leave it there until Halloween.
This will scare other phantoms who may visit --
Be sure to participate, don't be fis bidget!
Second, make two treats, two phantoms, two notes like this,
Deliver them to two neighbors who may have been missed.
Don't let them see you, be sneaky, no doubt,
and make sure they put their phantom ghost out.
Next, you have only one day to act, so be quick!
Leave it at doors where the phantom hasn't hit.
Deliver at dark when there is no light...
Ring the bell and run -- and stay out of sight!
and last, but not least, come join in the season.
Don't worry, be happy... you need no good reason.
Be cool, have fun, and remember -- don't be seen!
By the way, here's wishing you a Happy Halloween!
Free Printable BOO! Poems, Notes & Signs
- The TomKat Studio
- Free Printable white, green, orange, and black BOO Sign & Instruction note. (As seen above.)
- Grey Square Designs
- Set of You've Been Booed white, orange, and black spider printables.
- Red Barn Scrapbook
- A single sign and note set in black, purple, and orange.
- Creative Outlet
- Set of white, green, teal, orange, and black Boo sign and note.
- Organized Christmas
- Printable BOO poem, 3 different ghostly BOO signs and instructions for BOO baskets.
- Tip Junkie
- Two printable Halloween Phantom poems each with a different background.
- Hershey's
- Two different Poem and Sign sets for Booing if you want to include Hershey's chocolates in the gift.
- You've Been Booed
- Print the Phantom Ghost poem and We've been BOO-ed! sign. 3 Neighborhood versions available.
(Color seen below, also in B&W, and Outline.)
Is It More Fun to Give or Recieve a Boo Gift?
Give!
Dkprincess6 says:
I think giving is much better.
vikksimmons says:
Well, I kind of like both and I really like it when I make them myself to give--but that hasn't happened in a while.
FreelancinFran says:
I like to see the surprise on the receiver's face when I give a gift and know that it was unexpected! It makes my heart happy :)
Receive!
BOO! Gift Holders
Meri Meri Halloween Treat Bags
3-Pack
$7.95
3 Black Haunted House Bags with a ribbon handle.
5 1/2" x 7" x 3"
Collapsible Ghost Basket
$4.99
A white polyester trick-or-treat bag with a black handle and ghost face.
Glowing Bats Personalized Favor Box
$1.49
Box features black bats with a green outline, droopy spiderwebs on a purple background. Each box can be personalized with four lines of text - two lines on the front of the box and two on the back. Measures approx. 6" wide x 6 3/4" high x 3" deep.
Get Crafty With Your BOO Gifts
Halloween Craft Video Tutorials
BOO! Goodie Ideas
Halloween Rubber Ducky
$0.98
One duck chosen at random.
2 1/4" long x 2" wide x 2 1/4" tall.
Assortment includes: pumpkin, witch, mummy, ghost, Frankenstein and Dracula.
Halloween Pop Rocks
$1.50
Pumpkin patch orange and green popping candy. Classic Pop Rocks transformed for Halloween!
Halloween Dots Candy
$2.95
Blood orange-flavored candy gum drops. Classic Dots candy transformed for Halloween!
Halloween Bubbles
$0.39
Halloween bubbles are shaped like a pumpkin and come with either a scarecrow, monster, vampire or ghost topped plastic wand. One unit chosen at random.
Countdown to Halloween
BOO!
Have you Participated in a Neighborhood Boo?
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nancycarol
Nov 1, 2011 @ 3:52 pm | delete
- Congratulations on being in the top 5 winners of the Halloween Quest contest.
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genglo
Nov 1, 2011 @ 3:30 pm | delete
- Congratulations!
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Christene
Nov 1, 2011 @ 3:31 pm | delete
- Thanks genglo :)
(and viksimmons below)
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vikksimmons
Nov 1, 2011 @ 10:32 am | delete
- Congratulations on being one of the top 5 in the Halloween contest! Great job.
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mbgphoto Oct 31, 2011 @ 3:17 pm | delete
- Sounds really cute.
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Dkprincess6
Oct 31, 2011 @ 2:22 pm | delete
- Until I read this lens, I'd never heard of this before. I'll have to try it next year. Thanks for sharing it with us!
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KarenCookieJar
Oct 31, 2011 @ 1:49 pm | delete
- cute printables!
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genglo
Oct 31, 2011 @ 1:46 pm | delete
- Happy Halloween!
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JoyfulReviewer
Oct 31, 2011 @ 12:31 pm | delete
- Clever lens. Congratulations on being a Happy Halloween Contest finalist!
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vikksimmons
Oct 31, 2011 @ 12:23 pm | delete
- No, I haven't. Sounds like fun, though. Congratulations on making it into the top 50 finals for the Happy Halloween contest, too.
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FreelancinFran
Oct 31, 2011 @ 7:27 am | delete
- Cute lens :)
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