Instant download of free printable You’ve Been Spooked printables to put with some Halloween treats to spread Hallowen cheer around your neighborhood or workplace.
We are gearing up for the Halloween season over here and that means spreading Halloween spirit to neighbors and friends. I
n the past, I’ve given you You’ve Been Booed boo sign and You’ve Been Boozed printables, and this year I have a new free printable to put in a gift basket during the month of October.
This fun Halloween tradition is super easy to start with just a little bit of time on your part. All you need is our free You’ve Been Spooked printable file and a basket of treats!
You’ve Been Spooked Tradition Info
So, what is booing or spooking about?
The basis of a neighborhood spook is to spread treats and cheer to others in secret. Spooking is a great way for the whole neighborhood to get excited for Halloween time.
Usually, one neighbor starts the fun activity in early October by leaving some treats and printable signs at someone’s front door or front window.
It takes quite a few weeks for the boos to spread throughout the neighborhood and for everyone to get their own boo basket. One person puts together two Spook or Boo buckets filled with homemade treats, simple decor, favors, etc, and puts the instruction sheets into each of them.
Spooking Your Neighbors
The really fun part of this tradition is trying to guess who left the bag of treats. My kids loved getting their own boo bags and trying to figure out who left them.
The other fun part of this spooky fun is not getting caught. The kids have so much fun coming up with a plan on whose house they are going to boo and waiting for it to get dark.
Then they’ll sneak up and leave it on the doorstep and knock (or ring the doorbell) and run to take cover.
Yes, a good old doorbell ditch with permission! I admit, the crazy presence of all the Ring Doorbells and security camera puts a damper on this fun but finding a place where it won’t be seen can be a fun challenge. Or parents can just not let their kids see who it was!
Once the recipients get their treat bag, they have two days to print out the You’ve Been Spooked Halloween printables, put together new buckets, and deliver them.
If you love the idea of spreading joy, make sure to elf your neighbors and friends during the Christmas season and egg your friends at Easter.
You’ve Been Spooked Bucket Ideas
The small treats you give to your friends and neighbors can be simple items from dollar stores to homemade Fall or Halloween decor. The Dollar Tree and Target dollar spot has great plastic Halloween buckets or I personally like giving the large Halloween candy bin.
Some great gift ideas to get at the Dollar Tree or Target:
- Halloween pencils
- Halloween erasers
- notebooks
- candy/ chocolate
- cheap decorations
- candles
- Halloween coloring pages
- pumpkin carving kit or pumpkin stencils
- Happy Halloween banner
- a printable Halloween scavenger hunt
- free Halloween printables
- tea towels
- stickers
- small pumpkins (real or faux)
- Halloween mug
- Halloween activity kit
- DIY Halloween bookmarks
- gift tags for coming up holidays (like our Christmas tags!)
Then when you are done booing, you can start sending out You’ve Been Gobbled treats
You’ve Been Spooked FREE Printables!
As with all my free printables, these are for personal use only! Please no selling or redistributing of PDF files or digital downloads. Thank you!
All PDF files are sized to 8.5×11 inches (you can learn more about the different paper sizes here). Print on regular copy paper on any home printer! Have fun!
Thanks for stopping by and have a creative day!
