It’s the season of Halloween which can mean only one thing over here, it’s boo basket time! I get more elaborate on my boo baskets as the years ago by. Here is what I created for our neighbors and for my kids this year!

If you’re new here and don’t know what boo baskets are, they are simply Halloween-themed treats, tossed in a Halloween bucket that you leave on your neighbors porches. You print off a sign that they tape in their windows showcasing that they’ve already been “boo’d.” Then they are supposed to make two more boo baskets to leave on different neighbors porches. It’s basically like chain mail, but way more fun. Below we’ll dive into what I made for our neighbors who have young kids, middle schoolers, and what I made for my kids!

Boo Baskets for neighbors with young kids:

If you have neighbors with young kids, then you can truly do all your shopping for your boo basket at the dollar store or the dollar spot (bullseye’s playground) at Target. To make it easy to see what I bought, you can shop it all here. (You do have to make an LTK account, but it’s absolutely free and one of my favorite tools!) For the casket treat holders, I linked a similar version from Amazon in my LTK post. But I got my exact ones from Dollar Tree here. You do have to buy them in bulk on Dollar Tree’s site, so it’s definitely cheaper to get them in-store.

To me, sometimes the cutest boo baskets for young kids are the most basic. Toss in a Halloween rubber duck, some sort of toy (I did pull-back cars), and candy, and you’re set. For the adults, I throw in beer, some candy, and decor. For decor, I got the “Beware” sign from Dollar Tree for $1.25. And the sheet masks are legitimately some of my favorites! I got a big pack off Amazon here. I love to toss in a Halloween themed alcoholic beverage like pumpkin beer or hard cider too. And every year, I buy the 5-pack Bath and Body Works Halloween anti-bacterial gels to divvy up.

Halloween baskets for folks with older kids:

Every year I “boo” two neighbors. But I’ll let you in on a secret. One of my neighbors is also one of my best friends, so she is always boo’d by me. Her kids are both in middle school, so I like to up the ante on their treats. You can shop what I got them all here. I tend to get more carried away with her family and usually need two baskets. I do one for the adults and one for the kids to make it easy. The plastic wine glasses, cookie cutters, and candy corn came from Dollar Tree. Everything else was from Target!

As you can probably tell, one of my favorite finds this year were the plastic coffins. I filled them with beaded Halloween necklaces, erasers, pencils, and candy.

Boo Baskets for my kids:

I went nuts for the ones I made for my kids too. You can shop their nicer items here. My favorite items were the festive bath sets from Ulta. Each girl also got a bath and body works lotion, and fizzing shimmer Halloween lotion. I also always toss in glow-in-the-dark necklaces that I make them wear trick-or-treating. Below you can see an up-close shot of the contents of my daughters’ boo baskets. My youngest loves purple and my oldest loves orange, so they make it easy on me for Halloween!

I made a free printable you can have here that you print and add to your boo baskets for neighbors. I like to add 3 per basket so that they can post the “We’ve been booed” sign in their window and then put the other two in the baskets they are sending onwards!

If you need more ideas for your boo baskets, check out what I did last year for my kids here. (I went with all pink shit!) To see what I did for my neighbors last year, read here. If you need ideas using all Target Bullseye’s Playground ideas, click here. Here are my 2022 boo baskets. Lastly, you can see my first post that went viral about boo baskets here. (It’s also what put me on the map with Goodhousekeeping.com!) But I feel like they keep get better and better each year. Happy Halloween mother fuckers!