Grab some treats and put on your running shoes as you and your family share the magic of Halloween as you go around dropping “You’ve been booed” surprises!
You’ve Been Booed Tradition
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Growing up in the country you sometimes miss out on experiences that you normally find in neighborhoods, such as getting “Booed” each Halloween; so I was so excited when we moved to Texas two years ago and we got booed our first Halloween!
What does it mean to be Booed?
Getting booed is basically someone secretly dropping off some goodies at the door, ringing the doorbell and running away before you see them! Once you are booed, then you get to make some goodies or pick some up at the store and boo some of your neighbors and friends. (A little more tricky with those ring doorbells 😉 )
You’ve Been Booed ideas
- The first thing you will need is the You’ve Been Booed printable tags which you can download below for free.
- You will want a bag or a basket to put your treats in
- A few treats to add to your You’ve been booed basket
- Baked goods (think cookies, breads, muffins)
- Halloween food (fun Halloween Pastas, Oreo Cookies)
- Playdough
- Halloween bandaids
- Halloween Stickers
- Halloween Candy
- Halloween books
- Fruit Snacks
- Halloween decor
- Halloween kitchen towel
- Glowsticks
- The possibilities are endless.
How to start the You’ve Been Booed tradition
Starting the You’ve been booed tradition is so easy! All you need is something to put your Halloween goodies in and a few fun goodies! Oh, and don’t forget the You’ve Been Booed printable! Don’t worry it is free, just download below!
There is no wrong or right way to boo someone! Some of my favorite “You’ve been booed baskets have baked goods in them! I try to customize the You’ve been booed basket to who we are giving it to.
If there are little kids we are doing stickers, maybe a Halloween toy and that. If it is teenagers we have been known to throw in a gas gift card! Really it is totally unique for what you add into your You’ve been booed baskets.
I love to check the Target $1.00 spot for Halloween decor, toys, stickers, etc to fill our baskets for an inexpensive price tag!
After your “You’ve Been Booed” Baskets are assembled then what?
Once all your goodies are ready to go in your basket, don’t forget the instruction sheet and the You’ve Been Booed sign! Place both of these in the basket!
Then you will want to secretly place the basket on your neighbor’s porch, ring the doorbell, and then run as fast as you can… Always my kids favorite part for sure!
If we are starting the tradition in the neighborhood, we like to do 2-3 houses to make sure someone passes on the tradition.
Then when we go for our Sunday walks around the neighborhood we watch to see how many “We’ve Been Booed” signs pop up on people’s doors and in their windows!
It is such a fun way to get in the Halloween spirit and teach your kids about serving others and spreading joy in such a simple way!
Be sure to download your You’ve Been BOOED Printable and Instructions here!
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Michele is a Family Life Educator. She is a mom to 5 kids and loves helping others strengthen their families! When she is not blogging she is spending time with her family and running around drinking Diet Coke trying to get everything done!
27 Comments
Clarice
Loved these ideas! I am so behind Halloween preps so this is such a life-saver. Thank you too for the printables. This is just amazing. Will start preparing this weekend.
Michele
Yay! I’m so happy you are able to use the printables. Booing someone is so fun!
Sonia Seivwright
This was a fun post to read. Love the ideas.
Michele
We love to Boo people every year! 🙂
Aditi Wardhan Singh
What a wonderful way t o build community and enjoy the festive season.
Adriane
Our kids LOVE boo’ing their friends. We have the perfect neighborhood that welcomes these kind of traditions too. Your “you’ve been boo’ed” sign is the cutest I’ve seen. We’ll have to use that one this year. Creating special memories like this really impacts a little person <3
Mellow Mom Blog
This looks like so much fun! Thanks for sharing all the details and the free printable, I’m going to have to try this out this year. 🙂
Rebecca
This is such a cute idea! I grew up in a very rural area and we never did anything like this. We’re raising our kids in a rural area as well, my daughter will love this 🙂
Michele
Thank you! We love “you’ve been booed!” It is so much fun!
Momma McGovern
We did this at work and it was so so fun! Your version is much prettier though!
Kristen
What a way to liven up your neighborhood! The printable is super cute. The Target dollar spot is where it’s at!
Michele
Love the dollar spot for “You’ve been booed” or for anything if we are being honest! Let me know how it goes in your neighborhood!
Fiorella Madsen (@lacasadefreja)
How fun it is! My children will love it
Michele
My kids love this you’ve been booed tradition so much! Don’t forget to get the free printable!
JENRON DESIGNS
These are so cute, since we do not have any littles at home we participate in the “You Have been Boozed” in our neighborhood, lol.
Michele
How fun! It’s definitely a fun tradition to start with neighbors! 🙂
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Such a great idea – really nice way of making it a community thing again and about getting the kids to give (nice stuff) not just receive!
bakingwithkidsandcath
This sounds amazing! Thinking I need to bring this to the UK 😀🎃
lazysundays
Such a fun idea! I grew up 7 miles outside of town so we never had anything like this. Now we live in the city with my 2 kids and I’ve still never seen this but it sounds like a fun tradition to start. 🙂
Jennifer
DARLING printable! What a fun tradition. I love your little baskets, too.
Brandi
I love these things! Thank you for the fun printables!! I may start these up in my neighborhood now!
momsaysthefword.com
I love this!!!! My kids love to ding dong ditch and I hate it. This is a great way to do it and make someone else happy!! Love it!!
hdiakandru
What a fun idea! I’ve seen it before with baked good, but I like this spin!
elizabeth959803
Fun! We are country folk, so I’ve never been “booed”…at least not like this. 😉 What a sweet (no pun intended) tradition! Pinning and tweeting this!
lessonswithliggins
What a cute idea! Especially with all the bad in the world you hear about. This is an awesome way to create some good!