You’ve Been Booed! Free Printables

Spread Halloween fun when you gift your neighbors with our free “You’ve Been BOOed” printable sign downloads you can save and print at home.

What is You’ve Been BOOed?

Have you been “BOOed” yet this year?

Every year as Halloween time nears, my neighborhood gets covered in “We’ve Been BOOed” signs through the month of October.

If you’re not familiar with the tradition, generally you leave a surprise gift basket full of Halloween treats on a neighbor’s porch or doorstep along with an instruction sheet to continue paying it forward and a sign to post on their door or front window that identifies them as having already been “BOOed!”

My kiddos love to knock on a neighbor’s front door before sneaking away, although truth be told they aren’t the best as not spilling the beans! In fact, it’s task #3 on our Halloween countdown bucket list!

What is a BOO Bag?

Some areas call this tradition “ghosting” or “boo-gramming” or leaving Boo Bags or Boo Baskets. Any way you describe it, boo-ing is a fun Halloween tradition!

How to Make a You’ve Been BOOed Treat

For our BOO treat this year I made a gift in a jar.  I filled the bottom third of my jar with Reeces Pieces, then added a plastic bag full of goldfish crackers for the second layer. 

I topped it off with candy corn (a classic!) and a pretty orange bow. I like to add the goldfish in there especially for families with younger children that might not be able to indulge in the sweets that older kids can.

You can find boo buckets or trick or treat bags with Halloween themes at the dollar store or use Halloween gift bags or treat bags if you don’t want to use a mason jar.

For a grown-up take on the You’ve Been BOOed tradition, check out my You’ve Been BOOzed wine & liquor tags!

You’ve Been BOOed and Boo Basket Gift Ideas

You don’t need to spend a lot of money on your Boo bag goodies:

• Halloween candy
• homemade treats like cookies, cupcakes, mummy truffles, or Halloween chocolate covered strawberries
• fruit snacks
• juice boxes
• Halloween snack mix
• small Halloween toys ( the dollar store is a great source)
• Halloween stickers
• Halloween pencils
• glow sticks
• Halloween socks or other accessories
• coloring books and crayons

Click HERE for the You’ve been BOOed printable pdf files with instructions and HERE for the We’ve Been BOOed printable.

Too easy and so fun, am I right? I hope you’re inspired to go “BOO” a neighbor with a little Halloween cheer and start a fun tradition this spooky season.