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The #BOOItForward Trick or Treat Halloween Basket Tutorial!

Halloween is almost here!  I got a chance to participate in the #BOOitForward campaign where I got to make a cool Trick or Treat basket and give it to my neighbor.  I was really excited because I’m not the most “craft-y” person in the world but I really wanted to do something cool.  I guess I’ll let you be the judge of that. Smile

First stop: Walmart!  Where I picked up some delicious Mars® candy and these cool little 6 packs of Halloween themed 7UP® and Sunkist®.  There’s a great printable coupon that will let you save $2.00 on on ONE (1) 6pk 8oz Cans or TWO (2) 2L and 2 bags of Mars® Candy available here.

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Next up, grab a few arts and craft supplies and I’m ready to go.  Here’s what I decided to go with.

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I used the construction paper to cut out little ghosts and bats.  Turns out, drawing bats is harder than it looks if you have little to no artistic talent!

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Then I used a little tape to decorate the bag of candy.  Scary!

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I decided to wrap them in strips of white construction paper and draw Halloween scenes on them.  Here’s my ghost!

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Next I printed up a “We’ve Been BOO’d” card from the Boo Center to explain what is going on.  You can print your own, just follow these instructions.

  • Cut out this “We’ve been BOO’d sign.”
  • Fold the “You’ve been BOO’d” greeting card (page 2) and tape openings together.
  • Include the card and sign when gifting BOO bundles.2015-10-05 20.36.45Then I snuck over to my neighbor and left them the goodies!  Which was fun because they had spent the entire weekend building a beautiful new front porch and I hadn’t got the chance to see it up close yet.

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    That was so fun!  We had some candy left over so I decided to whip up some sugar cookies with M&M’s® icing.  Here’s how I did it.  First just whip up some standard sugar cookies,  (Here’s a great recipe) throw a little orange food coloring in the mix and cut them out using a pumpkin shaped cookie cutter. and let them cook and cool.  Here’s how I made the icing/filling.

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    Throw a few M&M’s® in a blender or food processer and blend them to a powder.  Pour the powder in a bowl and add a tsp of butter.  Microwave the butter and candy for about 10 seconds to melt the butter and stir until a uniform paste.

    Put the filling on the back of one cookie and use a second cookie to make a sandwich.  Then you can use the left over to stick a little piece of candy on top.  Here’s how mine looked.

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    Yummy Yummy!  You can also enter to win the #BOOItForward Sweepstakes in the widget below.

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Be sure to check out other great BOO Kit ideas. I’d love to hear about who you are BOO’ing this year to celebrate Halloween!