Originate a recent tradition with a Halloween gift basket.
Most kids associate Halloween with pumpkin carving and candy bars instead of gifts. But Halloween gift baskets offer a creative and inventive way to celebrate the year's spookiest holiday. Whether a personalized gift for a child with dietary restrictions, a prize for a game at a Halloween party, or a creative treat to mail to young friends or relatives who live far away, Halloween gift baskets combine signature spookiness with fun and thoughtfulness.
Classic Gift Basket Ideas
For a classic Halloween treat, stock up on fun-sized candy bars and treats with Halloween-themed wrappers. Add a few special seasonal goodies, such as caramel apples, caramel popcorn balls or pumpkin cookies and muffins, wrapped in orange cellophane. Use a black and orange basket and drape fake cobwebs in lieu of a bow. Use snacks such as popcorn (with a minimum of artificial flavorings), sugar-free cookies or muffins, mixed nuts and granola made with seasonal items, such as pumpkin seeds and dried fruits. Look for a variety of healthy or sugar-free candies with a Halloween theme.
Spooky Gift Basket Ideas
Since kids will receive plenty of candy and sweets during trick-or-treating and parties, assemble a gift basket with non-edible supplies, to enhance the Halloween holiday. Use a plastic jack-o-lantern with a handle as the gift basket, which will double as a trick-or-treating basket. Pack small flashlights or reflective safety strips, for greater visibility and safety while trick-or-treating at night. Add toothbrushes with a Halloween theme and interesting flavors of toothpaste, to encourage kids to prevent cavities after all their Halloween candy.
Healthy Gift Basket Ideas
For kids who live in a sugar-free household, or are diabetic, it's difficult to celebrate Halloween with traditional trick-or-treating. Assemble a Halloween gift basket full of healthy goodies, to help kids enter the spirit of Halloween without sacrificing nutrition. Add Halloween-themed coloring books, trinkets, stickers and stuffed toys, or a DVD of a classic Halloween movie appropriate for the recipient.
Creative Gift Basket Ideas
Flashlights come in handy during Halloween night.Bring a little spookiness to your gift basket.
For many kids, Halloween is the time to indulge in spine-chilling spookiness and gross-out humor. Especially for older children, a spooky Halloween gift basket may be more welcome than a cute one. Include some scary Halloween costume elements, such as vampire teeth, a witch's hat, fake blood or zombie face paint. Toss in a DVD of an age-appropriate horror movie, or a few age-appropriate scary novels or comic books. Include gross-out candy, such as eyeballs or gummy insects.
