The #BOOItForward Trick or Treat Halloween Basket Tutorial!

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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.

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.Then 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.

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.

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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