What the kit contains
Sheet one carries the gift tags and the how-to card; sheet two carries the door sign. Each name you type gets its own tag, lettered to fit — a long name shrinks rather than overflows — and the kit always prints at least two tags, padding a single name with a blank for handwriting. With no names at all it prints four blank tags with dashed write-in lines, because half the tags in a classroom get written by hand anyway. Tags have a marked hole for string; the sign is sized to read from across a porch.
The motif — ghost, bat or pumpkin — and the palette are the only style decisions. Classic Halloween is orange, purple, black and green; pastel softens all of it; ink saver prints black outlines on white for cheap classroom sets and colouring in.
The game behind the sign
The door sign is what turns one gift into a chain: it tells the street which doors have already been boo’d, and the card asks for two more. Everything the card says fits in four steps, because that is genuinely all there is to it. If your boo basket is a gift rather than a game — for a partner, a teacher, a child — the card stays out and the tag carries the whole message.
Boo baskets are a September-and-October tradition; the tags are plain enough to outlive the season for any small gift, but the sign belongs to Halloween week. The Halloween hub’s make-list lines up the rest of the week: the carving stencil, the trunk-or-treat kit, coloring pages for the party table.
Printing it well
Print at 100 percent — “actual size”, not “fit to page” — or the pieces shrink. Cut along the dashed lines, punch the circles on the tags, and thread string or ribbon through. The papel picado banner covers the decorating side of the same party, and the pumpkin stencil generator the porch; the photo to coloring page tool turns a picture of the recipient into the basket’s activity, if you want the gift itself handmade.
Beyond Halloween week, the same bench keeps the family’s printables all year — the family and kids page is its evergreen door.
Questions
What is a boo basket?
A small Halloween gift — treats, cosy things, a little toy or two — put together in September or October and given to a partner, a child, a friend or a neighbour. It has grown into one of the season's regular gift traditions on social media, and the basket does not need to be a basket: a bag, a tin or a box carries the same idea.
How does the neighbourhood boo work?
You fill a basket or bag, add a tag and an explanation card, leave it on a doorstep without being seen, and ring the bell. The recipient hangs the "We've been boo'd" sign so they are not boo'd twice, then puts together two more baskets for two more doors. That is the whole game, and the how-to card in this kit says exactly that.
What does the kit contain?
Two sheets. One carries the gift tags — one per name you type, and always at least two — a single name comes with a blank tag to write by hand, and with no names at all you get four blanks with write-in lines — plus the how-to card; the other carries the door sign. Up to eight names fit. Tags print at 90 by 48 mm, the sign at 185 by 125 mm, at true size on A4 or US Letter.
What paper should I use?
Plain printer paper for everything that goes inside the basket. The door sign lasts better on card, and a hole punch (or a scissors tip) opens the tag holes for string or ribbon. The ink-saver palette prints outlines only, which costs almost nothing and doubles as a colouring-in sheet for children.
Can I give the basket by hand instead?
Yes. Plenty of boo baskets go straight to the person — partners, children, teachers, best friends — with no doorstep and no game. The tags and the note card work the same way; the how-to card simply stays out of the basket.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. The tags are drawn and the PDF assembled entirely in your browser. No account, no watermark, and no request carries the names you typed.