You've Been Booed!

Even if you're not super into Halloween, this is such a fun idea and a great way to build community in your neighborhood or even apartment building. Here's how you "boo" someone...

Anonymously deliver a couple of bags of goodies to a couple of neighbors. Include a little paper ghost and instructions for how they continue the game. (basically they continue the game by booing two more people who don't yet have ghosts in their windows).

We found the idea here, and there are even free "You've Been Booed!" printouts with ghosts and instructions here.

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This was a delightful surprise the first Halloween we lived in my town. It's fun to receive and fun to pay it forward.

posted by leepert on October 16th 2009 at 11:23am
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this is so much fun. we do this with our neighborhood kids in mind. such as a family of three (boy 7, girls 11 and 15 and buy one special thing for them and fill the rest with candy. this year i am making one for and elderly friend who cant get out much....its really a sweet thing.

posted by jackied302 on October 16th 2009 at 1:56pm
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Each time we moved to a new house, we brought this game with us to share with our new neighborhood. Everybody loved it and it made everybody go outside and do something with the family!

posted by zigzag on October 18th 2009 at 8:05pm
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Thanks for the link -- and for reminding me that I need to get to it before "boo'ing" season is over!

posted by ElainaV on October 19th 2009 at 12:18am
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