Boo boxes

Back in the day, kids made their own entertainment out of stuff they found around the house and garden, woods etc.
Nowadays parents have to be constantly buying tat to give to them to celebrate every change in the weather.

@FunnyOrca @Rosebold nothing compares to the agony of howking out a turnip to make a neepie lantern. I did resort to getting help from my dad! I can't look at a turnip nowadays without remembering doing this.

Pumpkins. Pahahaha!

That is literally what we do. Making one for dh, just a game to play, a History book, new blanket, coffee scented candle and some sweet. Making ds one with maybe tonie i was going to get him anyway, a mimikyu plush and a book

Boo Boxes?? It just gets more and more ridiculous. suppose you could put a book, some snacks and some socks in it and make it more wholesome…?

It's just box with some sweets, something cozy for autumn etc. I don't see the harm in them. It's not like I don't pick up some sweets anyways and a cozy blanket, game and book is always appreciated. It's just putting some small treats i would have bought dh and ds as a bit of a treat anyway and making it into a cute basket

What?.........

So in a time where apparently 'everyone' is skint, we're all too busy and stressed from 'having' to do it all and we're apparently all 'terrified' of the effect that all the consumer crap and waste is having on the planet and now there's another thing to spend money on that has turned one evening's bit of fun and a few sweets into a month long tat filled extravaganza and people are going along with it?

Words fail me.

Sorry, what you don’t see here is the photo of the swede! I was responding to that, not so much the post. It they’re probably right 😂

What's that?

I never heard of boo baskets until very recently but I think I’ve been doing a version of it for years anyway as I’ve always made them up a loot bucket with their fave treats along with some glow sticks

i wouldn’t do one of these. The last thing I need in my house is more shite, plastic seasonal toys will end up binned before Xmas ! They will get some Halloween sweets and carve a pumpkin that’s about it

I do a boo basket on 1st of October with little bits for them to do until halloween. Will do a brr basket too. But I don't do xmas eve box as it's xmas next day so don't see the point

Mine are 13 and 12, they don't get boo bags, Xmas eve boxes, Easter presents beyond one or two eggs, and they certainly don't feel like they're missing out. They get plenty else and aren't bothered about what everyone else gets

Typically, the people I know who do these types of things maybe don't have a lot of spare money for holidays, days out etc so this is how they treat their dc

I’ve seen Halloween ‘advent’ calendars advertised - is that a thing now? Certainly won’t be in my house!

I am also going to do a BRRR basket. Because I want to ☺️

Don’t you get anything nice and autumnal at this time of year!? I did ‘boo baskets’ for my 3 they contained a big bag of crisps, some autumnal fake nails for the older two and a Halloween activity book for ds, i crocheted a pumpkin for their room, a pumpkin mug for older and younger a cup with a twirly straw and a bag of spooky haribo.

whole thing cost about £25 including the baskets- they were well happy and cheaper than a macdonalds 🤣

No there’s too many now. On social media I see-
Valentine’s Day basket
Easter basket
Boo basket
1st December box
Christmas Eve box

Christmas is also one day, why would you need presents?

Hear hear

I don’t usually buy into all that stuff but I have one child who’s favourite holiday is Halloween, he looks forward to it all year, talks about it constantly throughout the year and I will be doing one for him this Halloween. It’s basically his Christmas so why not.

There soon won't be a month that hasn't got some "event" to be celebrated by the giving of a box of tat.

My kids world isn’t so bleak that they need more plastic tat.

Maybe because it was unnecessarily rude. Autocorrect changed it to having an apostrophe, and some people (like myself) struggle with using the correct grammar. Also, it's the internet, and it doesn't matter because you knew what I meant anyway.

It's not a case of "not being bothered" a lot of the time. Maybe learn to not be so rude. It doesn't look good on you.

I’ve never heard of Boo Boxes but I suppose we do this too - have done for years!

I have two DC who are both autistic and wouldn’t be able to go trick or treating. But they love Halloween traditions that we’ve always done together such as carving pumpkins (except we carve watermelon because it’s waaaay easier and we eat the insides so no wastage - plus it’s red so win/win!). We also decorate the house.

Many years ago I bought a Halloween decoration which was a skeleton grasping a large bowl. My DC called him Meany Boney (the literal autistic brain 😂 ). Every year he writes them a list of clues and challenges them to find his hidden sweets. It’s essentially a Halloween-themed scavenger hunt around the house.

My DC are 16 years old next month and they still absolutely love it!

Crazy, when will it stop.
I don't do Christmas eve boxes so I definitely won't be buying them.

The world doesn’t need to be polluted by any more useless tat. If you come off of social media you wouldn’t even know these things existed they’re such a non event.

I never did any of those things @Okiedokie123

whats the
24 Christmas books ?