The Gift Ideas Blog

Halloween Gift Basket from Oriental Trading Company

Well, Halloween will be upon us in a week, and there’s still plenty of time to find that delightful gift for the spooky holiday. Check out the posting below for major Halloween gifts to give, such as candy, costumes and decorations. Here are some more ideas:

Toys: There are a variety of neat toys you can give. From talking pumpkins to plus ghosts and goblins, there are many types of toys you can give to the younger set. There are action figures of characters from Halloween movies, such as the Nightmare Before Christmas or It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. How about a model of the scary Jack Skellington? Or Oogie Boogie from the Nightmare Before Christmas? Or maybe consider a skeleton model. It can make a fun toy to put together, it’s kind of spooky for the holiday, and the gift recipient will learn something about the amazing human body as well!

Also, check out these monster pillows from Mechanical Bunny. So scary yet cute!

Jack O’ Lantern

Arts and Crafts: How about creating a decorative Halloween wreath? Find a dark wreath made of twigs or sticks, easily found at your local craft store, and decorate it with fake or real dried leaves of different hues, from fiery red to bright yellow. This represent the autumn. Then, add little decorations such as a tiny broomstick for a witch, little ghosts using tissue paper, or other assorted Halloween paraphernalia. Perhaps even add small holiday lights in black/dark purple or orange so it even looks great at night. Your Halloween wreath will be the talk of the town when you display it prominently on your front door. Other crafts you can create are homemade decorations that are fun to make and even more fun to display at home. Create large posters of Halloween characters.

Homemade recipes: Bake some fun Halloween-themed cookies. Sugar cookies are easy to cut out with cookie cutters to create fun shapes such as a black cat, a witch on a broomstick, a jack-o’-lantern, a ghost, and other Halloween-themed objects. If you don’t have the time to make your own cookie dough, you can easily purchase a tube in the refrigerated section of your supermarket. Pillsbury and other brands have pre-made cookie dough that’s easy to roll out, cut, bake and decorate. Use frosting and sprinkles in Halloween colors of black, orange, green and purple to create a mysterious and fun culinary creation! For a fun and sweet project, cover lollipops (Tootsie pops are a favorite) with a tissue and hold in place with a rubber band. Then, on the bulb of the lollipop draw a cute, or spooky, ghost face. This makes a fun “ghost on a stick” that’s great to give to little children for a sweet surprise.

Best of luck finding the best Halloween gift for everyone!

Halloween gift basket from Devynns.com

The next big holiday coming up is Halloween, and while it’s not commonly a gift-giving holiday, you definitely have the chance to do something fun on this occasion. Some great Halloween gift ideas include the following:

Halloween costumes: If a loved one is having a hard time picking out a costume, you might consider giving one to them as a gift to help them out. If it’s a younger friend or relative, give an age-appropriate costume, such as a favorite cartoon character or animal. For your adult friends or relatives, you could give something more grown-up or risque. Be sure to get the right size for the Halloween costume gift. You wouldn’t want things to get too tight or too loose, which could pose a problem during nighttime trick-or-treating outings or late-night parties.

Other Halloween accessories, such as fangs, devil horns, angel wings, makeup, and trick-or-treating bags might make fun Halloween gifts as well.

Candy: Of course. Everyone loves those bite-sized candy bars, and supermarkets have a great selection during this time of the year. There’s the traditional Hershey’s chocolate bar, or M&Ms, as well as Starburst or Skittles, and other popular candy bars such as Snickers, Kit Kat bars, Milky Way, Rolo, Almond Joy, Nestle Crunch, Butterfinger, or Almond Joy. You can also dress up your candy, too, by putting them in a nice little basket or ceramic pumpkin decoration, or present it in a nice glass bowl. Halloween is all about sweets and treats, so give the sweet gift of candy during this festive occasion.

Halloween decorations: Fun light-up Jack-o-Lanterns or ghost lamps make great gifts. Also black lights and glow-in-the-dark spooky decorations could be popular as well. Fake tombstones or spiderwebs and giant spiders, or lawn witches can bring seasonal delight to any front yard.

Halloween gift baskets: You can buy Halloween-themed gift baskets that usually include lots of candy, some fun fall toys, and other spooky treats. They might come themed in the Halloween colors of orange and black, and maybe purple and green as well, and they could be based on themes such as pumpkins or Jack-o’-Lanterns, witches, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and other spooky characters.

Pumpkin-carving kits: It’s popular this time of the year to carve pumpkins, so you can help a friend or family member out by giving a pumpkin-carving kit. These usually include several carving knives, various patterns for carving, and tips on how to make the perfect Jack-O’-Lantern.

Try the above Halloween gift ideas, and you’ll be on your way to perfect holiday popularity!