After all the fuss the world has been through in 2020, the best part of the year has begun. This final quarter of the year holds some of the most exciting events in the whole calendar. To name a few, Thanks Giving, Black Friday, Halloween, and above all, Christmas. Fun fact: this year’s Halloween coincides with Saturday. So, you can have all the fun while not worrying about your schools in the morning afterwards.
This blog is solely for Halloween and how you can make that night more exciting with Halloween custom boxes, let talk a little bit about its origins and some of the misconceptions that people have about it.
Halloween’s origin
The most rumoured misconception about Halloween is that it is a quintessentially American holiday. Well, the tradition and other accumulation may seem American, and assuredly, the American’s styled Halloween has emerged among different parts of the world.
However, the origin of this festival dates back to the pre-Christian Celtic festival known as Samhain. The Celts marked November 1st as the end of the harvest season and the start of a new year. Meanwhile, they believed that the night before was the time for souls to blend among the living. So, they affiliated the fruits of their harvest with the supernatural and the afterlife.
So over time, Halloween has evolved into a festival of trick-or-treats, festive gathering, jack-o-lanterns, and donning costumes.
Now let’s back to the topic and see how you can make your Halloween memorable and enchanting with Halloween boxes.
How to make the best use of Halloween boxes?
A popular kind of Halloween box is emerging nowadays, known as Halloween mystery boxes. These spooky boxes are typically shoebox shaped packages that one cannot see into. Then these boxes are filled with an object or an edible item. You can get these boxes designed with scary Halloween themes. Let’s say you get your box designed with eerie zombie brains or witchcraft spells. Then you can treat your kids with tick your kids into believing that it isn’t really a box.
Mystery boxes have always been the life of every other Halloween party. Whenever someone hosts a Halloween party, they always try to make sure that their place is full of those Halloween mystery boxes. They add excitement and charm to the party. You will love the expression of your children and their friends when they will say, “Eww, what is inside that box.” Such small moments of surprise will make Halloween night a fun night.
We have been making packaging boxes for Halloween parties for decades now, and are always thriving to amaze our clients.
However, you can always make our mystery boxes at home using households.
DIY Halloween Boxes
Halloween mystery boxes are not that difficult to make. All you need is a box; any small container with a lid would do the thing. You can use a shoebox or a hatbox that could be covered completely to hide the contents inside.
Then make a small hole on top of the front of your box. Remember that the hole should be small enough so that only a hand can stick in. You don’t want a thing that is big enough so anyone could peek inside.
Then comes the decorating part. First things first, wrap your box with a spooky Halloween wrapping sheet. If not, you can also paint your box with Halloween colors, that is, orange or black. To give a more Halloween touch, use paint that glows in the dark.
Decorate your package with glitter colors or stickers. To enhance the anticipation among your guests, try drawing scary monster teeth. Long story short, be creative as much you can.
Sounds too much of work? Well, all this fuss can be dodged with our Halloween printed boxes. We can go as spooky as you want. If you have any Halloween boxes ideas that may seem too difficult to make at home, we are at your service to make your Halloween less tiring and more enjoyable.
Some people prefer labelling their boxes so that their kids would know what they are touching. At the same time, some people choose not to. Likewise, you can also turn unlabeled Halloween boxes into games. Let your kids or guests guess what is inside the box and whoever takes the right guess gets a prize.
How to Make Halloween boxes full of fun
There are a lot of things that you can do with mystery or feel boxes. The goal here is to surprise your kids with the treats while expecting anything that could scare them out. So, here are some of the most dazzling ideas that you could use this Halloween and make this year’s Halloween a memorable one:
- You can trick your guests with cooked spaghetti with brains. For that, you need to drain your cooked spaghetti, refrigerate it so it may stick together and give texture to zombie’s brains.
- Take a rubber glove and fill it with flour; your kids might confuse with a dead man’s hand.
- To give a texture of dead skin, you can use the banana peel, mashed boil egg whites, and finally, finely sliced rubber erasers can really scare your kids.
- Likewise, it would be a fantastic idea to use dried apricots and tricks your kids into believing they are witch or werewolf ears.
- Filling your Halloween box with peeled grapes or olives can be an excellent alternative for uncanny eyeballs.
- If your kid is scared of unearthly fingers, you can use microwaved hot dogs. Cut them in half to give a more realistic effect. There also other alternatives as well, like pickles or thin carrots.
- Furthermore, using sunflower seeds to make fingernails or pumpkin seeds can also be a good option.
- If you think human organs can be scary, peeled tomatoes can give anticipation of a humanly torn out heart.
- Any Halloween can be completed with a spooky touch of bones. For that, you can use cleaned bones of a chicken. To completely a smoother touch, boil a chicken for about 10 to 15 minutes. Then drain the water, and you are left with meat that can be cleaned easily.
- A lot of kids are also scared of witchy grey hair. In this regard, steel wool or corn husks can help you a lot.
- A sinister touch of teeth is a great way to see that scary expression on kids’ faces. Use uncooked elbow macaroni or candy corn that would feel like dead man’s teeth inside a Halloween mystery box.
- To scare the children coming for trick or treats, use cooked spaghetti with a little oil, and trick them with a gross touch of worms.
So, now you know exactly what you put inside a Halloween box can that scare the kids who might come knocking at your door at Halloween night asking for trick or treat. With these boxes, you won’t have to treat them with candies but with the exciting tricks that could make them smile in the best possible way.
So, you don’t need to waste your time on making and decorating mystery boxes. We can take of that. Meanwhile, you can work on what to put inside and amaze your guest at the Halloween party.
We at The Cosmetic Boxes can make all types of Halloween boxes that you could imagine. However, if you don’t have any scary ideas for this Halloween, our designer can help you get as sinister as you can get. All you need to do is drop your Halloween box at the given contact details, and we will get back to you shortly.
