easyStorage does boxes. In fact easyStorage has a whole website dedicated to boxes and packing materials (easyStorageBoxes.com https://easystorageboxes.com/), as well as hints and tips on the blog to help you ace your space and pack like a pro.

So what do you do with old boxes? With Hallowe’en looming there can only be one answer: get creative. And to save you time and trouble – which is what we enjoy doing here at easyStorage central – here’s a round up of ideas from the team and from the web:

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1.       A Hallowe’en feel box

Decorated outwardly in best spooky style, the box should be holes for people to put their hands in and feel – yeuch.

Inside the box, cold wet spaghetti becomes brains; pieces of furry fabric become creatures; bits of rubber become bats; liquorice becomes rats’ tails; baked beans are toad spawn…. use your imagination and have some truly revolting Hallowe’en fun. Depending on the age group and the children, and how messy you’re prepared to let things get, the grosser the better. It’s the one time of year when bad can be good!

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2.       Hallowe’en costumes

Costume ideas based on boxes include a coffin (with the wearer inside looking spookily dead but alive); a mummy, with the box completely bandaged and a further bandage around the wearer’s head; a fridge, with the wearer made up to look very cold and frozen (painted white and blue), and more!

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3.       A Hallowe’en Banner

Cut the box into as many pieces as the word you want to spell – from ‘Boo!’ to ‘Happy Halloween’ plan well to ensure you have enough card. Using black, white and orange paint, paint your letters and stick or staple them in order along a piece of ribbon or string to hang across the room.

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4.       Trick or Treat box

If you’re entertaining Trick or treaters this year, decorate your box in appropriate Hallowe’en style to hold your Hallowe’en treats for revellers who come knocking.

And if you’re not playing along with Trick or Treaters, you can always create a sign politely suggesting they don’t visit. (Make sure that’s appropriate for your neighbourhood and not going to cause friction.)

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5.       Prize box

If you’re having a party, decorate a box up Hallowe’en style (anything from a ghost to a pumpkin is fine) and pop in prizes for games to be pulled out by the winner each time.

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6.       Door decorations

From a small ghost or large spider hanging from the knocker, to a full on outside bookshelf of scary books, enjoy painting the card to create a dramatic entrance to the house.

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7.       Indoor decorations

Cut up and paint card to make ghosts, dangly spiders and all manner of ghosties and ghoulies and long legged beasties!

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8.      Gravestones

Put out some spooky gravestones for a dramatic look – outdoors (subject to weather) or in!

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9.      Masks

We found this lovely country living article with some great ideas for masks: 24 Hallowe’en Masks.

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10.     The story box game

Subject to tiredness and sugar rushes, children often enjoy creating the ‘next bit’ of a story. Put some story props in a box and encourage the children in turn to add the next bit to the story. Be sensitive to shy children, maybe helping them out a little, and warn them first – no ‘rudey dudeys’. Some will, of course, try and slip something naughty in, so you’ll need to be ‘on your game’.

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However you decide to spend your Hallowe’en, enjoy! And don’t forget to recycle the card afterwards.