Gather the Boxes
Your first step in creating your Halloween mystery box is to find a container to put each gross item in. Some ideas of items you probably have laying around include:
Tissue boxes Cereal boxes Shoe boxes Moving boxes Plastic containers
Cut a hole in each box big enough for a hand to reach into but small enough that you can’t see the contents of the box. Make your Halloween feel box extra spooky by painting them black, putting duct tape over them, covering them with free printable Halloween papers, or draping fake spider webs over them. You can even go as far as putting the boxes together to make them look like coffins.
Collect the Mystery Items
In each Halloween mystery box, you’ll want to add a spooky or gross item. The person who puts their hand into the box should think that they are feeling something really disgusting, when it’s actually just an everyday item from your kitchen. Some ideas for your Halloween boxes include:
Dried apricots: earsPeeled grapes or olives: eyeballsFuzzy pipe cleaners: spider legsBaby carrots: toesSteamed cauliflower: brainsPopcorn kernels or elbow macaroni: teethCandy corn: vampire’s teethPeeled tomato: heartCooked noodles or canned spinach: gutsDried pasta: bonesPudding: mudWet tortilla: skinPotato chips: scabsCanned peaches: liverCheese sticks: fingersRaisins: warts or boogersCorn husk silk or steel wool: hairOvercooked rice; maggotsCanned pear halves: stomachPeanut butter: ear waxPudding with peas: vomitLicorice vines: rat tailsSlivered almonds: fingernailsEnd of a pickle or mushroom: noseSliced melon: tongueBananas sliced longways: witch tongueYarn: monster hairCarrot sticks: witch fingersMini marshmallows: ghost poopRubber glove filled with flour: dead hand
Let your imagination run wild when filling up the boxes. Remember that you can add ketchup, cooking oil, or water to these items to make them even grosser. Smell has a great effect as well, so consider adding fish, onions, cheese, sauerkraut, and other foul-smelling foods.
How to Play
The objective of the Halloween feel box game is to guess the actual items inside of the boxes. Have each player feel the contents of the box and then write down what they think the item actually is on a piece of paper. The person who guesses the contents of the most feel boxes is the winner. You can give a small prize to the winner, or simply let them have bragging rights for the night. This game can be actively played by all at a party ,or you can set your boxes up on a table and let people stick their hands in at their leisure.
