So, it’s almost Halloween and you haven’t yet started shopping. You have a few women in your life for whom you have to get gifts. She can be your girlfriend, wife, daughter, sister or anyone else. Searching for a spooky basket for her ideas? You might want to get something inexpensive or something a bit extravagant. You might be making a DIY spooky basket for her. We bring to you some great ideas, which have many things included. You will find things that you can fill up a basket with or baskets that you can buy to make great hampers. 

20 of the Best Spooky Basket Ideas

Halloween baskets are just like Easter baskets or Christmas gift boxes, just with treats and spooky things (more funny than scary!). Making Halloween gift baskets are much easier and more fun because you can include anything you want – from scary to funny, to just regular popular gifts. Boo baskets can be easily prepared, check below for some.

This is a set of 6 cobweb candy baskets which you can prepare for your daughter or any kid. These bowls look spooky and they are designed like cobwebs. The bowls are an assortment of 3 different colours and have 2 spiders on each of them. Fill them up with candies and your most money-saving and easy to make spooky baskets are ready to be handed out! These baskets will make great props for Halloween decoration too or serve as fruit baskets. So if you use one to make a gift basket, you can use the rest for decorating your home.

Key Features:

• Spider web design
• For candies, biscuits, fruits & small gifts
• Washable and reusable

This is a gift for the grown up lady. Keep this skeleton hand in her hamper and it will not fail to spook her out for a good few minutes before she realises what it really is. She can use this to keep her dressing table tidy by hanging all her daily wear non-precious jewellery on the hand. If she loves her funky collection, this will act as a display stand. She would be able to show off her accessories like earrings, rings, bracelets and necklaces. She can also keep her keys and coins on the tray which acts as the base of the hand. The display stand will also serve as a great photo prop when she decides to pose by her mirror, sitting beside her dresser.

Key Features:

• Unique packaging
• Moveable steel joints
• Arty haunting decoration

This oval shaped wicker basket is usually used for egg gathering during Easter or as a wedding basket. You can use this basket for creating your own spooky basket for her. You can fill it up with chocolates, a bottle of wine or a teddy bear –  anything you want. Just add something to make it look appropriate for Halloween. Later on she can use the basket as a storage or basket. She can also make use of it as a picnic basket. The collapsible handles will make it easy for you to carry the basket after it is filled with gifts. The basket is also easy to store, clean and is durable. The lining on the basket only makes it more appropriate to be used as a gift basket.

Key Features:

• Handmade basket
• Elegant lining
• Collapsible handle

If you are preparing a spooky basket for your mother, then this handmade enamel cup is a really good choice. The unique flowers and butterfly design makes it a great Halloween gift for any woman. If not for mom, you can give it to any friend of yours. The cup can be used for drinking coffee or tea and it comes with a beautifully designed stainless steel teaspoon, matching with its design.The mug and the spoon comes in a lovely gift box too. There is also an anti-slip pad and a cleaning cloth. The transparent cup with the blue roses and violet butterfly is going to mesmerise anyone who looks at it.

Key Features:

• Best for tea-lovers
• Is very visually appealing
• Easy to clean

We have enlisted a wicker basket above and said you should decorate it with something to make it appropriate for Halloween. And we have found something or things that you  can prepare your spooky basket for her. It is a pack of black spooky plastic spiders. These spiders look very realistic and will definitely serve the purpose of scaring her on Halloween. Insert a couple of spiders in between gifts, so that when she puts her hand inside the basket, she picks the spiders up! We will not be taking the responsibility if she beats you up for the mean prank. If she hates creepy crawlies and especially spiders, you absolutely must decorate her basket with some spiders.

Key Features:

• 24 pcs of spiders
• Can be clipped or hooked on easily
• Realistic looking

A lamp which emits orange glow, which colour is one of the main colours of Halloween otr autumn season, makes one of the perfect gifts to be put in a gift basket. This lamp can be used as a mood lighting and it will also serve the purpose of a home decor item. The salt lamp is placed in a metal wire basket having a wooden base. Laser cut wrought iron has been used for making the basket which gives the lamp an elegant and unique look. The salt crystal has to be placed on the halogen oven light and then switched on. The light emits negative ions and helps to reduce allergy and asthma symptoms.

Key Features:

• Uses Hygroscopy to purify air
• Dimmable light
• Improves health condition

We have included a willow basket earlier. Now we have selected a cotton rope basket, in case you were looking for one. This is another basket with handles which can be used later as a woven storage basket. So the basket will form a part of your gift too and will remain useful. The basket can be used as a closet storage bin but it looks cute, so it can work as a home decor by keeping things in it for display. It will also work as an office desk organizer. It is available in 3 different colours and two different sizes.  We have chosen the smaller one so that it is easier to fill it up with gifts.

Key Features:

• Eco-friendly
• Lightweight
• Wear-resistant and long-lasting

Are you someone who loves to cook and bake at home? Then there might be a chance that you are thinking of packing up some homemade DIY gifts for her. The easiest thing for you to do is to stir up some Halloween treats after preparing them in your kitchen. If you want some ideas on how to make some interesting dishes, this book is a ‘ spooky cookbook of creepy but tasty dish ideas’ which has some excellent ideas. The book will always be useful during Halloween, in case you plan to throw a Halloween party. The Halloween treat ideas given in the book are going to be made using sweet and savoury recipes.

Key Features:

• Recipes with easy-to-find recipes
• Needs basic kitchen skills
• Doesn’t need much prep time

This orange throw blanket is one of the best gifts for any girl. As a gift for your daughter, this is going to wow her. But it can also be a delightful gift for your girlfriend or wife, if she has the childlike excitement for Halloween even now. It is a glow-in-the-dark throw blanket. The blanket needs to be exposed to bright light for a minimum of 10 minutes. After that when the light is switched off or the blanket is taken to a dark room, Halloween-related designs like a pumpkin face, black cat etc. will start glowing. This innovative super-soft plush blanket will make an amazing gift for the recipient. The microfiber polyester fabric makes it a durable one.

Key Features:

• Fade and stain-resistant
• Can be used as lap blanket
• 6 hours glow time

Now a wooden basket for turning it into a gift basket for her. The basket comes with dried grass and has rope handles made of jute. The natural finish gives it a rustic look and you can even paint and decorate it anyway you want. It is a completely handmade box which can be used as a fruit or vegetable basket and kept on the kitchen counter or dining table. Or it can be used as a storage basket and kept on the shelf. It is very easy to make a gift hamper using the basket. For e.g.: Put the blanket listed above, wrap a cellophane paper around it. Tie a gift ribbon or attach a gift tag on the handle and you are good to go.(10)

Key Features:

• Good option for organic gifting
• Flexible handle
• Made of pinewood

If the recipient is a keen baker, you can stuff this cookbook in her gift hamper. It is a gift which will keep on giving as she will be able to enjoy some scary good treats every Halloween by baking them in her oven. She will be able to make cookies shaped and designed like a skull, ghost, cobweb, bat etc. She will be able to display her baking skills by putting them on a plate. She can make some homemade goodies as gifts for others or handover to her guests who come to celebrate Halloween with them. The book also explains how Halloween became a festival for people to celebrate, how trick-or-treating became a thing and other interesting Halloween traditions.

Key Features:

• Every step shown
• Recipes can be modified
•  ‘Slasher Brownies’ and ‘Spooky Ghost Brownies’ recipes

This journal or diary is the perfect gift for any girl who loves Halloween. If she loves to cook, she can use it for writing down her Halloween-special recipes. If she is a poet, she can pen down a spooky poem in it. You can give it to your best friend if she is the kind of person who loves journals, especially when they look so special. Just regular journaling is good for one’s mental health so you will be giving a really useful gift. The foliage-pattern embossing on the journal has been done by hand and has a flap cover. The gothic look makes it perfect as a gift to be included in a spooky basket.

Key Features:

• 100  pages
• Has a lock
• Genuine leather

A spooky basket means it is a gift hamper generally consisting of many things. You must be looking for something budget-friendly yet adorable Halloween gift for your girlfriend. It can be a gift for a fiancee or wife too and will make a great basket-stuffer. The design on the mug is extremely cute which shows one smiling ghost telling another “You’re my boo”. Premium quality printing has been done on the mug. The dye-sublimation technology used in printing ensures that the design will not fade or wash away in years to come.  She is going to love the mug and is sure to use it more than once a day to drink any beverage that she likes.

Key Features:

• 11 oz. capacity
• Dishwasher safe
• Wrap-around print

If she is into makeup and loves buying makeup collections, this is the gift for her. She is sure to have a collection of makeup brushes. This holder which looks like a black skull is going to really stand out while she uses it for keeping her brushes easily accessible. The makeup holder will look really fancy when kept on a dressing table. But if she isn’t into makeup much and loves collecting pens, this gift is going to be useful for her too. She can keep her pens in it and display it on her study table. It is a multipurpose holder and can be used for keeping stationeries. Wherever it is kept, it is going to grab eyeballs.

Key Features:

• Can be used as a planter pot
• Made with resin
• Vanity art piece

Can anything be better than this classic board game to be included in a spooky basket? Anyone who is a fan of horror and watches horror-movies are well-aware of what a ouija board is. This game can be played by anyone who is above 8 and two or more players can play this game. We say the bigger group, the better. Original graphics and the solid wooden board makes it good as a gift. It will be fun for players to ask the Ouija board questions that have been haunting their minds. The oracle board will reveal the answers with the help of the plastic message indicator.

Key Features:

• Fun horror game
• Durable wooden board
• Original graphics

This is a gift basket which is the best for a lady who doesn’t get very excited, but you don’t want to let go of an opportunity when you want to give her a gift. The bath and body gift set has mostly products with lilac coloured bottles and tubes and the products are infused with lavender fragrance. The basket has a lilac color bath puff and a sponge too. The other products included in the basket are hand lotion, shower gel, body lotion and bath salt. All of these are suitable for sensitive skin, so you can give the basket to any woman. This will also let her have a full spa experience, sitting right at home.

Key Features:

• Flower-shaped body sponge
• Total 5 products
• Suitable for sensitive skin

This is a porcelain mug in midnight sky colour and has a very gothic look. Anyone who is a gothic lover will be thrilled to find this mug in her spooky basket. Every time she sips tea or coffee out of this mug, she is going to feel like a powerful witch. It is a big mug so she can pour her favourite broth in it and that too 500 ml, which is more than what a mug holds normally. The inside of the mug is black with moons and stars printed on it. The exterior of the midnight mug is jet black in colour. The logo of the brand printed inside gives it a more scary look. If she has plans to go to a Halloween party, this mug will be a perfect accessory in making her whole witch or any goth-inspired look stand out.

Key Features:

• Collector’s item
• Enchanting gift box
• Shiny Gloss finish inside, satin matte outside

This is a vintage styled poster which will look fabulous when displayed in her kitchen or near the dining table of her house. It will make a wall pop out and it is going to be a nice gift for someone who takes pride in her kitchen. The retro-style poster adds a charm and personality to any room. The novelty gift item will delight anyone who stirs up some magic in the kitchen using her culinary skills. The metal tin sign is easy to hang and being of a big size, it is easily going to draw attention. This will work as a great Halloween decor and afterwards too. A great gift for people who are fascinated by magic and witchcraft.

Key Features:

• Kitchen art
• Easy to hang
• Metal Poster

This is going to be the best gift for her if she loves to spend Halloween watching horror movies and sipping on wine. Also if she is a fan of the T.V. sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S , she will love this tumbler. It is an insulated mug which she can use to drink beer, champagne, cocktail or any regular beverage like tea, coffee and juice. The double-walled mug is made with stainless steel and has a capacity of 12 oz. The double-walled vacuum ensures that her hot drinks stay hot for at least 3 hours and cold drinks will remain so for 9 hours. It also comes with a lid.

Key Features:

• Mug printed with iconic horror characters
• Double-wall insulation
• Has a cover

A colouring book for adults which rightly describes itself as a ‘GOREgeous coloring book’, if you get the pun. This book will give her a great way to spend her Halloween. Even though it is for adults, you can give it to girls who’s above 13. Teenagers love horror flicks and reading horror stories. Those who are creative will appreciate this coloring book as one of the gifts.  Any fan of the gore will be overjoyed with this gift which will give them something fun to do in their downtime. The paper quality is remarkable, which means the recipient can choose to color with any coloring medium of her choice. The horror-themed book is filled with images with great detailing which will give her a scope to relax her mind after a tiring way.

Key Features:

• Intricate pin & ink illustrations
• Therapeutic
• The Walking Dead meets The Secret Garden