What are you asking The Great Pumpkin for this year?

Friend of ShezCrafti.com, fel­low Lea­guer, and all-around nice guy Dex over at AEIOU…and Some­times Why is doing some­thing really cool for Hal­loween this year–hosting a Halloween-themed ver­sion of Secret Santa! He’s call­ing it The Great Pump­kin Gift Exchange  and here’s how you can get in on it:

The Great Pump­kin Gift Exchange

Click here for full details and the sign-up form.

What is it?

You’re famil­iar with Secret Santa? Well, this is an online Hal­loween ver­sion. Peo­ple that sign up will act on behalf of the Great Pump­kin and send a gift to another ran­domly assigned par­tic­i­pant, hence­forth called “patch­ers” because they are wait­ing in the pump­kin patch for you, their Great Pumpkin!

How it works:

You sign up and get ran­domly assigned a patcher. You’ll be sent their info and have until 10/20 to send them a gift. Another per­son will get your info and send you a gift. Every­one gets their gifts and much Hal­loween hap­pi­ness ensues.

Gift Guidelines:

The min­i­mum cost will be $10 USD, not includ­ing ship­ping. There is no max­i­mum but don’t expect a life-size Head­less Horse­man to show up at your door. You don’t have to spend the entire amount on a sin­gle item. Bargain/dollar stores can have some cool stuff and give you more bang for your buck.

In addi­tion to your gift, Dex is ask­ing that you also include a lit­tle “touch of magic.” What this is, is up to each Great Pump­kin, but could be any­thing from a signed note let­ting your patcher know who you are to lit­tle toys to a small Trick or Treat bag with treats. Doesn’t have to be any­thing big, get creative!

Wish List?

There is a sec­tion on the sign up form to list things you’d like to receive. Try to list at least four or five things to give your Great Pump­kin some­thing to work with. You could list favorite imagery (witches, pump­kins , etc),  favorite mon­sters or even favorite candy (please don’t send $10 worth of candy!) Some Great Pump­kins may be artsy peo­ple, it may be help­ful to men­tion if you wouldn’t mind get­ting a hand­made gift in case they want to send some­thing unique. Feel free to also list some things you would  not  like to get.

Impor­tant Dates:

Sign up dead­line will be 11:59pm EST on 10/6. Patcher info will be sent after the cut off. Ship­ping dead­line will be 10/20 to ensure patch­ers will have time to enjoy the gift in season.

Spread the word!

Please share the link to this page any­where you want: blogs, Tum­blr, Face­book, Twit­ter, laser engrave the moon. The more peo­ple we have, the bet­ter it will be for everyone!

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