{"id":21712,"date":"2014-05-20T06:17:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T11:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=21712"},"modified":"2014-05-20T06:17:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T11:17:12","slug":"halloween-survival-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=21712","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Survival Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/halloweensurvival-e1400085221235-150x108.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween Survival Kit\" width=\"150\" height=\"108\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>Fabulous commenter Pixel Pixie pointed me at this neat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/7147313\/Halloween-Survival-Kit\">Halloween Survival Kit<\/a> created by graphic designer Elizabeth McMann as part of her portfolio.  I take some exception to the name, since it&#8217;s clearly a <em>monster<\/em> survival kit,* but I quite like the organization and stripped-down aesthetic.  I also like the idea of an all-purpose monster-deterrent package, so you&#8217;ll be prepared for whatever you find when you investigate that noise in the basement.<\/p>\n<p>Since the kit and the smaller boxes it contains appear to be simple pasteboard affairs, it&#8217;d be fairly easy to print and assemble a custom kit containing whatever ingredients you like.  You could also do something a bit more elaborate using a wooden <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Oceanstar-Bamboo-Tea-Box-Natural\/dp\/B00BNRO5UU\/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=shadmano-20&#038;qid=1400086473&#038;sr=8-9\">tea chest<\/a> or a presentation box: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidsonstea.com\/Loose_Leaf_Presentation_Box_12_varieties.aspx\">This<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/green-herbal-tea-kit\">this<\/a> are pricey because they include the tea, but empty ones should be available from manufacturers of specialty containers or suppliers of bulk teas.<\/p>\n<p>Devising a list of repellent items to include would be half the fun.  The garlic (for vampires) and sage (for ghosts) shown in McMann&#8217;s kit are good choices; I&#8217;m not entirely sure what some of the other boxes&#8217; icons are meant to represent (I assume the little bottle with a cross is holy water, and the box with just the cross is&#8230;maybe a cross-shaped amulet?  Dunno).  You&#8217;d definitely want to ensure that each item is easily recognizable, since grabbing the wolfsbane when you needed the Mothman spray could be disastrous.<\/p>\n<p>Draw or find clipart for each label, and include instructions (e.g. &#8220;For use with Yeti only; attempting to use this product for Sasquatch may result in death or dismemberment&#8221;) as necessary.<\/p>\n<p>A large kit would be an interesting prop or conversation piece, and mini-kits containing two or three items would make unusual party or wedding favors.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Thanks, Pixel Pixie!)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\n*A Halloween survival kit would contain, one would assume, things like glow sticks, hand sanitizer, and emergency chocolate.  Totally different, although also fun to make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabulous commenter Pixel Pixie pointed me at this neat Halloween Survival Kit created by graphic designer Elizabeth McMann as part of her portfolio. I take some exception to the name, since it&#8217;s clearly a monster survival kit,* but I quite like the organization and stripped-down aesthetic. I also like the idea of an all-purpose monster-deterrent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doom-it-yourself"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21712"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21790,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21712\/revisions\/21790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}