Out-of-the-box is just a Disney Channel TV series that occurs in a playhouse made of cardboard boxes, where two hosts, Vivian McLaughlin Bayubay and Tony James, make crafts, sing songs, and act plays out. Walt Disney Home Video, Out of the Box: Trick or Treat, and Out of the Box: Happy Holidays released on VHS two specific episodes. Trick-or-treat is on the DVD. Executive produced by Douglas Love and the series was made and was based on his series of novels from HarperCollins. Three seasons have been filmed at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York City. The series earned three parents' Choice awards for excellence in television and an Emmy nomination.