Halloween Giveaways - Healthy or Not?

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Registered: 12-06-2007
Halloween Giveaways - Healthy or Not?
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Thu, 10-16-2008 - 8:57am

Now that everyone has adapted a healthier lifestyle, I'm curious as to how you handle Halloween treats that you give out.  Do you give healthy treats, candy, or something else? 


 

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Registered: 12-06-2007
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 9:00am

We don't get trick-or-treaters, but I always buy something to have on hand, just in case someone decides to come.

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Registered: 05-03-2005
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 9:08am

This is only our second year in this house, and last year we went out to a different neighborhood where there are sidewalks, so I don't really know if anybody comes here or not.


I've always just gotten candy in the past, but I like the idea of tattoos.

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Registered: 12-06-2007
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 9:09am

You can get 72 tattoos at Oriental Trading for $3.79; they aren't packaged in little boxes, but those are great for goody bags or tattoo stations.

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Registered: 05-03-2005
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 9:16am
What about shipping charges and time to delivery?

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 9:47am
We don't ever get Trick-or-Treaters either.
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Registered: 10-04-2006
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 10:54am

We don't give out any candy at all.

I order a bunch of stuff from Oriental Trading Co. - stickers, bouncy balls, coloring books, stamps, tattoos, rings/bracelets, glow sticks. We get a lot of trick or treaters usually, our house is kind of notorious for our big yard display we do (graveyard, lights, sound effects, fog machines, all kinds of stuff - dh used to work at an amusement park designing/running their annual haunted house so he goes all out) I'm expecting even higher numbers this year since its a Friday so I really stocked up. Its great though because if there are leftovers I just box them up - its not food, so it doesn't go bad!

My kids also don't get to keep their candy - they keep 10 pieces (they can have 1 per day for 10 days) Then they leave the rest of it outside their bedroom door for the "Halloween Fairy" - she takes their candy and exchanges it for a toy. The "fairy" then promptly dumps it where it belongs - in the garbage!

















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Registered: 12-06-2007
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 2:27pm

Both times I bought the boxed tattoos, they were in CVS (a drugstore), on the same aisle as the Halloween candy.

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Registered: 05-03-2005
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 4:03pm
Thanks for the store info.

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Registered: 06-30-1997
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 7:09pm

I've seen tattoos in with the party supplies at Wal-mart, Nancy. Good luck finding some!!!

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Registered: 12-19-2002
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 12:57pm

We live in a subdivision with hundreds of kids, and have learned that many more

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