Healthy treats for trick-or-treaters
Seriously. You do NOT need to hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters. You do not.
You also do not need to hand out toothbrushes, although we know dentists who do that. It’s not a bad idea, but perhaps not so well-received.
Our favorite thing to hand out happens to be party favors from the dollar store. Look for multi-packs of things like play-doh, bubbles, plastic jewelry, rubber snakes and spiders, kids’ sunglasses, small boxes of crayons, holiday pencils, and those annoying slide whistles. (You’re giving them away, remember? You won’t have to listen to them.)
Be sure to have something appropriate for the very youngest children, and something appropriate for older kids.
We’ve been handing out toys for 8 years now, with great success. We even have kids who come to the door saying “this is the toy house!”
