Nov 04
A few days after Halloween one year my toddler got into trouble for misbehaving. I explained to her what she had done wrong and how she could make a better choice next time. I gave her a hug and said, “What do you say?” She innocently looked up at me and said, “Trick-or-treat?”
With Halloween behind us, but the remnants of the season still on our minds (and in giants bowls in our kitchens), today’s Hot Topic is about Halloween goodies.
Question: What do you do with all of your children’s leftover Halloween candy? How much do you let them have?
I let Annabella eat as much as possible so that it will be gone faster! But next year I am gonna buy little toys from the dollar store or some place like that and then she can buy the toys with her candy as payment….. It should cut down on the candy consumption since she will want the toys!
I have a friend who lets her kids take a bath with their candy the day after Halloween! They think it’s so funny to add candy and watch the water change colors, and my friend loves that her kids aren’t eating the candy!
I usually let them choose three pieces after lunch & dinner for a couple days. Then it all goes into the communal bowl and I start putting it in lunches. After about a week, all the good stuff is gone anyway and I start throwing out the gross stuff.
What great ideas! I send some to work with my husband too.
First of all, we really limit the number of houses where she gets to go trick-or-treating. At her age she’s more excited to hand out the candy then getting it. Everything goes into a container in the top of the cupboard. Out of site, out of mind. Then we throw away whatever gets old. (Funny because we just threw away a ton of Easter candy to make room for the Halloween candy). She very seldom asks for it, so I’m pretty lucky.