1. Posted by sexyhotladybug on Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 8:01 am PDT

Good ideas. always give ur kids a flash light with brandnew batteries. Pls parents join them for the fun they r young once in your life.

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2. Posted by Jan M on Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 4:48 pm PDT

I always bring an extra plastic bag for back-up. When the kids start running their trick-or-treat bags get dragged along the cement which sometimes creates a hole in their bags.

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3. Posted by jay f on Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 2:09 pm PDT

you people are dopes

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4. Posted by knoonell on Tue, Oct 16, 2007, 2:21 pm PDT

My kids can't eat artificial food colors or flavors at all. 9It turns them into real life monsters!) I let them trick or treat anyway. then after they have gone to bed a certain Halloween Witch comes and trades all their candy for a special gift! theoretically, the more candy they are willing to part with, the better the gift!

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5. Posted by fatima_alfaro on Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 3:48 pm PDT

the recipe works great and very good i love it

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6. Posted by puma on Fri, Oct 17, 2008, 1:06 pm PDT

haha trading their candy for a gift thats great

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7. Posted by jday129 on Sun, Oct 19, 2008, 6:53 pm PDT

some local dentist offices will encourage post trick or treating candy donations by offering cash for candy. The candy is then sent to troops overseas.

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8. Posted by JOYCE I on Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 7:41 am PDT

NOTHING

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9. Posted by T-Jen on Tue, Oct 21, 2008, 7:28 pm PDT

I make a big bowl of popcorn for my kids to eat between trick-or-treating and when handing out candy. They can eat as much as they want w/ a few pieces of candy. We do a small amount of trick-or-treating and mostly hand out candy and talk about the different costumes.

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10. Posted by Michael Ellis on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 12:47 pm PDT

Each year when we return from Trick or Treating we regift the candy to Trick or Treators that are still on the trail. First, we dump all of the candy and toss anything questionable and then the girls choose their favorites that they do not want to regift. Then we put the remaining candy into a bowl and give it out to Trick or Treators. The girls have fun handing out the candy and it reduces the amount of candy that is in our house.

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11. Posted by cybereed1 on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 1:02 pm PDT

i m a kid nd i think that u r not vry nice 4 not leting yer kids eat their cndy pls consider. PS the popcorn idea was actuly good, that might b fun.

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12. Posted by kirbyfan1sonic on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 1:08 pm PDT

this is junk

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13. Posted by loulou on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 1:09 pm PDT

great idea Michael

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14. Posted by Nickie on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 1:14 pm PDT

I have a one year old, and I dont know what to do with all the candy he will get this year? any ideas would be great.

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15. Posted by deathferrets on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 1:47 pm PDT

Sharing? My ass! I get candy, I take it, I candy binge. That's the fun of Halloween.

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16. Posted by mmicus on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 1:47 pm PDT

Let her eat some pieces at a time a couple after lunc and some after dinner

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17. Posted by Meg on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 2:27 pm PDT

My mom used to let us go trick or treat as much as we wanted too, then we would dump all the candy out on the floor and pick out the best ones. then her and i would go thru and i would 'sell her' my left overs (10cents for small one, 25 for biger and 50 for full sized candy bars etc) . come on..no kid needs a pillow case full of candy but any kid would love some extra allowance once in a while. think of it as satisfying their sweet tooth and getting a lesson in math.

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18. Posted by the_jaded_muse5 on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 2:51 pm PDT

Lordy, can't we all just shove our kids out the door on Halloween and tell them to be back in three hours? Why are we worried so much about costume safety and teaching lessons on a holiday that's devoted to dressing up as Spongebob Squarepants and Darth Vader? CAN'T WE ALL JUST HAVE FUN?

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19. Posted by RONDA F on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 5:05 pm PDT

I seen on a t.v. commercial today that they are making tiny can's of playdough for trick or treating, you can get it from walmart and i think at least for the little one's that would be better, I will also have goodie's for the older one's too,

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20. Posted by mom to 3 on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 8:12 pm PDT

my 3 kids skip the trick or treating. Instead we go to Target or some such store and each of them can pick out 3 to 4 BAGS of their favorite candy. When they get home they often mix and trade with each other to get a bigger variety. They get what they really like and I get to skip the costumes and the ton of junky candy like dum-dums, candy corn, etc.

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21. Posted by neezer on Wed, Oct 22, 2008, 9:11 pm PDT

I saw the playdough at Aldis thought about getting it but my grandson was with me. Just like buying candy early, it would be gone by Halloween. To the_ jaded_muse NO you can not shove the kids out for 3 hrs. You must live in a better neighborhood than I do. OK pillow cases are good, it shows you are hopeful. MOM said it was being greedy. They do not tear as easily as paper or plastic bags.

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22. Posted by Brittney on Sun, Oct 26, 2008, 1:47 pm PDT

I am 14 and to old for trick or treating now but a lot of those ideas are great like trading their candy for money or giving it back out it will save you money and it helps with the extra candy. When i was a kid my mom let me have it all but over 3/4ths of it went to wast cause i cant eat all that any ways.

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23. Posted by amy on Sun, Oct 26, 2008, 8:04 pm PDT

Does a one year old really need to collect candy on Halloween or is the parent the one who wants it? He doesn't know the difference. Give me a break. Giving out candy to trick or treaters can be expensive. To all you adults with infants, enjoy the "ooos and ahs" over your cute baby then leave the candy for the kids who are old enough to actually eat it!

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24. Posted by Carri B on Wed, Oct 29, 2008, 2:51 pm PDT

Trading candy for money or a gift is a great idea.

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25. Posted by happeygirrll on Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 10:54 am PDT

my daughter loved to hand out the candy she had collected (with the exceptions of her favorites) so after she goes out I let her help me hand out candy she has just as much fun and it saves me from running out of candy. Then I let her choose her five favorites to keep in her bag then her five least favorites to give away then favorites anyways until it is all gone then it is just kept for times she wants apiece or two the rest I Throw Away!

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26. Posted by lutfilhadiabdulrahim on Fri, Oct 02, 2009, 8:26 pm PDT

nothing

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27. Posted by Jasper on Sat, Oct 03, 2009, 2:12 pm PDT

If your children gets lots of candy, save it for their lunches, parties, or even for their friends. It helps keep from the candy going to waste (Eat ALL THE CANDY before, probably, December or January) and their friends stay close with your little ones. Also, maybe your kids might even want to have a halloween party. All the children can go trick-or-treating but with ONLY one bag, and so they try to go to as many houses, and later they can split the amount, so there's less candy you have to deal with. But parties aren't always the solution. If your child gets LOTS of candy, how about get 1/2 to 3/4 of the candy and make gift baggies for your co-workers or your children's teachers? But hey, the best thing is HELPING your child demolish that candy pile, right?! Hopes & Hugs, Jasper

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28. Posted by tottenraven on Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 7:21 pm PDT

why is it kids favorite halloween cause of candy why candy it is just another way of getting cavitys

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29. Posted by andrearicciardi2000 on Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 7:41 am PDT

I know this probably will sound terrible but when my 10 year old was yound and until he was about 6 or 7, I would throw out the bulk of his halloween candy when he was at school. He has never really been interested in candy or sweets except he loves chocolate. I don't know if the reason he doesn't have more than a healthy love of sweets and doesn't gorge himself like my 3 year old does is cause I monitored his intake. He never cared that his candy was decreased after halloween. I plan to do the same with our 3 year old who I have found at 4 in the am standing on a chair in the kitchen looking for cookies or sweets. He definitely needs the help to not eat so much he gets sick.

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30. Posted by Connie R on Thu, Oct 29, 2009, 11:23 am PDT

Because I am diabetic, I'm trying to train my daughter to eat accordingly (just in case). I still take her out t-or-t-ing, but after she picks out about 10 pieces, we go donate the rest to the fire station. Supposedly they hand it out to kids when they are involved in an emergancy, although I wouldn't be suprised if it just goes to their own personal candy funds. :) Either way, she gets to learn to donate to a cause, and I get to oogle hot firemen. Double win!

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