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trinkets to hand out

When my daughter turned 7(now 21 & will graduate from American University this coming May - man time flies) she found a huge stack of perfect condition unused coloring books and decided we should save everyones teeth and give them out for Halloween (just coming off a dental health unit in school!) - and a tradition was born - and yes the kids loved them!

Since then we've given out gently used children's magazines, and the tons of stickers that are sent out by every organization that ever heard of the word sticker - small toys that are in perfect - a la unused condition - work well, and I keep my eyes open in doller shops etc throughout the year for inexpensive goodies - we have been candy free for years! I make sure I have decorated pencils and other treats for the older kids for whom a coloring book would be an invitation to trick us in return.

We only get 20 or 30 trick-or-treaters so my years worth of saving lends to generous handfuls in the trick or treat bag.On Umbra on Halloween posted 3 years ago 8 Responses