Halloween is one of the most fun holidays for kids, but it can also be a time of great stress for parents trying to get a handle on the night’s activities. Between buying or making the costumes, making sure you have candy to hand out if you’re staying in that night and still want to participate, and also ensuring you know where your kids are going and what they’ll be doing – it can be challenging to say the least.
Here are five tips to help make your Halloween as stress free as possible.
Look Up Local Trick or Treat Times
It’s important to know what time the fun begins in your city or neighborhood so you don’t wander around empty streets all night. Each city could have a different start time for when it’s considered safe for children to go out and have some fun. That time usually coincides with when it’s actually dark outside, but not always. Once you know what time everything begins, map out the route you want to take your kids on or provide a map to older kids who are going out on their own.
Use Glow Sticks, Flashlights, or Reflective Tape
Just because kids are out in full force in costumes having the times of their lives doesn’t mean cars and drivers magically aren’t. Many Halloween costumes are dark and can be difficult for drivers to see. To help make sure your children are easily seen have them carry glow sticks or flash lights. If that’s not doable then find some reflective tape and attach it to the costume itself.
Screen Candy Before Your Kids Eat It
Maybe your child has a peanut or other food allergy you have to be cautious with. That’s just one of many reasons to screen candy they bring home with them. Not to say people handing candy out to children intend to harm them, but sometimes candy ends up being unwrapped or looks a little funny once you dump it all out. Make sure those get tossed away and aren’t ingested.
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