1. Let them glow
Glow sticks, necklaces, bracelets, and the like can help make it easier to see your kids on a dark street
Red Tricycle says,
“You can tape up everyone’s buckets, shoes and costumes for a unique look that’s easy to see from afar, and it even works on those wagons you’ll be using to tote the tiny trick-or-treaters from house to house.”
2. Discourage running
The best way we’ve found to curtail it: Threaten to take away their candy. Seriously, it works.
3. Make safe costume choices
Make sure all costumes marked “flame retardant,” which is extra important on Halloween since they may be coming into contact with open flames in pumpkins. Well-fitting arms that are not too long are important for the same reason.
4. The props
The positive thing about this, You don’t have to carry them three minutes after you leave the house.
If you already anticipate having to help carry your children’s heavy candy bags and pumpkins (and you will), encouraging them to keep the props at home is a good idea.
5. Carrying bag
Look for a bag with a padded handle that won’t dig into their hands or something that has a cross-body strap to better distribute the weight.
6. Don’t forget about dinner
Put in a pizza delivery order early in the day so you’re in the system and don’t get caught up in a long-wait situation with everyone who called at the last minute.
7. “WHERE ARE THEY!”
If you don’t already have a locator app on your phone, now’s the time to add one. If you’re in a crowded area with lots of kids around, you want to make sure you can always find them.
8. Watch the weather
pay attention to weather conditions that could impact their footwear choices. If it’s been raining, snowing, or the ground is slick, non-slip shoes will be a necessity.
9. Check their candy
The main takeaways: if it’s open, it goes in the trash. Unless you know the people giving out homemade treats and know specifically what’s in them, it goes in the trash. Anything else that looks or smells suspicious goes in the trash. (Few Tips)
10. Sort through and give away your candy
There is a growing number of Halloween candy buyback programs that will pay you per pound of candy turned in, with some donated to families and others sent to the troops overseas.
11. Watch for allergens
If your child is allergic to peanuts or something else that can be dangerous, you’re obviously aware of this.
