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How does everyone give out their candy? Bowl? prop? have you made something ? I wanna see what all these great minds have come up with!
I'm with ya Madame... We don't get 500 TOTers anymore, but usually 300-ish. I so a combination of candy and toys, spider rings, paddleball games, GID crap, temporary tattoos, and other assorted stuff from Oriental Trading. It's cheaper than all candy and the kids love to paw through and find stuff.I have a huge orange tub with rope handles that we haul out to our spot at the end of the driveway. We get between 500 and 600 kids so we have to have something pretty big or else we'd spend the whole night refilling it. We portion everything ahead of time and hand it out rather than letting them help themselves.
This is what I do except for me it's whatever cute bag Oriental Trading has that catches my eye. I can spend a little extra & add in the full size candy bars too because we only have about 30-40 ToTers even on good years. No clue what this year will bring with it being on a Saturday.I buy little Halloween designed drawstring bags and fill them with candy and a toy, then each kid gets one. I get about 100 - 130 trick or treaters.
My husband has a sweet tooth too. He is constantly getting into our candy and pre-eating. Great tip to get some decoy candy.This is what I do except for me it's whatever cute bag Oriental Trading has that catches my eye. I can spend a little extra & add in the full size candy bars too because we only have about 30-40 ToTers even on good years. No clue what this year will bring with it being on a Saturday.
This reminds me, I need to start checking for the full sized bars on sale at the grocery stores. I'll hide them, let my husband find them then he'll eat them, I'll buy more, then buy back up candy to put in front of it that he can eat & not eat the "real" candy for the big nite!!
I'll hide them, let my husband find them then he'll eat them, I'll buy more, then buy back up candy to put in front of it that he can eat & not eat the "real" candy for the big nite!!
I like the decoy candy idea.My husband has a sweet tooth too. He is constantly getting into our candy and pre-eating. Great tip to get some decoy candy.