One piece per kid. My neighborhood is swaaaaarmed with kids and we run out every year. This year I have 400 pieces plus 100 glow sticks. I have to make it last.
I love Halloween around here. So much fun to see all the kids' costumes!
It varies. I usually have some fun size candy bars and give 1 or 2 of those depending on the age of the kid. When I run out of those I usually have a couple of big bags of a variety mix (starburst, skittles, twirlers) and will give a small handful of those. I give it to anyone that says trick or treat.
Post by bugandbibs on Oct 10, 2017 19:31:16 GMT -5
We leave a large bowl of candy on our front porch with a sign to please take 2. We leave a green pumpkin with non-food choices next to it. Then we ToT for 2 hours. Generally, there is still candy left when we return because we only get 30-50 kids or so on our street.
Several of my neighbors give out full size candy bars or do a similar take 2 with the smaller ones.
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If I'm home, I hold out both bowls (one with candy/pretzels & one with junk) and tell kids to choose their favorite. Most take just one thing, some take more. I don't care.
If we're both out with the kids, we leave a bowl with a note on the porch. Most years, it survives. Last year, we checked after an hour and it was still well over 1/2 full. We returned home less than 10 minutes later & it was gone. I feel bad for the kids who find an empty bowl, but don't want leftover candy anyway.
There is no right answer. Do whatever you want to and can afford to do.
I am SUPER excited because apparently our street is ToT mania, and at our old house I basically sat at the end of the driveway like a sad puppy hoping for maybe 10 kids to come by.
I know there is no right answer. It's just interesting to see what others do. This is my second year in this neighborhood and we get three times more kids.
I typically do bags (which I am putting together now) and wondered if I was doing too much - time wise mostly.
Post by closertofine on Oct 10, 2017 19:38:06 GMT -5
While I technically live in a neighborhood, I'm on a super steep hill with 6 houses, none of which participate in ToT. Pre-kid, I maybe got 5 or 6 ToTers here, and I gave them handfuls of snack size candies to get rid of it. Now that I have children, we are those people who go to the big neighborhood with a hundred houses. I feel less guilty because we do actually go with DD's friend who lives there, not just on our own.
Eta. Now that we go elsewhere, I just turn off the light. I don't even bother to leave candy out. With my whole part of the street dark, I doubt anyone even ventures our way.
Post by Leeham Rimes on Oct 10, 2017 19:40:22 GMT -5
I start out with just a few pieces per kid and adjust as necessary. Some years weāre out in 30 minutes other years I empty the bowl in some Kids bucket after a few hours of hardly any kids.
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I should add. We have a 2 hour window to pass out. The day and time is set by the city you live in. So sometimes you get "visitors". I give to everyone and make bags with a variety. I'm doing 90 this year and hoping it's enough.
We fill up a ginormous basket and leave it on our steps with a sign to help yourself. We are usually out trick or treating ourselves at prime trick or treating time.
And we do get a lot of traffic. One of our cross streets is actually blocked off by the village all the way up, which attracts a ton of people to neighboring streets like ours for parking to get to the "extravaganza."
New house doesn't get trick or treaters. Old house I'd let them take a handful or too depending on how big they were and how awesome their costumes were.
Post by sunnysally on Oct 10, 2017 20:15:08 GMT -5
It depends on the age of the kids or the quality of the costume. We get quite a few teenagers who don't dress up at all but still trick or treat; they get one piece. Teenagers in costume and young kids get a couple of pieces. Adults get a dixie cup of red or white wine.
Kids I donāt know get 1 piece. We live on a cul de sac and the kiddos from the neighborhood get a few.
Side note- I bought a 100 ct Trolli bag today and realized it only has 3 out of 4 kinda of candy it is supposed to have, only 78 pieces, WTH? I emailed them with the lot number and will see what they do, but annoying! Also, does it mean I have too much time on my hands if I am fighting over $2.50 worth of candy? The principle. Also, the only reason I noticed was because I wanted to ātaste testā it. Hahahhaa.
Post by icedcoffee on Oct 10, 2017 20:44:37 GMT -5
We get less than 10 so we give out full size bars. We live in a popular neighborhood for trick or treating, but we are in the Main Street with no sidewalk so our house doesn't get hit.
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 10, 2017 20:47:42 GMT -5
We do a full-size candy bar for all the kids and usually something small for the parents. But we generally only get 10-20 TOTers, so it's not a huge financial burden or anything.
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We're in a busy neighborhood for trick or treating but we're on a busy street so we only get a few kids. I still buy roughly 57 lbs of candy just to be safe. Each kid gets two big handfuls and then we gorge.