Post by underwaterrhymes on Oct 10, 2017 21:11:03 GMT -5
We go crazy.
I buy a shit ton of candy and we also do the blue pumpkin in our window and have allergen-free options including nut-free candy, glow bracelets, spooky tattoos and spider rings.
I tell kids to take what they want. We always have leftovers.
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!
Soooooo I'm coming to your house for a glow stick.
Post by DotAndBuzz on Oct 10, 2017 22:05:24 GMT -5
Handfull to anyone.
The weather is usually completely shitty up here for ToT, so if you make the effort to go out in that, you get candy. I don't care if you're 20 years old. I'll give you candy.
This year we are giving a bag of pretzels or a small playdough. If you are a minor and knock on my door, you'll get something. And frankly, I'm not going to police the "minor" qualifier.
We get around 200 trick or treaters. What's a few more treats to me if some high schooler out of costume is still innocent enough to show up at my door? That certainly wasn't how I spent halloween at that age.
Small size singles are fine though. We are in a family friendly neighborhood. Kids will easily hit 50+ houses unless a parent reigns them in.
Last year I bought cases of pop at Costco and so many kids were so excited, I had to buy it again this year. When I used to hand out mini chocolate bars I gave two per kid so one can of pop works out about the same pricewise. I will have something else on hand for really little kids, probably little cans of play doh. We get about 75 kids and I'll hand out to anyone in costume.
I turn off all the lights and pretend I’m not home.
I’m only half kidding.
Kids don’t come to our street.
You'd hate living in my neighborhood lol
They literally get carpooled/van'ed in to our tract from other areas. It's a big loop of houses (with little culdesacs branching off) full of Halloween nutters around here.
Trick-or treaters would be the least of my issues re living in your neighborhood.
Those of you who get tons of kids- are you just constantly sitting down and getting back up for 2-3 hours during TOT? Or do you just stand at the door for that time? I'm trying to understand the logistics here. I handed out candy in college when I lived in *the* tot neighborhood, but I have a dog that barks whenever someone comes to the door so I just sat out on my porch steps, waiting for kids to walk up. I can't imagine how annoying it would be to sit down and get up over and over again if you're reading or watching tv.
Additionally, at what age did you take your kids toting for the first time? I will take my kid (about a year and a half) to the Halloween/tot event at H's office but that's just to show off his costume.
Those of you who get tons of kids- are you just constantly sitting down and getting back up for 2-3 hours during TOT? Or do you just stand at the door for that time? I'm trying to understand the logistics here.
When DD was almost one, we set out a blanket on the front lawn with wine and a candy bowl. She didn't like grass so she wouldn't crawl off.
Next year it rained. we minimally trick or treated (5 or 6 houses). Then went home where DD loved answering the door. Only half the usual crowd.
Since then, we set up my mom at a table in the driveway with the sangria and the treat bowl. She stays out through the peak until we get back with at least one kid, then we move back inside for the rest of the night.
We live at the top of a hill on a somewhat busy street. At the bottom of that hill is a neighborhood with tons of houses close together. Nary a child has walked up that hill to a ring my doorbell.
In my old house, it was cold once so I sat outside with a radiator heater pointed at me. The next year, all the neighbors did the same. One house had a fire pit out.
I don't give out anything with nuts but that's the only allergen can readily identify. Which means lots of peanut and peanut butter M&Ms to take to work.
Our neighborhood has kids carted in from elsewhere. The first year, I did hand full of candy and ran out within 45 minutes. Last year I did one single piece of candy and still ran out.
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!
Soooooo I'm coming to your house for a glow stick.
If DH is home, he makes the bags. This year I’m turning off the light - I don’t get home until it’s half over. Our numbers vary widely some years we run out some years I’m carting bags of candy to work.
Post by Mrs. ChanandlerBong on Oct 11, 2017 6:54:14 GMT -5
I chose handful and anyone who says trick or treat. But we get less than 40 kids each year. Our neighborhood sucks for Halloween. There are very few kids who live here and a bunch of people who don't turn porch lights on. We don't get much foot traffic.
I'm thinking of doing full size this year instead of having a ton of bagged candy left over. My h is under the delusion that we get 100s of kids here.
We only get like 10. Only 2 we are close to. So the cute younger 2 we know well get some kind of novelty giant candy I hunt for new each year and rest get full sized candy bars x2. I know their favorites so I get them each what they like
A neighborhood in the next county over has apparently had residents complain so much about "outsiders" coming in that now they're telling residents to come pick up special bags for their kids that show they're from the area. Then homeowners can choose to not give candy to kids without those bags.
Are you fucking kidding me? It's a more rural county. So kids should just not be able to trick or treat because they don't live in a neighborhood? Come on, dicks, just buy an extra bag of candy.
This is our first time giving candy out as we have lived in a condo every year until this. H is so excited lol. I don't know how many kids we will end up getting but there seem to be a lot of kids in the neighbourhood. The plan right now is 3 of those mini sized chocolate bars with some cand.
This is our first time giving candy out as we have lived in a condo every year until this. H is so excited lol. I don't know how many kids we will end up getting but there seem to be a lot of kids in the neighbourhood. The plan right now is 3 of those mini sized chocolate bars with some cand.
I bought three bags of candy for my first year in a house. I got zero kids. It was so sad. The next year I bought just as much candy and got one kid. Did the same the third year and got that same kid.
Our last year in that house, they rescheduled trick or treat to a Saturday due to weather. We got 100 kids. By the end I was throwing granola bars and bags of microwave popcorn in the bowl.
This is our first time giving candy out as we have lived in a condo every year until this. H is so excited lol. I don't know how many kids we will end up getting but there seem to be a lot of kids in the neighbourhood. The plan right now is 3 of those mini sized chocolate bars with some cand.
I bought three bags of candy for my first year in a house. I got zero kids. It was so sad. The next year I bought just as much candy and got one kid. Did the same the third year and got that same kid.
Our last year in that house, they rescheduled trick or treat to a Saturday due to weather. We got 100 kids. By the end I was throwing granola bars and bags of microwave popcorn in the bowl.
H will be so disappointed if this happens lol. He went out and bought a bunch of decorations, 3 GIANT pumpkins he insists he is going to carve. He is also considering getting a costume himself...
From what we have seen whenever we have visited the house there have always been kids outside or parents pushing around their kids on strollers so I am hoping that means we will get a decent amount show up lol.
To all those who voted "only to kids who say trick or treat", do you really just stand there with the bowl out of their reach until they say it? Or tell them to say it? What if only one does? Do you let him take candy and then pull the bowl away from the others? This is so weird to me.
HA- I love your TorT dedication WRT rude teens getting one piece of the crap candy tripleshot ❤️ We live at the top of a hill, SO get anywhere from 5-20 (largely depending on weather). Usually 4 are ppl I know, so the parents get some goodies, too, for making the trek out for Miniroller’s amusement...
I do small treat bags with 3-4 mini-candy bars, skittles, etc.
Post by cabbagecabbage on Oct 11, 2017 8:20:34 GMT -5
I give a huge handful to anybody except babies/toddlers who get a little less. I always mean to buy goldfish or something because we get so many babies and tiny kids the first couple hours. Our neighborhood is packed with young families. Now my family goes out trick or treating in a pack with a couple families on our block. Usually someone makes a big cocktail to share and we go back to chili and cornbread at the neighbors'. We are gone most of the prime time plus we live on the very last block that hits the woods so traffic is pretty light. I always buy too much.