Halloween [censored] for kids

Doug Kanter said:

Anyone have any interesting alternatives?

Hot nickels or pennies?

I just love cats.....

but I can't eat a whole one.

Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet
with resistance from parents.

OOH!!! OOH!!! RAISING HAND!!!!!!

One year I gave out yo-yos. The next year I gave out "house flys" (nerf
boomerangs).

The yo-yos caused a big upset with the local school teachers!

One girl, maybe twelve, came back and asked for a blue yo-yo. I said
"Didn't you already get one?" She said "Yes, a red one, but I have to
accessorize!" I just laughed and couldn't say no to that!!! 😄

Andy

Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they all have
razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting alternatives? I
was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet with resistance from
parents.

We don't have to worry about it any more. We live in the country, close enough
to town that the few kids who do live around here go to there the pickings are
better. When my son young we used to get his friends coming around. I used to
male things like caramel corn and toffee apples, but I found out that they
parents were throwing it out. Talk about paranoia. For the past few years we
have bought a few chocolate bars just in case someone comes by, but no one does,
so won't bother this year.

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Quoted message said:

Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they all
have
razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I
was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet with resistance from
parents.

We don't have to worry about it any more. We live in the country, close
enough
to town that the few kids who do live around here go to there the pickings
are
better. When my son young we used to get his friends coming around. I
used to
male things like caramel corn and toffee apples, but I found out that they
parents were throwing it out. Talk about paranoia. For the past few
years we
have bought a few chocolate bars just in case someone comes by, but no one
does,
so won't bother this year.

My son suggested fireworks, but he's 16, which means he's out of his mind.
:-)

Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they all have
razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting alternatives? I
was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet with resistance from
parents.

We started a tradition abaout 8 years ago. My husband had the baker
make the appropriate number of 6" pumpkin shaped cookies. I would then
wrap them in plastic wrap and label them so people know where they came
from. The bakery closed and last year I bought candy to give out.
There were quite a few little ones that said "no cookies this year"? I
hadn't realized that they looked forward to them, so this year I'll try
to make them myself. But I need a cookie that won't fall apart at that
size. I don't want to do the roll and cut out thing though, so I need
come up with an idea that will work. Anyone have suggestions?
...Thanks..Sharon

For the past several years, I lived in an area where we we were lucky if we
got any kids. Even neighbourhood kids didn't trick or treat routinely in
the hood. Being in Canada we have these little things called loonies. For
the couple of kids if any we got, I just popped a loonie in their bag.
Sometimes a can of pop as well, but they can get heavy. There is a web site
where you can print labels for "pumpkin [censored]" You can buy that orange and
yellow pumpkin shaped candy.. put some in a baggie, attach the printable
label with the poem. Even if the parents won't let them eat the candy.. it
isn't that expensive and they will like the idea and the poem. :-)

Debbie

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| I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they all
have
| razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting alternatives?
I
| was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet with resistance from
| parents.
|
|

Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet
with resistance from parents.

LOL! Maybe things have changed (I'm sure they have) but the kids I remember
who were trick-or-treating would be more interested in candy than condoms.
I'm lucky; there are very few kids in my neighborhood so I don't bother
buying candy. No one knocks at the door. Saves a ton of money.

Jill

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Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet
with resistance from parents.

LOL! Maybe things have changed (I'm sure they have) but the kids I
remember
who were trick-or-treating would be more interested in candy than condoms.
I'm lucky; there are very few kids in my neighborhood so I don't bother
buying candy. No one knocks at the door. Saves a ton of money.

Jill

There was an episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" in which Ray buys some
condoms that come in containers that look like gold coins. Someone in the
family mistakes them for chocolate in coin wrappers and gives them out to
the kids. You can imagine the rest. :-)

We had 3 big buckets of candy, we live at t he end of a street and we are
pretty much the only ones on our street that hand out, however the next
street over is jumpin' w/ treaters (this year we will go over there and set
up w/ a friend)
But last year the last of the trick or treaters got at least 5 lbs of candy
EACH. I asked them to open their bag, and dumped it all in, went inside,
had a cup of tea and then checked out my kids candy.
It was fun to make their day lol, those kids were freaking out lol

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Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet
with resistance from parents.

LOL! Maybe things have changed (I'm sure they have) but the kids I
remember
who were trick-or-treating would be more interested in candy than condoms.
I'm lucky; there are very few kids in my neighborhood so I don't bother
buying candy. No one knocks at the door. Saves a ton of money.

Jill

Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they all have
razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting alternatives? I
was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet with resistance from
parents.

Ice cream. You smile real big and put a scoop in their goody bag in
with all that candy and junk. HTH ;-)

(religious "tracts" are always a big hit too)

Bob

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| For the past several years, I lived in an area where we we were lucky if
we
| got any kids. Even neighbourhood kids didn't trick or treat routinely in
| the hood. Being in Canada we have these little things called loonies.
For
| the couple of kids if any we got, I just popped a loonie in their bag.
| Sometimes a can of pop as well, but they can get heavy. There is a web
site
| where you can print labels for "pumpkin [censored]" You can buy that orange and
| yellow pumpkin shaped candy.. put some in a baggie, attach the printable
| label with the poem. Even if the parents won't let them eat the candy..
it
| isn't that expensive and they will like the idea and the poem. :-)
|
| Debbie
|
Forgot to include the website. There are several, but this is the site I
used for this type of thing for schools and big brothers/sisters.

http://organizedchristmas.com/article78.html

I am in the middle of doing up "Thanksgiving Blessings" ones to take to a
family dinner this w/e. This is Canada's Thanksgiving Weekend.

Debbie

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I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet
with resistance from parents.

Every year I buy bag after bag of candy and get about 3 trick or treaters.
That just means more candy for me. I've already bought bags of snickers,
milky way bars, gummy eyeballs and something unidentifiable with Sponge Bob
on it. Steven is already eating up the candy bars.

We've gotten a couple of new families. There might be a total of 7 trick or
treaters this year. I bought 10 children's admission tickets to The Magic
House in Kirkwod for the neighborhood kids. The candy bars will never see
Halloween. The eyeballs and Sponge Bob will be reserved for any stray
goblins that might make their way up the long, very dark street.

Michael

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Andy <q> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet
with resistance from parents.

OOH!!! OOH!!! RAISING HAND!!!!!!

One year I gave out yo-yos. The next year I gave out "house flys" (nerf
boomerangs).

The yo-yos caused a big upset with the local school teachers!

One girl, maybe twelve, came back and asked for a blue yo-yo. I said
"Didn't you already get one?" She said "Yes, a red one, but I have to
accessorize!" I just laughed and couldn't say no to that!!! 😄

Andy

ROFL... Andy you are a stitch. I thought about (just to [censored] the
parents) giving out boxes of those bubble gum cigarettes but I don't think
they are made any longer.

Michael

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Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet
with resistance from parents.

We don't have to worry about it any more. We live in the country,
close enough to town that the few kids who do live around here go to
there the pickings are better. When my son young we used to get his
friends coming around. I used to male things like caramel corn and
toffee apples, but I found out that they parents were throwing it out.
Talk about paranoia. For the past few years we have bought a few
chocolate bars just in case someone comes by, but no one does, so
won't bother this year.

You *have* to buy the chocolate bars Dave. That way you'll have something
to console yourself with over the trauma of having no trick or treaters 😉

Michael

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Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet
with resistance from parents.

Ice cream. You smile real big and put a scoop in their goody bag in
with all that candy and junk. HTH ;-)

(religious "tracts" are always a big hit too)

Bob

ROFLMAO... You are evil 😉

Michael <- imagining the looks on the kids faces.

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I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they all

have

Quoted message said:

razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting alternatives?

I

Quoted message said:

was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet with resistance from
parents.

Only if those condoms are unlubricated.

Shaun aRe

Dog3 said:

Andy <q> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Doug Kanter said:

I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet
with resistance from parents.

OOH!!! OOH!!! RAISING HAND!!!!!!

One year I gave out yo-yos. The next year I gave out "house flys" (nerf
boomerangs).

The yo-yos caused a big upset with the local school teachers!

One girl, maybe twelve, came back and asked for a blue yo-yo. I said
"Didn't you already get one?" She said "Yes, a red one, but I have to
accessorize!" I just laughed and couldn't say no to that!!! 😄

Andy

ROFL... Andy you are a stitch. I thought about (just to [censored] the
parents) giving out boxes of those bubble gum cigarettes but I don't think
they are made any longer.

Michael

Yes they are. Go here.
http://www.hometownfavorites.com/shop/candy_cat.asp?c=1&p=1&id=45&newp=

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

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Dog3 said:

Andy <q> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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Doug Kanter wrote:

> I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
> all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any
> interesting alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect
> that could meet with resistance from parents.

OOH!!! OOH!!! RAISING HAND!!!!!!

One year I gave out yo-yos. The next year I gave out "house flys"
(nerf boomerangs).

The yo-yos caused a big upset with the local school teachers!

One girl, maybe twelve, came back and asked for a blue yo-yo. I said
"Didn't you already get one?" She said "Yes, a red one, but I have
to accessorize!" I just laughed and couldn't say no to that!!! 😄

Andy

ROFL... Andy you are a stitch. I thought about (just to [censored] the
parents) giving out boxes of those bubble gum cigarettes but I don't
think they are made any longer.

Michael

Yes they are. Go here.
http://www.hometownfavorites.com/shop/candy_cat.asp?c=1&p=1&id=45&newp=

OMG... Thanks for the link. I haven't found some of these at the stores in
a long time.

Michael

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"Doug Kanter" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I'm tired of giving out candy, and nobody wants apples because they
all have razor blades or cyanide in them. Anyone have any interesting
alternatives? I was thinking condoms, but I suspect that could meet
with resistance from parents.

Every year I buy bag after bag of candy and get about 3 trick or treaters.
That just means more candy for me. I've already bought bags of snickers,
milky way bars, gummy eyeballs and something unidentifiable with Sponge
Bob
on it. Steven is already eating up the candy bars.

We've gotten a couple of new families. There might be a total of 7 trick
or
treaters this year. I bought 10 children's admission tickets to The Magic
House in Kirkwod for the neighborhood kids. The candy bars will never see
Halloween. The eyeballs and Sponge Bob will be reserved for any stray
goblins that might make their way up the long, very dark street.

Michael

In my previous neighborhood, we once had 4 limousines park, and a couple of
dozen large teenagers poured out. This was around 10:00 at night. Some of
them had the lamest lines imaginable, like "You gots any extra candy for my
baby sister? She's home." Mostly, we told them "You have to be present to
win". After an hour of this nonsense, I dropped a "NY State Fishing
Regulations" booklet in someone's bag. He made a nasty remark and I grabbed
the baseball bat that waits behind the door on Halloween. That was one
really fast teenager. Got down the street in about 3 seconds. 🙂