6' Ghosts Banned?

[PineappleMama]

^Hear you on both counts. We had one set of parents last year, the mom was dressed as a flipping playboy bunny!

On the second though... what example does it set that we're willing to pay these kids not to commit a crime... "So long as you keep paying your house and car aren't damaged, but if you don't shell out you'll be sorry" is just a little too old school mob for my taste.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Man, this is a hard one. One thing we did when we had the groups of the "out of the neighborhood" young adults showing up more and more was not pass out treats during the assigned hours. We made little goodie bags for our neighbor's kids and personally delivered them about an hour before the sanctioned time and then hung out at a neighbors place and watched them deal with the (potential) hooligans.....

 

[MandyH]

Since Halloween is on Sunday when will the kids trick or treat?

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Something a friend of mine told me about last year. Their church had this thing where you decorated the trunk of your car in a harvest theme and then the kids go car to car collecting candy and treats.

This could be something smaller neighborhoods or communities could do. Maybe sign up in advance so you know there are no "outsiders", do it during a time other than the normal trick or treating hours so you only get neighborhood kids.

When I lived in the Phoenix area, Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe and Scottsdale all had great big events put on by Parks and Rec. You bought cheap tickets to play carnival games and your prizes were candy and little gumball machine toys. EVERYBODY got a prize or candy, you didn't have to win the game. Proceeds went to the different community groups that ran the booths.

 

[caspernc]

Eighteen years ago I always dressed with my kids as did all theother moms. Oh like the big bad wolf and the three little pigs, little bo peep and her sheep the list goes on and on....No my kids are not warped....but halloween is NOT their fav as far a celibrations go

 

[Spookwriter]

I've always done the door to door with my daughter and her friends.
I don't dress up and I don't want candy. But I have no intenton of letting
these children out of my sight.

My wife...passing out the candy is her job. We go to the park, set up under
the light and she passes out treats while the kids do the door to door.
Everybody and anybody that wants candy gets it. Child...parent....grandpa...

Don't really have an age limit.

 

[wolftracks]

I have a 14 yr old that's 5'10" he's too embarrassed to go out even with his older nieces and nephew.

This was our favorite holiday, but since my husband isn't with us, I don't really feel like doing all of our usually stuff.

I had teens come to my house one year. About 10pm and kid comes to the door. Tells me he changed and came back twice, but wanted to come by again just for the special effects. LOL I gave him more candy.
Last year we took a bunch of my husband's older scrubs to my daughter's. They adults dressed in them to take out the kids. I have a cousin who is 51. She had a blast and more candy than the kids. The whole neighborhood thought all of them drsseds up was great.

As long as they are just out trick or treating I have no problem with age.

I used to go out with my cousins and I was the tallest. They were teens and I was 12 and people would be down right rude to me. I ended up crying when one man screamed at me for being to old and when I did he looked shocked and asked what was wrong. They told him I was the youngest. Poor guy felt so bad, but I didn't take the candy and went home. I hated Halloween for years until I was in my 20s and got real into it again. That one house that night was the last straw after about 10 of them did it.

I give candy to parents too.

 

[farmerlor]

I sure miss the days when you could give homemade treats for Halloween. Remember all the popcorn balls and homemade cookies and rice krispie bars? Remember the oranges and apples and caramel apples? I really feel for the families who have to go out and spend all that money just to give away all that candy that no one really needs. Of course, I know a lady who sends her kids out and has them come home every half hour and they quickly sort out the candy they don't like and give that out.
I know this has nothing to do with the age limit topic but y'all got me remembering the good ol' days.

 

[redhen]

I dont mind givng teens candy..as long as they dress up for it.
Let them be a kid as long as they can.

 

[wolftracks]

Quote:
yes please!

As for homemade stuff, I got a tip from an aunt and although I don't do it every year and for every kid (usually just the ones I know).

I now put the homemade things in a baggie with my address so they know where it came from.