Desperate for free candy much?

[debilorrah]

I know one of our mods took her 9 month old out dressed as a banana. Who wouldn't love that enough to give mom some candy!

 

[Crusty McPottydoodle]

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No, not even the baby was dressed up (I wouldn't have been as grumpy about if it had). I should point out that I often get the kids to take extra candy for the parent(s) standing at the bottom of the stairs.

 

[Up-the-Creek]

In our little piece of the world when a child turns 12,..trick or treating is over for them. Which MOST think they are too "big" for it by then anyway. My son, who is 13 wouldn't trick or treat if his life depended on it. (He goes with us to take his sister so he can girl watch

Then he takes half of his sisters candy) My daughter is only 6,..not too many years left for trick or treating for us. When we was kids, we went as long as we could pull it off and get away with it. That was the fun in it. My mother would even dress up and go.

 

[debilorrah]

I forgive parents of babies who obviously wanted their pic moment and the "first" time on record. No costume? Not gonna happen.

 

[wombat]

When my wife was little, her mother used to dress up as a witch when she took her kids out trick-or-treating. Dressed all in black, with a green painted face ... and she'd hide behind bushes and jump out and scare kids coming along the other way.

She's (my MIL) not all that tall, and people used to try to give her candy if she got too close to the door.

 

[fowltemptress]

I think it's very sad that people put artificial age limits on harmless fun.

That said, who trick or treats with no costume?

 

[ZooMummzy]

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I agree. I allow my teenagers to trick-or-treat as long as they dress up. I think if they want to go, then they should. There is plenty of time to grow up...enjoy doing these types of things while you can.

I took daughter and son trick-or-treating when they were babies, but we dressed them up. It's just part of the tradition of it all. It wasn't for the candy for us.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

NOTHING more annoying to me than a group of teens coming to the door with no costumes and pillow cases for treat bags.

I've never experienced adults doing that yet... I think I would be too flabbergasted to say anything.

 

[debilorrah]

Robin'sBrood :

NOTHING more annoying to me than a group of teens coming to the door with no costumes and pillow cases for treat bags.

I've never experienced adults doing that yet... I think I would be too flabbergasted to say anything.

This is the first time I have watched that smiley

go throug h the whole thing. Interesting.​

 

[ArizonaNessa]

My step son who is 22 still goes trick or treating but this guy goes all out. Every year he builds his own full head mask out of clay and fires it in my oven. Yes it's kinda strange firing skulls and whatnot in the oven but hey at least he works hard for that candy. This year he even made mechanical hands out of clay to match his helmet thingy and yes the hands actually worked and everything. He built his own stilts and sewed his own robe. He was the grim reaper. It took him months to create that thing. Awesome kid!! Everything he makes is extremely detailed. I wish I had pics to share of it. I do agree on the fact that it is for little kids for the most part. Older kids is okay as long as you put some effort into it. I mean a real effort.