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Author Topic: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project  (Read 9181 times)

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Offline Mookie86

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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2014, 10:34:49 AM »
This is a great idea!  I will share it on Facebook and do it myself. 

Adding buy teal paint to the to-do list. :)

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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2014, 02:40:30 PM »
It's a good idea but DD would be horrified!

Everybody knows when they come though.  I have a gluten free basket too!

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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2014, 08:10:39 PM »
Just showed up on my Secular Homeschool thread on FB with some positive support.
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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2014, 08:42:10 PM »
I shared it on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, and some with no FAs put it on their pages.

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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2014, 07:07:50 PM »
Wow--this has really grown.  Someone in my congregation asked me on FB tonight to give her ideas for non-food treats. :)  I cannot recommend fangs unless they are still wrapped in plastic. 

I am getting a roll of nickels, a few rolls of pennies and these glow bracelets (I usually try to have glow bracelets). These are 100 for $10.

http://www.amazon.com/LumiStick-Brand-Glowsticks-Bracelets-Colors/dp/B000IZ9N78/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413763247&sr=8-1&keywords=glow+bracelets
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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2014, 07:49:39 PM »
We've done non-food treats for many years.  I must say that I can always recognize the kids with FA's-- they're the ones that REALLY light up to see that we have things like pencils, erasers, tiny toys, etc. in a separate bowl.

Nice idea to add a teal pumpkin and poster, though.   :yes:
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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2014, 07:51:49 PM »
I'm thinking I might order Halloween rubber ducks from Oriental Trading.  Not sure how many to order...my sister wants me to order for her too...and paint her a teal pumpkin when I do mine.

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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2014, 08:54:02 PM »
I went to Party City and got some trinkets. I got bouncy balls that have jack - o - lantern faces and mini kaleidoscopes.

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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2014, 11:58:15 PM »
Think I'm going to knit a pumpkin in teal!   :happydance:

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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2014, 03:51:44 AM »
I am also going to either pre-bag each item in Ziploc sandwich bag OR do that when the kids are at the door, if they'd like to have separately bagged.

We don't get many trick-or-treaters, so I can bag as I go.

But if we had tons of kids coming, I'd already pre-bag.

WHY BAG?  you ask . . .

because if the safe nonfood item is going into a bag of unsafe candy, I want at least that barrier for it.
Having seen how the Reese (especially) can come open/unwrapped, I'd just feel better.


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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2014, 05:34:45 AM »
Ajas- I was thinking about this.  I have sixlets for a safe pn/tn candy and was thinking about bagging them as well as the trinkets seperately.

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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2014, 08:30:06 AM »
Yeah, I do worry about that. My solution was just throw away all of DS's candy. In the early years we sorted, but then we just tossed everything--bag and all. If DS were going ToT, if have him take a bag for teal pumpkin houses and a different one for the other houses that gets tossed.
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Re: Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2014, 09:59:38 AM »
I will use Halloween goody bags.  Dollar Tree and other dollar stores are a good source.