Halloween- The Teal Pumpkin Project

[hezzier]

http://blog.foodallergy.org/2014/10/06/the-teal-pumpkin-project-for-an-allergy-friendly-halloween/

[Mookie86]

This is a great idea!  I will share it on Facebook and do it myself. 

Adding buy teal paint to the to-do list.

[PurpleCat]

It's a good idea but DD would be horrified!

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

[hezzier]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/13/health/halloween-safety-food-allergies/

Story picked up by CNN

[YouKnowWho]

Just showed up on my Secular Homeschool thread on FB with some positive support.

[Mookie86]

I shared it on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, and some with no FAs put it on their pages.

[Macabre]

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

[CMdeux]

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.   

[hezzier]

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.

[Mookie86]

I went to Party City and got some trinkets. I got bouncy balls that have jack - o - lantern faces and mini kaleidoscopes.

[CMdeux]

Think I'm going to knit a pumpkin in teal!   

[ajasfolks2]

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.

[hezzier]

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.

[Macabre]

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.

[Mookie86]

I will use Halloween goody bags.  Dollar Tree and other dollar stores are a good source.