The Halloween Fairy

Unfortunately in my house, only my daughter is under the age of 10 so a story like that won't fly with a household of teenagers:(
Fortunately, she can't eat much dairy so the candy she does like and can eat is usually gone within a few days.

I've got DD7 totally fired up about this -- so I'm fired up too! She is all about the Halloween Fairy. Love this idea.

Shaun
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I've done this with my kiddos a few years. They did like it, but now that they are older, the prizes have to be bigger! We called it the Great Pumpkin. oo

We do another tradition, called "Booing", where you drop off a poem and a treat bag at 2 friends' houses and then they pass it on to 2 friends, etc. You drop it, ring the bell, and run. I have the poem if anyone wants it. Halloween is big around here and this is part of it.
Andrea

I heard of this idea a few years ago, and now my girls always look forward to the "Halloween Witch". I don't bother giving the candy away--I just dump it in the trash after they go to sleep. I used to feel bad about that, but not anymore. We only go to a block or two anyway since the girls are so little. I haven't thought about what to do when they get older, but while I have control of what comes into my house, I will use it!

By the way, any good ideas for what to give out other than candy (my husband is an orthodontist, but refuses to be known as "the house that gives out toothbrushes").
~Melissa

What an absolutely brilliant idea! I wish I had thought of something like this when my kids were little but I shall definitely pass this idea on to my son and his wife so that they can use it with the boys.

Wendy liked this idea and Sam did too, but as with everything he adds his own twist. He has decided that Santa and the Easter Bunny live together at the N. Pole and help each other out. Now the Candy Fairy has joined them. They remake the candy into different kinds and redeliver for Christmas!
Melody

Why would you do this? Your children spent all night running around for the candy and then you take it from them and give them a cheap prize.... unless you buy your children candy often which many people don't.

Dressing up and seeing the decorations is more fun for them than the candy. For one thing, we're gluten intolerant, so some of the candy we can't even eat. For seconds, my oldest doesn't even care for sweets that much, so this is by far the better deal. The oldest is getting a nice (but not too nice) pen and pencil set, and the youngest is getting a set of colored pencils she's been coveting, so these are things they want versus candy they might not be able to eat and might not like anyway.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor

We are a sugar free home, so my DD8 cannot eat anything she brings home, anyway. So she gets to trick or treat and trade the candy for a cool set of toys.

The storybook is really sweet, she LOVES this tradition.

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