links for 2007-10-17

• Allergy Moms: 31 Halloween Tricks and Treats!
  Halloween is tricky for kids with food allergies (and their vigilant parents). Here are some tips for keeping kids safe.
• Kids Craft Weekly - Issue 15 - Creepy crawlies
  From Amber's archives -- fun, easy crafts for Halloween.
• Design*Sponge » eames rocker giveaway!
  I'm chanelling Greg of Daddy Types here -- he's the cool furniture guy -- but who am I to withhold info about the chance at some sweet seating?
• PRIZEY: A directory of online giveaways
  Speaking of giveaways, Jeremiah of Z Recommends has just launched another great project: Prizey -- a directory of online giveaways. Adrienne of Baby Toolkit (and a Parent Hacks contributor) is one of the bloggers!
• Ikea curtain wire creates easy tot art display
  Crabmommy: we've all got Ikea on the brain!
• Easy Homemade Halloween Costumes | Sno Cone
  Family.com is having a halloween costume contest, and I had to pass along this DIY baby sno-cone. Best use of a clown wig!
• Unclutterer » Simple solution for small packets in your kitchen pantry
  Corral those Kool-Aid packets.

Comments

[kendra]

Thanks for the link to the allergy moms guide to halloween. My 3 year old has a peanut allergy and this will be his first year trick or treating...I have been baffled as to what to do about all the peanut laden candy he will receive...solution? Identical swap-out bag full of safe candy.

[Lemon]

I completely agree with Kendra! My guy is just turning 3, peanut allergy, and the switch is so simple... yet I never would have come up with that one on my own. Does anyone have a favorite Web site for safe candy?

[Geoff]

as (yet another) parent of a child with a peanut allergy, I'll say that it's still a bit frightening, but every year it does get easier :)

that said, when she was 3 I just stuffed my pockets with safe candy and gave her one to put in her bag whenever we went someplace without a safe alternative. also, letting her trick-or-treat with a (constant) supply of lollipops helps keep the desire to eat anything (else) along the way at bay.

[adrienne]

The sno-cone costume is seriously worth having a new baby for...

[Parent Hacks Editor]

Lemon: See

http://surefoodsliving.com/2007/10/09/how-to-have-an-allergy-free-halloween

I'm going to post about this on the front page in a day or two, but here's a quick preview: Sure Foods Living is my friend Alison's site -- she become incredibly educated on all sorts of food sensitivity.

[Jill in Atlanta]

I found that my child, while under the age of three (and maybe still this year) simply didn't notice when I swiped the peanut laden items from his trick or treat pumpkin. No need to replace them with something else, he just ate half the amount of candy he'd collected. I was fine with that!

When they're young I think they're mostly amazed that
1. it's dark!
2. everyone is in a costume
3. people are giving them candy and
4. their parents are letting them have candy! The amount seemed irrelevant to my kids.