Best of Parent Hacks: Halloween tips
It's not too early to begin thinking about Halloween (I can just about guarantee that your kids are). We've got a ton of great Halloween tips nestled in the Holidays archives.
If you've got something new to add, I'd love to hear it! Email me at hacks@parenthacks.com with the words Halloween tip in the subject line and I'll fast-track the most useful tips.
Getting ready
- How do you prepare a toddler for his first Halloween?
- Never again forget how much halloween candy to buy
- Get creative with the notion of door-to-door trick-or-treating
- Glow stick fun (potential Halloween hack?)
- Favorite Halloween books? Talk amongst yourselves.
- "All Hallows Eve" tells the story of the Halloween Fairy (you know, the one who exchanges the candy for a toy?)
- Consider keeping the Halloween costume packed away till October 31
- Skip the candy altogether! Trick-or-treat for UNICEF
Costumes
- No-sew modular Halloween costumes (a huge Hedra favorite around here)
- No-prep costume: Baby Einstein
- Baby lotion takes the face paint off
- Build-a-Bear Workshop outfits as baby Halloween costumes
- Self-adhesive DOT-It LED light as Halloween headlamp
- No Halloween costume yet? Swap!
- Getting a too-big costume hat to fit
Candy, treats and toys
- Tootsie Pop ghosts as decoration and hand-outs
- Watch out for lead in Halloween props and toys
- Martha Stewart's Spiderweb Cheesecake: A hack
Decorations
Jack O'Lanterns and pumpkins
- Prolong the life of cut pumpkins with petroleum jelly
- Cut the jack-o'-lantern hole in the bottom of the pumpkin
- Let your toddler glue a face on the pumpkin
- Hollow out the Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin with an ice cream scoop
- "Paint" mini pumpkins with colored Sharpies
After Halloween
- Store the Halloween books with the decorations
- Expand the dress-up wardrobe with discounted Halloween costumes
- How do you dole out the Halloween candy?
- Halloween Fairy swaps candy for toys
- Buy your kid's Halloween candy
- Use excess Halloween candy as cookie ingredients
- Save leftover candy for holiday gingerbread houses
- More ideas for using up the Halloween candy
Photo by Fabio
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