Halloween is behind us but for many families, the aftermath is buckets and pillowcases filled with candy. To help your kids control their appetite for Skittles and Snickers, consider some of our Halloween food rules:
- Set limits. It's okay to eat a couple of pieces of candy a day, but half a dozen or more is a bit much. For Liz's boys, two or three pieces is the limit: one piece after lunch and one after dinner (none for snack time).
- Donate a few pounds to your local nursing home.
- Make tooth brushing mandatory after eating a treat.
- Find out if your dentist, or any others in your community, have a "buy-back" program. In our area, one dentist pays $2.00 per pound of confections. In December, he and his young patients use the candy to create a gingerbread house which is then given to a local nursing home.
Tell us about your candy rules!
Friday, November 2, 2007
Candy Rules!!
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We have the "Good Witch" come to our house. My kids each choose 10 pieces of candy from their trick or treat bags, then the rest goes back onto the front porch. The "Good Witch" comes overnight, takes the candy and leaves a little present (books, puzzles, etc.) for them. They love this tradition, and so do I!
We LOVE this idea. What a fun tradition! We're wondering where the "Good Witch" takes all that candy! How old are your children? This is certainly something we'd try with our younger kids- Janice's eight-year old, Leah and Liz's nine-year old son, Simon.
Anyone else have any other ideas?
I'm glad I checked back on this!
My husband works in a large office and just takes the candy there to a break room. Of course, that's after I've pulled the mini Snickers bars out to stash in the freezer! My kids are 5 and 6 and we've been doing it since the oldest was 3.
Glad you liked the idea!
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