Only 20 more days left until All Hallows Eve!!! One of my favourite days of the year! Probably one of your child's favourites too? Perhaps that has something to do with the candy? Am I right? I know I like free candy so I can't blame them. So as some of you know for the past 3 years I've shared one of my favourite new traditions that I will only actually be using for the first time myself this Halloween! This year will be my first time taking my daughter out which I'm super excited about !!! :D
But back on topic... A wonderful Halloween tradition which allows for you to perhaps convince your child into giving up some of those sweets - willingly! You can find the absolutely FREE printable here and The steps as listed on the Shabby Blog site are listed below.
You can do as you please with the candy - I know I'll personally end up satisfying my own sweet tooth - and boy has fun sized has seriously shrunk since I was a kid! I mean they should really call them indifferent sized bar or something like that because when your chocolate bar is an eight of the size of the real thing its not fun, just plain old disappointing.
Enjoy, and if you think this is an awesome idea or have a great tradition of your own please feel free to leave it in the comments :) I'd love to know that someone out there is actually reading these posts lol Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving weekend
1. Dress up, have fun, collect candy to your heart's content.
2. Let each of your kids choose 6 pieces of their favourite candy from their stash that they can gobble up right then or save for later...which they never do. (You can set that number at whatever you want, of course, but I found that 6 is enough to give my kids enough sugar that they are excited, but not so much that Child Protective Services comes to lock me up, you know?)
3. After they have taken out the candy they like most, put the rest in The Pumpkin Pot. We use a picnic basket that I spray-painted orange and tied cute ribbons on, but you can use whatever you want!
4. Get in a line and march around the house, costumes still on, making an ungodly amount of noise to let The Great Pumpkin know what you're up to. End your pumpkin parade just outside your front door where you will place your The Pumpkin Pot and (dramatically) kiss that candy good-bye!
5. Send your little ones to bed giddy as can be because they know that while they are asleep, dreaming of hayrides and heaps of leaves, The Great Pumpkin is coming to your house!!! He comes after midnight and takes their sugary heap of candy so he can then give it to the fire department or the police department or the armed forces. One year he even gave my kids' candy to a local food bank.
- See more at: http://shabbyblogsblog.blogspot.ca/2012/10/the-great-pumpkin-i-printable.html#sthash.rJ4TOWCs.dpuf
