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Posted on Nov 1st 2008 4:00PM by Bev SklarFiled Under: Healthy Kids, Nutrition & Supplements
After the Halloween bomb detonates, it's the candy fallout that kills your nutritional goals. Unless you consider these ideas from SimpleMom. The Payoff: Pay your kids a quarter for every five pieces they relinquish, then go toy shopping. This idea doesn't sit right with me. I wouldn't want my kids to associate neighborhood trick-or-treating and treat moderation with cash payouts.
The Gorge: Let 'em eat all they want on Halloween, after that one piece a day. This was my mom's philosophy, except for the one piece a day part. No kidding, we took our plastic pumpkins to bed with us -- yuck.
Crafty: Save small pieces to decorate the ginger bread house. Cute.
Philanthropy: Donate the candy to a children's shelter. Nice.
Homemade Blizzard Night: Save it for a cool ice cream blizzard later. But this won't put a dent in a serious pile of candy, make that a neighborhood block party Blizzard Night instead.
Dentist Buy-Back: 150 dentists nationwide are buying kids' candy back for $1/pound. Dr. Pain then ships it to soldiers in Iraq. Best idea yet, especially if you donate the money back to cover shipping.
Typically I secretly raid my kids' haul, and my husband takes it to work to feed the co-worker candy jar vultures. But this becomes less of an option as kids get older and start counting their loot. How do you find shelter from candy fallout?
