Halloween Candy Alternatives: Five Sugar Free Gifts Your Trick Or Treaters Will Love

Each year more and more parents are finding their children suffer from the effects of refined sugar, artificial dies and other chemicals in commercial candy. This makes Halloween an extremely, shall we say haunted, time for them. They don't want to deprive their children of all the fun associated with Halloween--the dressing up, the trick-or-treating, the parties. But all that candy is literally a poison to their children. How can you as a neighbor best support them?
You can show you care for both your neighborhood trick or treaters and their parents by offering Halloween Candy Alternatives in their trick or treat bags. Here are five Halloween candy alternatives your trick or treaters will love.
1. Small Change
Children love to receive money, and many of them are beginning to learn about what money does, either through receiving an allowance or getting paid to do extra jobs around the house. You can start saving your spare change now, or you can get a roll of nickels, dimes or quarters from your local bank.
2. Small NotebooksChildren can't have enough paper to doodle or write on. They are learning the concept of making lists and would love to have a little notebook for their own lists.

3. Pens or PencilsThe selection of Halloween themed pens and pencils is unbelievable! You can do a search on Amazon or browse the shelves of your local dollar store. These Halloween candy alternatives don't even have to be Halloween themed. Just get something that is a step up in appearance from your run of the mill school style pens and pencils.

4. Crayons
The fun part here is in organizing with a few of your neighbors to buy boxes of crayons and each agree to give out a particular color. Then after the fairies, princesses, wizards, and furry animals visit all your homes they will have collected a complete set.
5. Stickers and Temporary Tattoos
I have not yet met a kid who wasn't absolutely delighted with temporary tattoos, and you can get them by the hundreds from wholesalers on Ebay and Amazon. They can be Halloween themed or general. You can also get stickers of every type from wholesalers.
You can offer these Halloween candy alternatives in place of or in addition to the usual commercial candies. Children who can't eat sweets and their parents will be grateful for the option. If you plan to offer Halloween candy alternatives this year, please get the word out and post a sign on your home. The trick or treaters who can't eat sugar will be sure to stop by your home.

By: Fernanda Powers

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Fernanda Powers is a wife and mother of three daughters, one of whom must avoid eating all refined sugar and flour. You and your children can celebrate Halloween without the candy. If you want to make the occasion special for your own child, get more information at www.squidoo.com/sugar-free-halloween. If you want to offer Halloween candy alternatives to your neighborhood trick or treaters, get lots of great ideas at www.squidoo.com/halloween-candy-alternatives.