A Green & Simple Halloween: Give Rather than Get

Is Halloween becoming a little "old hat" for you?  Would you like to see your kids have a good time and yet not come home with so much candy they really don't need (and their school teachers would not want them to have)? 

Put a new spin on your family's Halloween celebrate by giving your kids a new focus on how they can give this Halloween.  Read on for inspiring new twists on the holiday! 

Visit a senior citizen complex:
Arrange with a local nursing home, assisted living complex, or retirement community to pay the residents a Halloween visit.  Invite family friends and their children to join you in the expedition of giving.

Since many older citizens have diet restrictions it may be best to take handmade crafts to give out rather than food goodies.  Easy and fun festive crafts could be:  painted mini pumpkins or festive fall decorated door knob hangers.  When visiting the complex, be sure to have your children dress up in their Halloween garb.  Older folks love to see children dressed up for Halloween!

When our children were younger, we used to take them to nursing homes around Halloween and the residents just loved the visit.  They had fun guessing what they children were dressed up as!

Celebrate your time of giving with a party at your house afterward!  If you don't want the children to miss out on candy—have some candy in goodie bags for each one to take home.  Add individual packages of raisins and beef jerky too! Put in a few educational supplies such as: erasers and pencils, pencil grippers or crayons!

Choose healthy snacks to serve at your celebration party over sugar-laden treats; like Ghoulish Grins.  Mini bagel pizzas are always a hit!  Have the kids share their stories of the conversations they had with the older generation. 

When the guests are gone, green clean counters and tabletops with Brightly Green Multi-Purpose Cleaner or Brightly Green Granite and Tile Cleaner.  Give the floor a quick green-clean mop-up with Brightly Green Wood Floor Cleaner or Brightly Green Multi-Purpose Cleaner and step and back and congratulate yourself on making this Halloween a green, simple and giving back Halloween!

Treat rather than trick:  Give door to door 

Maybe the timing to eliminate door to door, trick or treating is not now.  You can still incorporate a spirit of giving during Halloween by giving little, festive decorations to neighbors as your child visits their door for treats!  Your child gives a handmade gift (make by himself/herself) to a neighbor before receiving the expected treat.

Getting to Give:

While your child is going door to door in the usual fashion for trick-or-treaters, have him/her carry an extra bag to collect non-perishable foods for your local food bank.  Arrange a time later in the week to deposit your collection with your local food bank.  Suggest to your son or daughter to make a contribution himself or herself by going to the local grocery store and purchasing food to give to the food bank.  Your child could use some of his/her own money to make the purchase.  The more involved your child is in the process of giving, the more value it will hold!

                                          Happy Giving this Halloween!

-- from Brightly Green All Natural Concentrate Cleaners

 

 

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