Halloween is over! The bowl of sugar was calling my name. Not to mention my kids asking for just one more piece. Our church has an opportunity to donate left over candy, but they are not accepting donations until November 13th. Way too long for the candy to be around. So what is a mom to do?
Pack treat bags for the class Thanksgiving celebrations!
1. Sort candy to assure no Halloween wrapped candy gets into the Thanksgiving bags.
2. Find treat bags that I know I bought on clearance last holiday season.
3. Stuff enough for two classrooms (65 bags).
The kids loved this! One chocolate candy, one “other” candy, a sucker, fold the bag, staple and whalah…candy is gone. I’ve saved time the week of Thanksgiving trying to get treat bags together. I’ve saved money in not having to buy treats. I’ve saved even more time by not baking the night before the next school party. Sure, I almost feel bad about not sending in the traditional organic treats our family usually sends in, but here are more pros to this approach:
1. A few pieces of mainstream candy that we already ate won’t hurt.
2. The few pieces of mainstream candy we’re sending won’t hurt the kids in the class.
3. It saved me about 5lbs of weight gain from unhealthy snacking.
4. Most families in our school don’t send “healthy” party day treats so my $$$ spent on such treats won’t be missed.
5. Sugar causes a major breakdown in our immune systems and with the flu running wild in our community a little is sweeter than none and a lot is a definite no-no!
What do you do with your Halloween candy?
Ours got recycled on halloween day itself..gave most of it out to trick or treaters. I’m happy to give the kids good chocolate but all the artificial color laden stuff will get thrown out if there’s any lying around.
And I agree about ‘healthy’ party treats making sense only if the other parents are on the same page.