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110 Alternatives to Passing Out Candy on Halloween

By Jennifer Hill, publisher of Macaroni Kid Fremont-Newark-Union City, CA October 12, 2018

I don’t know about you, but my kids get too much candy during the ever-lengthening Halloween season! 

I like to be "that mom" who gives out alternative treats to candy on Halloween. 

Do you want to be "that mom" too?

Here is a list of 110 non-candy ideas for you to hand out on Halloween:

  1. Activity Books
  2. Animal Crackers
  3. Apple Chips
  4. Army Men
  5. Barrettes
  6. Body Glitter
  7. Bookmarks
  8. Books
  9. Bouncy Balls
  10. Bubbles
  11. Cards
  12. Cereal (in single-serve boxes)
  13. Cereal Bars
  14. Chalk
  15. Chapstick
  16. Character Bandages
  17. Character Cereal Bowls
  18. Character Plates
  19. Colored Pencils
  20. Coloring Books
  21. Comic Books
  22. Cookies
  23. Crayons
  24. Erasers
  25. Fake Moustaches
  26. Finger Puppets
  27. Flashlights
  28. Foam Stickers
  29. Foam Halloween Masks
  30. Fruit Cups
  31. Fruit Leather
  32. Glow Bracelets
  33. Glow Earrings
  34. Glow Necklaces
  35. Glow Sticks
  36. Goldfish Crackers
  37. Granola Bars
  38. Hacky Sacks
  39. Hair Bows
  40. Hand Sanitizer
  41. Headbands
  42. Hot Chocolate
  43. Hot Cider
  44. Hot Wheels
  45. Jello Cups
  46. Juice Boxes
  47. Kazoos
  48. Kleenex Personal Packs
  49. Lip Gloss
  50. Lip Smackers
  51. Magic Cards
  52. Magic Kits
  53. Magnets
  54. Mardi Gras Bead Necklaces
  55. Markers
  56. Maze Puzzles
  57. Microwave Popcorn
  58. Mini Coloring Books
  59. Mini Flashlight
  60. Mini Notebooks
  61. Money (coins)
  62. Nail Polish
  63. Notebooks
  64. Light Up Rings
  65. Nuts
  66. Pencil Toppers
  67. Pencils
  68. Pens
  69. Pirate Eye Patches
  70. Plastic Bugs
  71. Plastic Spiders
  72. Play-Doh
  73. Pokemon Cards
  74. Popcorn Balls
  75. Potato Chips
  76. Pretzels
  77. Raisins
  78. Rubber Mice
  79. Rubber Rats
  80. Rubber Spiders
  81. Rulers
  82. Silly Bandz
  83. Silly Puttys
  84. Sketch Pads
  85. Sidewalk Chalk
  86. Silly Straws
  87. Slap Bracelets
  88. Slide Puzzles
  89. Slime
  90. Slinkys
  91. Spider Rings
  92. Spinning Tops
  93. Sports Trading Cards
  94. Stencils
  95. Stickers
  96. Stretchy Animals
  97. Sugar Free Gum
  98. Super Balls
  99. Temporary Tattoos
  100. Toothbrushes
  101. Toothpaste
  102. Tote Bags
  103. Trail Mix
  104. Vampire Teeth
  105. Water Bottles
  106. Wax Mustaches
  107. Wax Vampire Fangs
  108. Whistles
  109. Word Puzzles
  110. Yo-Yos

No tricks here! With a little creativity, you can give out non-candy treats on Halloween that will last ... at least until Christmas.