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Every year, our family looks forward to Halloween. It’s one of those holidays that can be fun for all ages; we love everything about it! While we try to fit in as much as we can during the month of October, we have specific Halloween traditions that we never miss. From the pumpkin patch to counting their candy at the night’s end, my kids look forward to Halloween every year.
Visit a Local Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkin patches are a great opportunity to get out into your community, take some pictures, meet some neighbors and pick out the perfect pumpkin for your family. In our case, we always get one for each of our daughters. From petting zoos to hay rides, pumpkin patches should be on your to-do list every October!
Fun Fact: Not all pumpkins are orange. Some pumpkins are white. Others are red, blue, or yellow. Traditional orange pumpkins change color from green to orange for much the same reason that leaves do. The “underlying” orange color is revealed when they lose their chlorophyll. The orange color is caused by carotenoids, a healthy source of vitamin A and the same thing that makes carrots orange.
Create Spooky Treats
While it’s fun to buy giant bags of candy, there is nothing better than creating fun, spooky treats for Halloween. A must-have for our family is caramel apples. This year, we found some fun decorative fingers to add to them and give them something extra. You can also add eyeballs to take it up a notch. For our youngest, the creepier, the better.
Fun Fact: The average parent eats one-fourth of their children’s Halloween candy.
Decorate Pumpkins
Whether you carve, use stickers or paint your pumpkins, it’s so much fun allowing your kids to decorate their pumpkins. Let them use their imagination to create, and you’ll be surprised by what they can come up with.
Fun Fact: The heaviest pumpkin in the United States was grown in 2014 by a man named Beni Meier, and it weighed 2,323 pounds.
Going Trick or Treating
While my kids love everything about Halloween, the thing they look forward to the most is trick or treating. Choosing their costume is usually an ordeal, but once that’s done, they can’t wait to get out there and get as much candy as they can. At the end of the night, they dump their goodies onto the floor and separate them into four piles (one for each and one for Mom and Dad).
Fun Fact: Americans spend about $3.8 billion on Halloween candy yearly.
Making Sure Our Teeth Stay Healthy
Once all of the candy and treats are gone, it’s time to ensure we take care of our teeth. Halloween wouldn’t be the same without Halloween candy! Crest proves this point by bringing a group of school-aged children together for a focus group where they are asked to test out some new healthy alternatives for the season, and it’s hilarious. I’m sure my kids would have acted the same way. Check out the video here.
Fun Fact: Only 48% of adults enforce a stricter teeth brushing/flossing routine on Halloween for themselves; however, 70% of parents enforce stricter teeth brushing/routines on Halloween for their children.
What are some of your favorite Halloween traditions? Comment below and let us know!
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This blog post is sponsored by Crest. All opinions are my own.
Hi! I’m Heather, Mom of 3, professional snack opener, the only person who knows where everything is in my house and part-time magician (I can turn a bunch of candy into a gift basket and everyone thinks it’s amazing). I share a mix of parenting moments, easy recipes, crafts, and DIY home decor projects.
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We love visiting our local pumpkin patch. It is also the time of the year that they open up the corn maze for public. We always have a blast each time we visit.
These are awesome traditions. Here in the Philippines we also celebrate halloween but majority is to visit the cemetery to pay respect for our dead relatives, same tradition in Mexico.
These are our Halloween tradition too. going to pumpkin patch, making spooky treats and drink , trick-o-treat and finally hiding the candies from kids.
I love these traditions. The only tradition we have now is decorating the house and buying enough candy. We will easily have 400-500 trick or treaters.
Oral care is so important. I’m always making sure that my girls are brushing and flossing properly. On Halloween, I also have them rinse their mouths after the night of fun before we get home to brush our teeeth. Our dentist recomended it as a way to help prevent cavities
We love visiting our local pumpkin patch. It is also the time of the year that they open up the corn maze for public. We always have a blast each time we visit.
I will admit, I have been tempted to give out toothpaste and toothbrushes instead of sweets! I don’t think it would go down well 😀
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I told my girls I was going to do it and they said our house would get egg-ed. lol.
Glad to see the teeth-brushing tradition is observed! Also love your photos of all the Halloween goodies. They look really tempting!
These are awesome traditions. Here in the Philippines we also celebrate halloween but majority is to visit the cemetery to pay respect for our dead relatives, same tradition in Mexico.
These are our Halloween tradition too. going to pumpkin patch, making spooky treats and drink , trick-o-treat and finally hiding the candies from kids.
I love these traditions. The only tradition we have now is decorating the house and buying enough candy. We will easily have 400-500 trick or treaters.
Oral care is so important. I’m always making sure that my girls are brushing and flossing properly. On Halloween, I also have them rinse their mouths after the night of fun before we get home to brush our teeeth. Our dentist recomended it as a way to help prevent cavities