Great Ideas for Halloween Hand Outs?

My local Costco has several big packages of little individual items meant for passing out to trick-or-treaters. One was a bunch of little Play-doh tubs, and the other I noticed were little decks of playing cards with Disney themes. I didn't notice the prices though.

Costco and Target sell the little Play Dohs in Halloween colors. And yes, Silly Bands would be great. You don't have to give each child a whole package, maybe about 3 bands in each bag.

The rabbi in our neighborhood always handed out toothbrushes taped to king sized candy bars :D :D Best of both worlds. His house got mobbed every year.

I do the little play dohs and small boxes of raisins. I put a return address sticker on the raisins, becasue they are not indiv. shrink wrapped. I want the parents to know who the edible item came from....and feel safe in letting their child eat the mini box of raisins.
I have had more parents in the neighborhood call me and thank me for doing that, after Halloween!

Silly Bands...the Dollar Stores have them!

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Silly Bands...the Dollar Stores have them!

Silly bands are very popular right now and they are cheap.

I just bought wax fangs and lips! So fun! I remember getting them as a kid and we loved them. They are made by Tootsie Roll Brand . I got them on the Blair Candy website. I talked to a girl at Tootsie Roll because they don't sell them direct and she gave a list of places to but them. Have fun!

I live in an area that has a very large volume of trick-or-treaters. Buying large bags of even the "mini" candy bars is cost prohibitIve. What I have been doing for the past several years is purchasing small "gumball machine" type toys (rings, spiders, bats, stickers, temporary tattoos) after Halloween. Usually they come in bags of 25 - 50, and after the day, are usually marked down pretty low. I've gotten up to 90% off items at one of our stores clearance areas. They keep quite well with the Halloween decorations. When October rolls around, I get them out with the decorations, then buy a few bags of tootsie rolls, individual Starburst, or other small individual candies, put everything into a big bowl, and mix it up. When the kids come, they may either pick out a couple items, or I just grab some for their bag. Don't buy candies that you don't like though, you might get stuck with them. As for smaller children, I buy several multipacks of juice boxes, and keep them in a cooler by my chair. I only give these to the people with babies in strollers, or toddler age so there isn't a choking issue, and the smaller ones really get enough sugar while they are out anyway. After Halloween, I sort out the remaining toys from the candy, put the candy in the candy jar, repack the toys with the decorations, and watch for clearance sales to replenish my supply for next year. If you are a thrift store fan, you can also find new packages of these toys in the craft aisle.

I think the toothbrush Riley suggested is a good idea.
Just going to throw some other thoughts out there- I know Wendy's sells coupons for free frostie's for a good price. Restaurants like Bob Evan's sell coupons for free kids meals. Check for silly bands at the dollar store. I don't know if they sell them but those are a hot item right now. I know Walmart has them for $2 a pack. The dollar store should have small coloring books and crayons.

I haven't finished my first cup of coffee yet so that's all I can think of right now :)

I give out stickers - you can find them super cheap at the dollar stores or even sometimes at GoodWill. They've been received pretty well. I figure they're getting enough candy - let them have something different. I just cut up the stickers from the sheet.

toothbrushes and mini toothpaste
I have also gotten free ice cream or other coupons from restaurants
for free fries etc.

I make bead jewelry and get a lot of materials from Fire Mountain Gems and Beads. If you go their website, and type in "just for fun" in the search box, you can find some cheap fun jewelry (plastic rings, stretchie bead bracelets, pendents) that you can buy in bulk.

silly bands, playdough, tattoos

Sometimes I have found a good deal on colorful stickers and passed out page to each child and I have also given out non-toxic highlighter pens. I bought a pack of 50 and then gave each child one along with some other stuff. One year I found packs of Snoopy tissues in little individual packs (8 or 10 pks for $1) and passed those out too~ I do like the glow necklace idea--you could wear one why you are giving out treat bags. The kids might want to put it on right then for greater visability. Happy Halloween to all!

All the school supplies are on sale right now and that is when I load up on boxes of crayons. The smaller kids love those! Last year I got them at Wal-mart for 10 cents a piece! Right now they are still at 25 cents! I keep checking each week.

I don't like doing much candy either. I usually buy some candy, spider rings, play doh, pencils, stickers, tattoos, fruit roll ups and the small size bags of goldfish crackers, and pretzels!!! I also have juice boxes for the kids because they could usually use it after walking around for a while. Lastly, milkbones for the doggies that stop by with their owners!!! I love HALLOWEEN

Kids really enjoy tatoos. I also agree with the silly bands... they are really popular right now. There are glow in the dark ones too.

Oriental Trading has Halloween Silly Bandz this year....even glow in the dark ones! Those might be a hit. Good luck!

Odd Lots has boxes of Disney Princess and Spiderman Tatoos with maybe 12 boxes for $3.

We got a bag of little tubs of PlayDoh last year :)

mini boxes of raisins. cool pencils. little notebooks etc.

Quarters, dental floss, stickers, bottled water...

We typically have a minimum of 125 kids and have had a lot more come through our neighborhood.

I stock up on Oriental Trading. I like the glow necklaces and bracelets, bouncy balls, etc.