If you are at all like me, you are wonder what the H*## am I going to do with all this candy??!! Here are a few ideas that might work for you and your family.
1. Using plastic wrap and ribbons, wrap one piece of candy and tie with a ribbon, repeating until you have enough to last from November 1-Christmas or Hannukah and let the kids eat one a day.
2. Have your children choose 10 (or 20 what ever works for your family) pieces of candy and then the "Switch Witch" or the "Great Pumpkin" will trade them a small toy or prize for the candy. Donate to the local food pantry.
3. Hide some now for Christmas stockings (I do this every year and I have to really hide it or my husband will eat it!)
4. Use it in a birthday or holiday party. Most of the candy we recieved doesn't have anything Halloween on it, so we will be using our this weekend for my daughter's birthday party. She has invited a few friends over to watch a movie so candy goes with the theme!
5. Trade in your candy at a local trade and get $1 a pound! The candy is then shipped overseas to our troops to eat and give to children there. Check out Halloween Candy Buy Backs find a participating office near you!
Great post! We have way too much candy! We're letting the kids pick out some of their favorites to keep and then donating the rest to our local Ronald McDonald House. They love to have any donations of unopened items they can get. The kids are going to go with me to drop it off and hand their extra candy over themselves--it may be hard for them, but I'm hoping it will be a good lesson
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