Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 10:53     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
No issues with limiting the take to one or two pieces, but as a parent of a kid with food allergies, I'm always appreciative of the houses where the kids are invited to select their own candy.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 08:34     Subject: Re:Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
We always have a variety of candy so I hold out the bowl so they can choose. if one grabs a handful, I remind them "just one or two please"; however, kids usually only take one and I find myself encouraging them to take two if I have plenty left over. And we are in a neighborhood where kids are dropped off at the end of the block by parents who do not live here Because of that I buy tons of candy so I don't run out. I love Halloween!
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 08:27     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
Anonymous wrote:It's customary to let the kids grab as much as they can with one hand.


Not I the world I was raised or the one with manners in which we are raising our child.

We let the young ones choose and hand out 2 to the older ones.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 08:24     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
It's customary to let the kids grab as much as they can with one hand.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 08:22     Subject: Re:Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
The first year, we naively let kids pick from the bowl. We ran out of candy within an hour and had to run to CVS for more. Now we hand it out or, later in the night, might offer the bowl and say "pick one" or "pick two."
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 06:22     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
Do whatever you want! There's no rule
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 05:34     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
I've found some of the younger ones will take forever to decide if you let them choose.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 03:46     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
When I hold out the bowl, some kids grab big handfuls even if I say "take a couple."
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 03:27     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
Depends on how many kids you get. We get 300+. I give out the candy to make the line to faster.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 03:23     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
If you hand out the candy it limits the spread of germs.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 00:30     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
I live in a very densely built neighborhood so I give ONE candy to each trickortreater.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 00:20     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
I hold out the bowl to older kids and say "You may have TWO" because other times they take huge handfuls. For much younger kids I have a separate bowl of lollipops and tell them they can pick one.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 00:17     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
You should let them choose unless all the candy is exactly the same
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 00:16     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
I let the kids choose from the bowl
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2014 00:12     Subject: Halloween- do I hand out candy or let kids take from the bowl when they come to do the door?
Have I been doing it wrong all these years? My SIL and I are having a friendly disagreement. I always give the kids 2 pieces of candy from my bowl when they come to my door. She holds the bowl and lets them take a piece. Am I too controlling? It just seems like it would take way too long. We are in a busy townhouse community.