Candy Craziness!!!
CANDY CRAZINESS!!
Are you a mother with children who trick or treat and
collect a gigantic bag of candy and want to eat it all in one night!? You have
come to the right place!
This post will talk about tips and tricks on how to keep
your kids from eating that huge bag of candy, so they are not all hyped up on
sugar that night into the next day (or week)!
We all know how excited children get dressing up for
trick-or-treat and collecting all the candy that their bag or pillowcase can
fit! The first tip is…. feed the children a nutritious meal BEFORE the
festivities begin. This will make them feel fuller and possibly not consume as
much candy that night
The second tip is to get some exercise in during the time of
trick-or-treating… actually walk to the house that might be a mile down the
road…setting a goal of how many streets you want to conquer will get the kids
excited about walking (or possible running) to the next house! Another way to
keep them active is playing Halloween games like a spider crawl or zombie dance.
The third tip is to have some fun activities for the kids to
do when they are done trick or treating (if time does not allow, do the
activities beforehand). Some in-season
activities would be things like bobbing for apples, decorating oranges into jack-o-lanterns, decorating bananas into ghosts (in a healthy way, please see pictures
below) and playing hide and go seek by using a small prize (please not candy) and
having the kiddos try to find them! Hide them in “scary places” or in your Halloween
decorations to add to the fun!
The main goal of all of this post is to give the moms a few
ideas on how to make trick-or-treating more enjoyable but also nutritious. In
summary, have your children feel full before trick-or-treating begins, get some
exercise going in them, and keep them preoccupied after they trick-or-treat
with fun games and activities to do so they are not focused on eating all the
candy!
References:
https://www.dherbs.com/recipes/recipe/halloween-banana-ghosts-and-clementine-pumpkins/
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