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Halloween Trick-or-Treat Essentials for Kids: Glow Safety Gear, Light-Up Candy Buckets & Porch Decor
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items Halloween night here means a full neighborhood loop with the kids, then a candy sort at the kitchen table before anyone sleeps. This is my list for keeping them easy to see after dark, hauling the candy home, setting up a porch the trick-or-treaters ...
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Glow & Safety After Dark
Candy Haul Gear
Porch & Front Yard Setup
After the Candy Count
Glow & Safety After Dark
Cheap ways to make sure every kid is easy to spot from two houses back.
Slap one on an ankle under the costume so the all-black ninja outfit isn't invisible to cars backing out of driveways.
LOBKIN LED Slap Armbands, 6 Pack
Glow sticks keep trick-or-treat going after dark and make kids easy to spot in a crowd. This 100-pack of 8-inch bracelets is waterproof, non-toxic, and snaps together with connectors, and it's a Best Seller with nearly 30,000 reviews behind it. Grab ...
PartySticks 100-Pack Glow Sticks
Keeps their hands free for the bucket and the porch railing, and they think it's part of the costume.
Energizer LED Headlamp PRO, 2-Pack
For whoever's walking point. Bright enough to light up uneven sidewalks and the yards with no porch light.
Energizer R-300 LED Flashlight, 2-Pack (Red)
Candy Haul Gear
Buckets and drinks that hold up for a full neighborhood loop.
Texas Halloween can still be warm. A cold drink at the halfway point heads off the meltdown.
Owala FreeSip Kids 16 oz Insulated Water Bottle
The classic jack-o'-lantern pail, but the handle lights up, so the bucket doubles as a flashlight.
GIFTEXPRESS Light Up Halloween Pumpkin Bucket
Their name on the bucket means zero arguments at the kitchen table about whose Snickers are whose.
Personalized Pumpkin Pal Plush Trick-or-Treat Bag
Porch & Front Yard Setup
Easy setups that make our door the fun stop on the street.
Nothing says Halloween like a skeleton hand reaching out to grab the candy. This skull bowl uses a built-in motion sensor to move its hand, light up its eyes, and play spooky sounds when trick-or-treaters reach in. Set it on the porch or table if you...
ITART Animated Skull Candy Bowl with Moving Hand
For the porch bowl. Snickers, Twix, and M&M's are what get the “yesss” from the kids.
Mars M&M'S, Snickers, Twix & Milky Way 200 Ct
Tells every trick-or-treater from the sidewalk that this house is handing out candy.
Joiedomi 6FT Stacked Pumpkins Inflatable LED
Battery pack with a timer, so I can wrap the porch rail without running an extension cord.
Joomer Orange & Purple Halloween String Lights 33FT 100 LED
Goes inside the carved pumpkins. No open flame next to a kid in a polyester cape.
Homemory 24-Pack Flameless LED Tea Lights
The little saws are way safer than a kitchen knife, and the pattern book ends the “what do we carve” debate.
Pumpkin Masters Carving Kit: 3 Saws, Scoop, Poker & Pattern Book
Cheap and it finishes off the porch. Also catches some of the mud before it gets inside.
Ceenna Halloween Trick or Treat Door Mat
After the Candy Count
For the face-paint cleanup and the wind-down before bed.
Gets the face paint off before bed instead of all over the pillowcase.
Neutrogena Makeup Remover Towelettes 20 ct Twin
Halloween night is better when the kids glow after dark, and these Carter's pajamas turn into a skeleton once the lights go out. The snug-fit cotton is soft and comfortable enough to sleep in, and the glow-in-the-dark bones make them a hit for trick-...
Carter's Boys' 2-Piece Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween Pajamas
The best Halloween bedtime read, and it rhymes, so the little ones finish the lines for you.
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson (Board Book)
Only about 25 minutes, so it fits between the candy sort and bedtime with no “one more episode” fight.
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Blu-ray)