Tips For A Healthy Halloween for Your Kids And All

Halloween is a cool holiday. But the amount of candy being handed out and then trashed is atrociously huge! Besides the trashing part, a big concern comes to those who cannot tolerate sugary treats at all due to diabetes or pre-diabetes conditions.

Here are some examples for low sugar and candy free trick or treat ideas for Halloween.

SugarLess Snacks For Halloween Treat

girl carrying pumpkin

• Snack size package of popcorn
• Individually wrapped organic Tea for kids
• Juice boxes (my favorite as of today brand is Apple & Eve. Great organic Fruitables juices. Amazing quality, all natural very few ingredients!)
• Apple sauce snack packs
• Fruit leather (watch for the additives in some brands!)
• Snack bars (opt for organic in mini size)
• Bare Fruit trial size packs
• Boxes of raisins
• Fruit roll ups
• Trial size packs of dried veggie chips
• Trial/snack sized bags of crackers
• Individually wrapped pumpkin seed treats
• Sugar free gum (Xylitol sweetened gum)
• Sugar-free candy

Halloween Novelty Toys – Alternative Treat Ideas

halloween pumpkins

• Eyeball or colored bouncy balls or superballs
• Toy puzzle
• Rubber spiders
• Glow in the dark insects
• Slinky
• Slime
• Pumpkin yo-yos
• Glow in the Dark Sticky Hands
• Glow Ball
• Pumpkin or plain noise drums
• Jumping mini plastic spiders
• Glow Extending Hands
• Twisty Flying Spinners

Fun Arts and Crafts Items for Trick or Treaters

Check out some “magical” step-b7-step pumpkin carving tutorial – I learned it from the best in the business artist who works with Disney.

halloween trick-o-treating

• Stickers
• Individual packets of crayons
• Individual packets of chalk
• Small jar of play-do
• Origami paper
• Halloween magic pads
• Halloween stamps
• Halloween mini coloring books

Games and Activity Ideas

halloween ghosts

• Jump rope
• Jacks
• Plastic squirt gun
• Halloween character or plain paddle ball
• Tiny decks of cards
• Bubbles
• Halloween hand clappers
• Halloween fun and game books
• Halloween slide puzzles
• Halloween mini pinball
• Black and orange plastic flutes
• Halloween Mini Clackers
• Halloween Tic Tac Toe
• Halloween mini stencils
• Temporary tattoos
• Vampire teeth
• False teeth
• Plastic halloween bracelets
• Green glo bracelets
• Decoder rings
• Halloween themed key chains
• Spider finger puppet

School related Halloween Items

Depending where you are going for trick or treating, take flashlights, some warm clothes with you, and water. It is fun to spend a Halloween evening with your friends and family. Always more fun with more people to share joy and happiness.

• Halloween bookmarks
• Halloween pencils
• Fancy erasers
• Pencil toppers
• Mini notebooks
• Coins (pennies, nickels, dimes)

More Crafts To Decorate Your House With

• The Coolest Halloween Kitty Cat Pumpkin!
• Candy Corn Bottle Craft – Bright And Very Autumn-Inspired
• Halloween Pumpkin Garden Virtuoso
• A Cool Witch Hat Craft
• Easy Spider Craft – Little Kids Would Love It

PIN for Your Next Fall Inspiration

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24 Comments

  1. Yeah, I always see tons of sweets during Halloween but rarely see other non-sweets stuffs given to kids. I think its time to change that, and give them more valuable and memorable “treats”

  2. Great tips! We love having treats at home for the kids and we usually just go to our annual fall festivals during this time.

  3. I love all these tips on how to have a well balanced, healthy halloween. I especially love the healthier, sugar free snacks. There are some incredibly tasty treats that dont have all the junk in them.

  4. I try my best to make sure that I hand out treats that are not all sugar, but sometimes it fails. I loved reading your ideas.

  7. I just love all of your ideas for alternatives when it comes to giving things out for Halloween. We have never had trick or treaters because the road we live on has very few kids. We don’t even have a front porch light lol, so that could be another reason. My favorite was always giving out the treats at my Mom and Dad’s house when they lived in town. Thank you for all of the great ideas.

  9. I am excited to do some of these crafts with the kids this weekend. These are great tips for having a healthy Halloween.

  10. This is a really brilliant idea! My kids are so excited this coming Halloween! They will have a Halloween Party this weekend!

  12. It is great to have a little healthier alternative to just candy, it was always fun to get a mix when i was a kid!

  13. I love the fall season and Halloween. These tips are amazing for healthy treats. we make our own fruitrollup!

  14. Great roundup of Halloween tips! Are fruit roll-ups really healthy alternatives? (I’m not questioning it – it’s an honest question). I’m interested in understanding how it’s healthier. Thank you! 🙂

  16. Wow, these are great tips! The kids are so excited for Halloween, it is really important that they enjoy it!

  17. I’m all for healthier alternatives to candies junk food. More often than not, I end up giving away my son’s Halloween candies because they’re just way too much for one kid.

  19. This is one of my most favorite seasons and although it is filled with celebrations, we have to make sure that we are able to attend to what our kids need especially when it comes to safety and healthier choices. These are great suggestions.

  22. These are great ideas! I usually do goody bags for all my kids classes and never include candy for a healthier fun bag.

  23. I love this season, the fall colours and the halloween celebrations. Such great fun for kids, and yes as parents we have to ensure they are safe. Coz not every one is out to Treat. Some people are definitely up to mischief Tricks big time! Yet with the right attitude and adult help, it is gonna be such fun!

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