 Halloween
Fun for Everyone
Halloween
is a holiday based on ancient harvest
celebrations and superstitions. Today Halloween
is a day and night of merriment and pranks filled
with safe-but-scary fun and trick or treat.
Candy is
the traditional treat for youngsters at Halloween,
and according to recent research, sweet treats
are no more harmful to your teeth than other foods
that contain starch or sugar - click
to read more fun facts about Halloween history
and traditions.
Fancy Dress and Costumes
Try your hand at making a home made costume or
body paints. You can use creative makeup instead
of a mask - for small children, face paint is
often the best Halloween disquise. Halloween makeup
is safer than a mask for night time trick-or-treating,
and more acceptable to babies and toddlers. You
can create your own Halloween make up from ordinary
household ingredients- whip up a batch of non-toxic
safe Halloween makeup with these
free face paint recipes.
Halloween Surprises
Dressing up in costume or painting
your face with makeup is the rule of the day on
Halloween, whether you're 3 or 83. It's not unusual
to find office workers, store clerks, or even
some business professionals dressed in costume
and handing out treats to co-workers, clients
and customers every year around Halloween time.
I was at a board meeting of manufacturing
executives not many years ago when suddenly a
tall circus clown entered the room, carrying with
a pumpkin treat basket filled with candy treats
that he offered to every meeting attendee. You
guessed it, he was the fun-loving owner of a well-known
candy company in Pennsylvania who enjoys all the
holidays!
 Pumpkin
Carving
How-tos and Tips
How about carving a pumpkin
to decorate your windowl, harvest table, or front
doorstep? Click
here for directions for carving a cool, scary,
artistic or funny pumpkin.
Halloween Costumes and Party Supplies
Here are some resources to help
with your Halloween party and costume plans:
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Decorate Your Home and Garden for Halloween
 In
many cities, adult parties are just as much a
part of the Halloween holiday as kid parties and
trick-or-treat. Even if you don't wear a Halloween
costume, makeup or mask,
you can still enjoy the season - decorate
your home, yard or office for fall and Halloween.
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 Halloween
Candy - Facts and Fun
Here are some fun facts about
candy - the favorite Halloween treat - from the
National Confectioners Association, which reminds
parents to help ensure a safe
Halloween for their children by limiting trick-or-treat
activities to familiar homes, accompanying young
children on their trick-or-treat rounds and inspecting
all goodies before any are eaten.
The National Retail Federation
reports sales of Halloween-related items will
be about $6.9 billion this year. Polls
indicate that about 80 percent of Americans participate
in trick-or-treat activities (NCA poll). Eighty-four
percent of kids ranked candy and gum as the top
items they hope to receive when they go trick-or-treating
(NCA poll).
Ninety
percent of parents said they sneak goodies from
their kids' trick-or-treat bags (NCA poll). More
than 20 million pounds of candy corn is
made for Halloween. If laid end-to-end, that is
enough to circle the moon twice and have some
left over, or enough to fill 600,000 bushel baskets
to overflowing.
According to the American Academy
of ediatric Dentistry, most candies are no different
than a slice of bread or a pretzel when it comes
to tooth decay. Any foods that contain fermentable
carbohydrates such as starch or sugar, can cause
decay. Eaten in moderation, candy can fit into
a balanced diet and active lifestyle. All types
of candy contribute only 1-3 percent of daily
calories to children's diets.
Parents agree that as long as
their children are eating a balanced diet, candy
in moderation is fine as a dessert or snack (NCA
survey). Source: National
Confectioners Association
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