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Healthy and Green Halloween tips

Posted on Oct 08, 2010 by Maggie LaBarbera
 

The Halloween season is fast approaching, now is the perfect time to plan ahead for a safe and healthy holiday. It can be challenge with school parties, grocery stores promoting candy, and all the marketing for costumes and sweets... but we have found some great tips for managing the 'sweets and treats' of the season with new healthy ideas and ways to start some new earth-friendly Halloween traditions.

Here are some of our favorite tips and resources to make your Halloween healthy and a bit greener, from healthier treats to green Halloween costumes ideas to safety tips.

Halloween Costumes- healthy & green

Tomorrow is National Costume Swap Day! Watch this Good Morning America video about the event. Learn more about Green Halloween event or find a Halloween Costume Swap near you.

Healthy Child Organization shares some information about chemicals in Halloween makeup

From The Sierra Club- Tips on avoiding chemicals in kids' Halloween costumes

Halloween Safety Tips - guidelines to help keep your little trick or treaters safe on Halloween.

Halloween Treats- too much sugar!

According to the US Census Bureau, the Average American eats 25 pounds of candy every year with a large portion of that eaten during Halloween time.

If your child eats 12 treats that is about equal to 30 packets of sugar. Now, who would give their child 30 packets of sugar. It adds up quickly, all that sugar hidden in a small piece of candy.

Approximately 2 teaspoons of sugar in each:

  • Goobers
  • Twix
  • Almond Joy
  • Approximately 2.5 teaspoons of sugar in each:
  • Snickers
  • Reese’s peanut butter cup
  • Raisenettes
  • Kit Kat
  • Nestles Butterfinger
  • Tropical Dots
Approximately 2.75 teaspoons of sugar in each:
  • 3 Musketeers
  • 100 Grand
Approximately 3 teaspoons of sugar in each:
  • Milky Way
  • O’Henry
  • Junior Mints
Alternative Halloween Treat Tips

Nourish Interactive's 70 low and no sugar Halloween Treat ideas - PDF

Halloween Party Food Tips

Quick tips to enjoy Halloween season fruits

10 Ways to Avoid Halloween Sugar Overload

Making kids' party food healthier

Recipes for the Halloween Season

Planning for a Healthier Halloween

Pumpkin facts and recipes by Mommy Dietitian

Tips that Scare Away Cavities -promoting a healthy Halloween by American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

Fun related links:

Top 10 Scientific uses for Leftover Candy

Farm to Table Pages- worksheets and coloring pages celebrating the seasonal harvest!

Nutrition theme kids' Halloween Printables

 

 

3 Comments

 
virginia reynolds
Monday, Oct 11, 2010 @ 08:44 PM

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Having a healthy halloween is great. Kids loved that celebration a lot and I am sure that they're gonna enjoy. Aside from the fact that it's nutritious, it's a great time to spend with your kids.
 
Anonymous
Tuesday, Oct 12, 2010 @ 02:15 AM

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Nice tips for a healthy halloween! Halloween season is really fast approaching and I want it to be healthy not only for me but also for my children and the children of others. These tips of yours are really good. Now I can celebrate an earth-friendly halloween. Thank you for such an informative post! Keep Posting! -James
 
Alivia Hunter
Friday, Oct 22, 2010 @ 01:19 PM

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Even though the official National Green Halloween Costume Swap Day has past I believe there are still some people having events. Check the website to see if there is one near you. If not, it's still a good resource for ideas from snacks to costumes - www.GreenHalloween.org. You can probably also have a private party of friends and neighbors get together to costume swap items. Treat Alternatives. Check out Yummy Earth suckers or have a fun day with the kids making small give away items. I picked up a bunch of small shells from the beach and after cleaning them I decorated with. Each one only took a minute or two and they're cute.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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