Halloween.... the Holiday I Hate!

Go ahead, call me a party pooper!  But with all the research that shows the harmful impact sugar, fat, and artificial colors/flavors/sweeteners have on our kids, you would think we could revamp Halloween to something that would not cause illness, obesity and hyperactivity!

Yes, let's dress up and play games but can we choose Healthier snacks, or donating the money spent on useless candy to the poor instead!  Can kids go around and collect donations for the Maryland Food Bank or any worthwhile cause? Not only are we hurting our health, we are wasting our money and supporting the industry that is bringing us down as a nation!

The more candy and junk we buy the more we are telling the companies to keep making us sick; keep making us fat; keep making us hyperactive, depressed and dumb!  Please WAKE UP and stand against this!
I am not saying never to enjoy desserts or candy, but can we at least buy what is All Natural (if that's even possible!)? The better choice is to make it from scratch with your kids.  They will appreciate it that much more when they see the work that goes into it.

Here are some alternatives to all the garbage we give out on Halloween.  And YES, I do give out some of these for Halloween:
Dried Fruit Leather or gummies
Dried fruit
Oranges or clementines with Jack-o-Lantern faces on them
Z-bars or other fruity bars
Trail mix packets
Gum with xylitol sweetener
Bags of Natural organic chips or crackers
Applesauce
Carrot stick packets or other veggie packets
Air popped popcorn

OR nonfood items
crayons
chalk
temporary tattoos
stickers
glow sticks or wrist bands
pens, highlighters
toothbrushes
whistles
fake money
spider rings
book marks
glow in the dark anything
coupons for smoothie or frozen yogurt shops
Any of your Dollar Store favorites

Just think of how much candy ends up getting thrown away every year anyway.  What a crazy waste of money when we have people in the rest of the world starving for food.  Take the kids to a soup kitchen or go to World Vision website and sponsor a child.  Do something positive this year for Halloween that will make the world and your family and neighborhood HEALTHIER, Not Sicker!!