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I’ll let you in on a special Halloween secret that has saved many a tussle over too much Halloween candy at our house: The Tooth Fairy is the Great Pumpkin’s sister. Not many people know this, but the weekend before Thanksgiving, if children leave their uneaten Halloween candy outside the bedroom door, the Tooth Fairy will come take it and replace it with a coin for each piece. She usually leaves bigger coins for the big stuff! [note of guilty admission; she leaves the most for the stuff Mom especially likes]
Let your kids know ahead of time, and you’d be surprised how much easier limiting their sweet intake is! My kids make candy cities and candy castles with their haul, but they show remarkable self-control over how much they eat, because they also compete on who has the most savings in their savings accounts.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:01pm
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October 29th, 2008 at 6:54am
We have had a long standing tradition at our house where the great pumpkin comes (probably because his toth fairy sister is too busy), leaves a note for the kids about the sad state of his teeth from too much candy and not enough dental hygiene and exchanges the uneaten candy for a small gift–usually a book or CD or some kind of craft project. The candy excahnge came at the same time the carved pumpkins disappeared, under the guise of the great pumpkin collecting all the dead/finished jack-o-lanterns. So the kids had about a week to eat away at their stash, which they actually did very little of. As they got older, they’d take out a few favorite pieces and actually give me the bag (with a sheepish smile) to save for the great pumpkin exchange. Now the kids are all passed the trick or treat stage. Bummer.
October 29th, 2008 at 9:13am
BRILLIANT move, Sara!!! Thanks for the tip!
November 4th, 2008 at 6:36pm
Great idea, Sara! My son’s school collected leftover candy this year and I believe they sent the spoils to U.S. soldiers. It was a nice way to half the pile of loot my boys received.