I recently learned about the Teal Pumpkin Project from a friend of mine with a daughter with a severe peanut allergies. Mrs. Paintbrush also blogged about the movement, where if you decide to hand out non-candy favors during Halloween for children with allergies, you paint and place a teal pumpkin outside letting families know.
As a mom with a child without allergies, it was very eye opening when my friend told me about the Teal Pumpkin Project, as I never realized how difficult Halloween can be for a child with allergies and for their parents who don’t want to disappoint their children on such a special day. Coupled with the fact that Drake’s school has a strict food policy (no candy, no chips, etc.) and has requested that any favors being handed out during Halloween for the kids adhere to their rules, I thought it might be nice to compile a list of non-food favors that can be handed out to children in schools and homes during Halloween.
Surprise balls you can fill with little trinkets
As for Drake, since his class was so small I made some little bat friends for him to share with his class.
blogger / grapefruit / 4836 posts
Oh my gosh I love these!! Great ideas
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
All great ideas.
your knit bats!
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Thanks for thinking of those kids who have food allergies. I wanted to point out though that play dough has wheat in it and is not appropriate for kids who may have celiac disease or a wheat allergy.
pineapple / 12053 posts
we gave stickers to LO’s once a week class.
blogger / nectarine / 2600 posts
@C: Is Celiacs disease reactive to touch? I thought I read its just ingesting and gluten cant actually be absorbed through the skin
pear / 1852 posts
These are all really cute ideas I think I’ll do non food treats next year!
grapefruit / 4712 posts
@Mrs. Chocolate: it can be an issue for people with gluten issues. I steer clear of things like play doh with N because although he won’t knowingly ingest them, I can’t be sure his hands are completely free of gluten. We rather not take the risk.
persimmon / 1179 posts
Those bats are insanely cute!
blogger / persimmon / 1398 posts
Fabulous round-up! So many great options there!