1. Make sure costumes and shoes fit well to avoid falls, and though they might be excited, make sure your trick-or-treaters don’t run.
2. Never let your child go trick-or-treating alone.
3. Teach them rules of the road: Stay out of streets and only cross at corners or crosswalks.
4. Remind them to be aware of lit candles, especially with billowy costumes.
5. When they get home, check through their bags for open packages or choking hazards.
6. If you are not going out with your kids, make sure you know the route they will take and send them with a flashlight.
7. Only visit homes with lit porches, and remind your trick-or-treaters never to enter a stranger’s house.
Once the kids return with their bounty, it’s time to provide some healthier snacks to prevent a candy bonanza.
Try these tasty recipes:
ZOMBIE FINGER SANDWICHES
Ingredients:
•Whole wheat bread
•Thinly sliced bananas
•Cream cheese, softened
•Almond slices (sliced to look like nails)
Steps: Spread cream cheese over slice of bread, top with bananas and cover with another slice of bread.
Remove crust and cut bread into “fingers.” Cut the tip of each into a point. Place a small amount of cream cheese on the back of an almond slice and place at the end of the pointed finger. Serve to your hungry horde.
MONSTER MOUTHS
Ingredients:
•Green apples
•Peanut butter
•Almond slivers
Steps: Cut apples in half and discard the core. Cut each half in half again. Then, cut each quarter into wedges, using a crinkle cutter.
Spread peanut butter along the wide edge of a slice and top it with another, aligning the crinkled edges.
Insert almond slivers as fangs and serve.
reference: Metro Health ~ Grand Rapids Press ~ American Red Cross
If your little Trick or Treater receives too much candy come to our
HALLOWEEN CANDY BUY BACK
Our dental office is holding our fourth annual Halloween Candy buy back.
The tooth fairy will be giving $ 1 for every pound of candy that is donated Monday, November 4th 3 - 6:00 pm.
The candy collected will be sent to the troops in the Middle East through the Operation Gratitude program.
Every child turning in their Halloween candy will receive a new toothbrush and other treats.
For more info visit our website.
Brian S. Nylaan, D.D.S.
5011 Plainfield Avenue NE
Grand Rapids MI 49525-1050
