One of the first things that kids think of when they hear the word ‘Halloween’ is candy. When I was younger, my Dad would give my friends and me a ride on the hay-filled trailer around the neighborhood while we spotted the houses we wanted to visit to get the biggest and best candy. After a fun night of trick-or-treating, I knew the night was a success when my pillowcase of Halloween treats weighed close to my body weight. My brother and I would dump out our treasures and trade/fight over our favorite candies over the kitchen table and compare the number of king-size chocolate bars we each were able to snag.
As great as those childhood memories are for me, Halloween doesn’t always have to be about the candy. There are plenty of other things we can associate the holiday with whether it is handing out fruit, change for UNICEF collection boxes, or creating a fall leaf collection. During the fall season, think of the ways we can implement green design into our festive holiday: decorate your home with pumpkins and gourds instead of yards of plastic bats and spiders, carve pumpkins for outdoor décor, and bake homemade apple and pumpkin pies! Kids can even dress up for the delicious bake-off!
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