Sugar Overload

So now that your kids have gone Trick-or-Treating and your house is overrun with sugar, food dye, and lots of artificial everything else, what do you do with it all?  This is what our family started doing several years ago. We let the kids go through their candy and pick a set amount.  The current magic number in our house is 10 candies.  They then trade the rest in (which was a ridiculous amount and I cannot for the life of me fathom them eating all of that!) for cash.  This year they each got $10 for their banks.  They are super happy with that and as long as no one is complaining around here, that is what we will stick with.  I know other families who allow their kids to trade in all or a large portion of their candy for a special toy or book of their choice.

Halloween Candy Buy Back is another great idea.  It is a website where you can enter your zipcode and find local dentists who will actually pay your child to buy their halloween candy.  How cool is that!  I know we have at least several participating dentists in our area.

So long October...hello November!
Dawn