Ready for Halloween? All month long you've been getting ready with the parties, costume parades, and activities, but now the big day is actually here! For a preschooler who may not remember too much from prior years, Halloween is a fun day filled with some pretty awesome things (for kids and grown-ups alike!): dressing up in fun costumes with friends and family, and then going door-to-door for tricks or treats and getting candy and other goodies.

 But what some parents forget is that for many little ones, giving out treats to trick-or-treaters can be a lot of fun too. They get to see all the different costumes and answer the door (which on many days, is probably a no-no).

This year, instead of giving out candy, set a good example by handing out non-candy treats to any trick-or-treaters that come by. At first you might feel like a grinch, but there are a lot of good reasons to give away treats other than candy: candy is expensive (you may find a good deal buying goodies in bulk from places like Oriental Trading or Party City); non-edible treats tend to last a lot longer than candy (in my house they do anyway); and your dentist and doctor will thank you. 

50 Non-Candy Options for Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween

Obviously any of these items can be Halloween- or fall-themed, but they certainly don't have to be for kids to enjoy them!
 

1. Pencils
2. Light-up glow sticks (usually available at dollar-type stores in packs of 10 or 15)
3. Removable tattoos

1. Spider rings
2. Any leftovers you might have from birthday party goodie bags from throughout the year
3. Fake plastic vampire teeth
4. Boxes of raisins
5. Rubber snakes
6. Packs of mini Play Doh containers
7. Whistles
8. Animals masks
9. Small packages of crayons
10. Hand clappers
11. Ink stamps
12. Mini bottles of water
13. Make your own beading kits with foam beads and pipe cleaners; pack in plastic bags
14. Notepads
15. Pencil sharpeners
16. Boxes of chalk
17. Rulers
18. Sheets of stickers
19. Bags of Goldfish crackers
20. Toothbrushes
21. Pencil toppers
22. Mini card games
23. Sidewalk chalk
24. Finger puppets
25. Mini juice boxes
26. Mini yo-yos
27. Plastic jewelry
28. Jacks sets
29. Mini erasers
30. Rubber balls
31. Bags of pretzels
32. Folding fans
33. Fake bugs
34. Fruit leathers
35. Mini Slinkys
36. Hair bows
37. Plastic eyeballs
38. Hackey sack
39. Pens
40. Rubber spiders
41. Small containers of bubbles
42. Resuable bendy or crazy straws
43. String cheese
44. Mini water guns
45. Scarrots (pre-packaged bags of baby carrots)
46. A whole apple
47. Fake fingers