Hallowe'en nerves

I enjoy the visits by local children, who always greet me with Happy Halloween, no threats of tricks! I always make about 40 small cupcakes individually wrapped in cellophane bags. I have already made the fondant cut-out pumpkins, ghosts and witch's hats to decorate them. I also offer fun sized choc bars, satsumas and drinks.
The unwritten rule around here is that only houses with a pumpkin or outside light visible are visited. I use the lazy option of a battery powered flashing plastic pumpkin from Asda.

We just don't answer door full stop..as the ones that were little are now strapping 12/14 yrs olds! never had any problem with this.

I don't answer the door although hardly any children round here. Depends on your area and how you feel.

dart if your not happy opening the door just close your curtains and ignore the door, but if you want to encourage revellers you can get pick up bags of sweets from all the supermarkets Tesco have them reduced at the moment, Haribo/Swizzles etc are great just to throw them in a bowl for them to dip into (I only put something small in the bowl and not packets as they dont go so far) I never give money. I usually find the earlier the caller the younger they are and as the night goes on its the older/teenagers.

We did supply sweets the first year we lived here, but due to the huge number of children we ran out by 8.30! We didn't do it again.

Here there is an unwritten rule that if your outside light and hall light are turned off, then you are not taking part. We also print off the poster (see the link on the right) and put it in the window.