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Costume Safety

• Make sure that the costumes are flame retardant to keep the little ones safe near candle-lit jack-o-lanterns and other fire hazards.

• Prevent trips or falls by keeping costumes short enough for safe walking to avoid the really scary 'bumps in the night'

• Make-up is safer than a mask.  Masks can obstruct a child's vision and this can be dangerous when crossing the streets or going up and down any steps.

• Consider light colors when shopping for a costume or put reflective tape on the kids so that they are visible to cars when crossing streets or driveways.

• Encourage children to make costume accessories out of card-board or other flexible material if they NEED weapons.  All of the excitement sometimes brings out aggressive behavior.  Even toy weapons that are purchased from a store can sometimes hurt and cause injury. (ie. swords)  Remind kids that they don't NEED weapons to be scary and fun!

Trick-or-Treating

Treat Safety

• Kids sould know not to eat their treats until they get home so that a parent o guardian can inspect them.  The BEST way to do this is to make sure they eat dinner before they go trick-or-treating AND let them start the trick-or-treating at home FIRST!  This way they will have some treats that they KNOW are safe  to eat! 

• Go through ALL treats at home in a well lit place.

• Allow children to eat ONLY those unopened candies in original wrappers that you can't unwrap and re-wrap.  Inspect fruit and any homemade treats for anything suspicious.