50 Ideas for Halloween Non-Candy Trick-or-Treat Treats

It's easy to just fill a bowl of candy to give to your trick or treaters on Halloween, but if you have kids of your own, you know they are going to get plenty of that. You can help prevent unnecessary dental bills and combat over consumption of sugar by providing fun non-candy gifts for your trick or treaters. Here's a list of fifty ideas to get you started. You can fill a small Halloween gift bags, or buy an assortment of items to fill your candy bowl that the kids can pick and choose from.

It might be best to buy a variety of items, in order to consider different tastes, genders, and ages. You may want to have some items set aside for children under 3 to avoid choking hazards.

1. Pencils

2. Stickers

3. Mini coloring books

4. Mini activity books

5. Stamps (small rubber stamps or stamp sets)

6. Erasers (they can be Halloween themed or not, pencil top erasers or regular)

7. Pens (colored pens, gels pens, Halloween themed pens etc.)

8. Crayon 4-packs

9, mini blank notebooks

10. Small toy cars

11. Shoelaces

12. Glow bracelets

13. Glow necklaces

14. key chains

15. Fake tattoos

16. Plastic rings(spiders etc.)

17. Mini board books

18. Magnets

19. Miniature stuffed animals

20. Mini Playdough cans

21. Bead or plastic necklaces and bracelets

22. Rubber or plastic balls

23. Mini puzzles

24. Mini games

25. Bubbles

26. Money (coins)

27. Mini card decks

28. Slime

29. Game cards (Pokemon etc.)

30. Charms(for shoelaces, bracelets, zippers)

31. Gold tokens or coins

32. Beading sets

33. Origami sets (papers and instructions)

34. Mini paints and brush set

35. Whistles

36. Sidewalk chalk

37. Marbles

38. Jacks

39. Yo yos

40. Mini snow globes

41. Mini magnifying glass

42. Wind up toys

43. Decals

44. Glitter glue sticks or pens

45. Mini slinky

46. Plastic straws with Halloween themes

47. Paddle and ball set

48. Plastic dinosaurs

49. Plastic animals

50. Any small cheap plastic toys