There's a lady down the street from us, she gives each kid a Dixie cup, toothbrush and sample size tooth paste. I always thought that was really cool.
When I was a kid, there was a guy who gave out boxes of raisins, which my brother loved. Or you could do the small granola bars, or fruit snacks. Or a small toy, like those snap and glow necklaces and bracelets. Now they even have magnetic ones kids can wear like earrings or on their clothes. I got a catalog from Oriental Trading company, and they're not very expensive. (They have some cute stuff in there too for the rest of the holidays as we near the end of the year!)
Me, I'll stick with the candy and a good scare. Our house was in the paper a few years in a row for being the scariest in our area. Now, though, there's alot more college kids on our street, so I'm considering not decorating. It's been bad enough having them leave beer bottles in the yard every weekend. Seems like putting several thousand dollars worth of props out is just asking for trouble. :-(
kimberly
