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Halloween Safety Rules and Ways to Review Them

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Halloween Safety Rules and Activities to Review Them
We have been reviewing Halloween or Trick or Treating Etiquette at our house for a couple of weeks. I just started this working on Halloween safety rules with JDaniel.
I searched the internet to see what safety rules I wanted to cover with him and found a couple of websites with lists of rules. I wish I had know about Living Montessori Now’s Halloween Grace and Courtesy post. I only found it after I had started mine. I like hers a lot.

Here are the ones I chose to cover with JDaniel:

Halloween Safety Rules

1. Children should never trick or treat alone

2. Parents need to check children’s candy before you eat it.

3. Children don’t have to talk to every stranger they meet.
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4. Cross the street at the corner or the crosswalk.

5. Walk close to the curb if your neighborhood does not have sidewalks.

6. Visit houses with lights on.

7. Don’t play near a lit pumpkin.

8. Don’t push to the front of the group to get your candy first.

9. Say please and thank you.

10. Accept your treat at the front door. Don’t go in a stranger’s house.

11. Check your costume and make sure it isn’t too big or too long to walk in.

12. Make sure you can clearly see out of a mask if you costume has one.

Rather than just talk about the safety rules I created two activities with JDaniel to review the rules while playing.

 Halloween Safety Rule Activities

 
 

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The first activity we made was a  Halloween Safety Rule Game. We traveled from the house at on the left to the house on the bottom right. When we landed on a green dot, we had to answer a safety rule question. You can find directions on how we created the game on The Studio by Kiwi Crate.

JDaniel loved this game so much we ended up taking it to a restaurant and playing it before our meal came. The rules are in the pumpkin cup.

Then we gathered together items that we could use to play and review the safety rules in a sensory bin.

Here is what we used to review Halloween Safety:

-We used some train track that has a road side to be the road we walk on while trick or treating.

-I found a small pre- lit pumpkin light to represent the pumpkin children shouldn’t play near.

-My sister Kate just sent us the train station we used to represent the house we would visit while trick or treating.

-An odd assortment of characters from JDaniel’s Star Wars collection and his Playskool set also helped represent trick or treaters, the homeowner and a parent.

-I added leaves and small decorative pumpkins to the sensory bin too.

We had a great time sitting at the kitchen table pretending to trick or treat and reviewing the rules.

I hope you will take a moment or two to go over Halloween safety rules with your children. I found going over them while playing helped JDaniel remember them. I bet you can find fun ways play to review them at your house

I hope you will take a moment or two to go over Halloween safety rules with your children. I found going over them while playing helped JDaniel remember them. I bet you can find fun ways play to review them at your house.


This post is linked to Mrs.Matlock’s Alphabe Thursday. 

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Comments

  1. Very nice list! I am worried about Zane’s outfit because it is big on him. I think I will roll it- the worse would be if he fell and hurt himself!

    • I know this may be obvious, but I never thought to check my kids treats in the past! Argh. Will definitely do so now!

  7. What a great idea! I love the game to show kids safety! I am so old school, I walk to every single house with the kids, no matter how old they are to make sure they are safe!

  12. It’s always good to review these tips before Halloween. I like that you incorporated them into a game.

  15. Although I no longer have small children
    to take out on Halloween your list of rules
    are to be followed for all to enjoy the
    night…
    Great post
    Sandy

  17. So glad the package made it in one piece. I wasn’t sure if the train set was too young for JDaniel. Glad it helped to talk about Halloween!

  19. I don’t think we can ever be too safe when it comes to Halloween. I am still nervous when my 13 yrs old wanted to go trick or treat with his friends without a parent.

  24. what a great idea. Rules through games is a fun way of doing things. And the ideas will stick! Good for You! Hope you all have fun! {:-D

  26. I had never really thought to check the kids candy before, but will do so now!

    Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

  27. Thanks for these great tips! Though, we usually take him out “trick or treating” through out the month in different venues, library, museum, zoo, mall, etc., etc.

  28. What a great way to use play to teach safety rules! Love all your ideas but especially the game!

  32. Great post ~ you provide wonderful parenting information ~ Wonderful! ~ (A Creative Harbor) artmusedog and Carol ^_^

  34. What a neat game!

    And what a wonderfully informative post on trick or treat do’s and do not’s!

    You are so wonderful about preparing JDaniel for life events!

    A+++

  35. I like that you added #9 Say please and thank you. It’s easy to forget manners when you are so excited about treats!

  36. Those are wonderful ways to learn Halloween safety rules. Thank you for sharing this great resource.

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