Halloween is right around the corner. And with that comes the annual reminder for kids and adults to practice these Halloween safety tips.
- Visible Costumes: Children should wear bright costumes, or add strips of reflective tape to dark costumes. Helping kids stand out can prevent dangerous pedestrian and vehicle accidents.
- Drive Safe: Adults should drive safely, paying extra attention to the extra activity going on in their neighborhoods.
- Candy Checks: Wait until you get home to inspect your kids’ loot of candy. Get rid of any candy that looks suspicious, previously opened, or discolored.
- Tax on Toddlers: You’ve probably heard of the “dad tax” or “mom tax” when it comes to candy. (That is, parents get a portion of any kids’ candy.) You might want to use this excuse when you remove choking hazard candy from toddlers like gum or hard candies.
- Pre-Trick-or-Treat Feast: Fill up your kids with healthy food BEFORE they go out trick-or-treating in an effort to minimize the amount of candy they consume on Halloween night.
- Tiny Makeup Test: Before applying any costume makeup, put a small amount on the person’s arm and look for any signs of rash, redness, swelling, or irritation.
- Bobbing for Apples: Most parties are eliminating the bobbing for apples game as a result of the pandemic. Because it’s a communal bucket of saliva and snot, pathogens can easily spread from one person to another.
- No Color Contact Lenses: The Food and Drug Administration warns that contact lenses not prescribed by a doctor are illegal. These decorative lenses can cause a lot of damage to your eyesight if you get them without input from a medical professional.
For more Halloween safety tips, visit the FDA’s website.
