Happy Halloween! Last Minute Safety Tips, Healthy Treats and NEW Recipes

Happy Healthy Halloween! Since Halloween is today, we want to share a few more important Halloween Safety Tips, some ways to be active, a few NEW fun seasonal food ideas and recipes, and our printable Healthy Tip a Day Calendar for November!

Our recent blog post about healthy Halloween tips is the most popular post of the month, people are searching this year more than ever for healthy Halloween tips.

Our archived post about Avoiding Halloween Sugar Overload is also more popular this year, it seems the idea of  healthy Halloween fun is catching on.

Healthy Halloween and seasonal recipes are also very popular this year- you can find the 2010 Top Halloween and Seasonal recipes here or click here for this years new favorites!

We hope you have a fun, healthy and safe Halloween with your children!

Important Halloween Safety Tips

A research study from Safe Kids USA found that only 1/3 of parents discuss Halloween Safety with their kids, see their Halloween Safety graphic for info on the study and Halloween safety tips.

From our blog archive a popular post about Halloween Safety with a video, please review the safety tips with your child.

Healthy Halloween We want to share a new website we found called the Healthy Halloween House- you can learn more about it or take the pledge to be a Healthy Halloween House

Here's a fun healthy Halloween Ecard from the CDC you can send to friends and family.

To get the fun started here's a cute song from Dr. Mache Seibel Health Rock.

Visit their website for more fun songs

Dental Care Tips for Halloween

From our blog archive- October is Dental Hygiene Month. A sweet month for teaching kids to take care of their teeth, how to teach kids, tips for Halloween sweets, resources, and a fun brushing teeth video for kids. Get Moving- being active with kids

Halloween is a great time to enjoy being active. The cool weather that comes along with the fall season is a perfect opportunity to enjoy the outdoors as a family and be more active during the season.

• Enjoy a nature walk with the kids- Take advantage of the beautiful foliage and collect orange, red and yellow leaves. Make a decorative wreath, a seasonal display, or paste leaves on construction paper to decorate the house.

• During October visit a local pumpkin patch and pick your own pumpkins and gourds. Many pumpkin patch locations have other activities such as corn mazes, haunted houses, and hay rides. Pack up some sandwiches and spend the day!

• Get moving- have kids help raking the autumn leaves, collect leaves to build your own scarecrow.

• Witchy Walk: Take a long walk around your neighborhood to enjoy the frightening decorations and socialize with your neighbors. When trick-or-treating with your kids, walk to the farthest house first and make your way back home to encourage a little extra physical activity or visit the malls to walk and look at Halloween decorations.
• Set up a scavenger hunt in the yard- give children clues to find healthy treats or seasonal goodies you have hidden.

• Fun Halloween theme games - we love these active games for kids!

Dish up some Pumpkin Coconut soup -a  fun recipe to cook with kids from Kids Cook Monday

Butternut Squash Donuts - they look delicious!

We love this Pumpkin shaped veggie platter - it's a quick last minute Halloween food idea

Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal- easy, healthy and delicious- check out the recipe photos

Deviled Egg Eyeballs- a Halloween treat high in protein

Pumpkin Apple muffin recipe- we tried them and they are a hit!

Carrot Cake Cookie Recipe- carrots, coconuts and raisins oh my!

Haitian Pumpkin Soup a vegetarian soup perfect for Halloween and Meatless Monday!

Here's our top seasonal and Halloween recipes from 2o10-  roasting pumpkin seeds with kids, pumpkin smoothies, pumpkin pie yogurt recipe,  some vegetarian dishes, and more!

Our PDF of Quick and Easy- Healthy Halloween Party Food Ideas

Print in English PDF or  Spanish PDF

More healthy Halloween tips and resources

Avoiding Halloween Melt Downs tips from Stress Free Kids

Delta Dental Health Great Candy Exchange- send candy to the troops

Halloween Candy Buy Back – Find a local dentist office that is participating

Treats for the Troops -has a program that has kids collect candy, snack bars and healthy treats to send to the troops (mailing address)

Healthier Alternatives for Kids’ Halloween Treats (2 page PDF)  Spanish

Have you seen our Fun Halloween printables? We have free coloring pages, puzzles and activities for kids with nutrition themes.

Healthy Tip Calendars for November

See all Healthy Tips Calendars - available in English or Spanish