Halloween Safety Tips : Homeowners
Homeowners
- Make sure your yard is clear of such things as ladders, hoses,
dog leashes and flower pots that can trip the young ones.
- Pets get frightened on Halloween. Put them up to protect
them from cars or inadvertently bitting a trick-or-treater.
- Battery powered jack o'lantern candles are preferable to
a real flame.
- If you do use candles, place the pumpkin well away from where
trick-or-treaters will be walking or standing.
- Make sure paper or cloth yard decorations won't be blown
into a flaming candle.
- Healthy food alternatives for trick-or-treaters include packages
of low-fat crackers with cheese or peanut butter filling, single-serve
boxes of cereal, packaged fruit rolls, mini boxes of raisins
and single-serve packets of low-fat popcorn that can be microwaved
later.
- Non-food treats: plastic rings, pencils, stickers, erasers,
coins.
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