• Kids must trick or treat with an adult, HAVE FUN AND TRICK OR TREAT WITH YOUR HOST KIDS! (even if you are going to a party later!)

• Stay in familiar neighborhoods

• Walk, don’t run

• Stay on sidewalks if possible

• Obey traffic signals, walk on the left side of the road facing traffic

• Don’t cut across yards or driveways

• Only go to homes that have lights on, never go inside a house of a stranger

• Carry a flashlight, wear reflective markings or tape

• Make sure costumes do not drag on the floor and wear shoes that fit, even if they don’t match the costume

• Good makeup job is better than a mask that might obstruct your vision

• Carry only flexible knives, swords or other props

• Stay away from pets you don’t know

• Check the candy before eating, better yet let the parents decide what the kids can eat

 

Other ways to have Halloween Fun

• Help the kids (and you) plan/make/buy your costumes

• Decorate the house for Halloween

• Read age appropriate Halloween stories with your host kids

• Watch an age appropriate Halloween DVD with your host kids

• Have a costume contest

• Help hand out candy to the Trick or Treaters

• Trick or Treat for a good cause, like UNICEF

• Carve or paint pumpkins with your host family

• Go to the kid’s school if they have a Halloween activity like a costume parade or party that family can attend

• Go to a farm, pick pumpkins, walk through a corn maze, go to a haunted house (again that might be just fun with your au pair friends – sometimes too scary for kids

• Enjoy Halloween with your host family and your friends!