Halloween Tips for Safety and Fun!

Common Sense

Links to more website that have more detailed safety information:

The Official Halloween Safety Game - Since 1996, we have provided this fun way for families and students to learn Halloween Safety while trick-or-treating. If you are going to go door to door trick-or-treating, you should play.
Children's Safety Zone
A non-commercial site dedicated to children's safety issues.
Halloween Safety Tips for Companion Animals
Halloween can be very spooky for the animals we live with! Follow these simple steps to make sure your cats or dogs are safe and secure at Halloween! Brought to you by Tree House Animal Foundation - a not-for-profit humane organization in Chicago, Illinois.
LAFD - Halloween Safety Tips
Safety Tips from the Los Angeles Fire Department.
McGruff Safe Kids
Has Halloween safety products for sale.

Halloween Safety

Hype and Hysteria?

According to a university professor who researched it, no child has ever been killed or seriously harmed by poisoned candies or fruit. Some of the more paranoid precautions are below.

Don't eat apples. They hide razor blades.
Don't eat candy until we take it to the nearest emergency room to have it X-rayed. See above.
Don't eat anything that isn't factory-sealed. It is likely to contain poisons, toxins or hallucinogens.
Don't eat anything homemade, sealed or otherwise. See above.
Don't ring the doorbell of anyone you don't know personally. A pervert might answer.
Don't get close to groups of teenagers. They capture children, mummify them in toilet paper and set them on fire.
Don't set foot inside anyone's front door. This is the night Satan worshippers have been waiting for.
Don't move from your parents' line of sight for a second. Your face will wind up on a milk carton.
Don't cross any streets. You'll get hit by a runaway vehicle driven by aforementioned teenagers.
Don't run. You will trip over your costume.