This year we ask people to remind their kids to be on the lookout for signs indicating whether homes are participating in Halloween or not due to COVID-19. We are including signs available to the community but please be on the lookout for other signs that homeowners or other community organizations have created as well.
TO LET TRICK OR TREATERS KNOW IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING:
PRINT OUT THE RED (NO CANDY HERE) OR GREEN (WE HAVE CANDY!) TRICK OR TREATING SIGN.
ATTACH TO YOUR GARAGE DOOR OR SOME OTHER VISIBLE PLACE.
Call Village Hall 627-5000 and we will send you the sign.
If you’re handing out treats , the CDC advises that you:
- Avoid direct contact with trick-or-treaters.
- Distribute the treats in outdoor spaces, if possible, and set up a station with presorted, individually bagged or wrapped treats (with space between each) to limit direct contact between nonfamily members or those not in your household.
- Wash your hands before handling all treats.
- Wear disposable gloves
- Wear a face mask — and remember that a decorative costume mask is not the same as a protective face mask.
If you’re handing out treats, the CDC advises that you:
- Avoid direct contact with trick-or-treaters.
- Distribute the treats in outdoor spaces, if possible, and set up a station with presorted, individually bagged or wrapped treats (with space between each) to limit direct contact between nonfamily members or those not in your household.
- Wash your hands before handling all treats.
- Wear disposable gloves
- Wear a face mask — and remember that a decorative costume mask is not the same as a protective face mask.
If you’re trick-or-treating
Trick-or-treaters should wear a mask and stay at least six feet apart from those in different households, the CDC said.
- Make a cloth mask part of the costume.
- Remember, again, that a Halloween or costume mask is not the same as a protective cloth face mask.
- Do not wear a costume mask over a cloth mask. It can limit air intake and make breathing more difficult.
- Children under age 2 should not wear a mask.
- Remember that close contact with strangers — or anyone who does not live with you — makes it more likely to get or spread COVID-19. That applies to being indoors and outside.
- Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds before any trick-or-treating activities — and after. Especially make sure to do so before eating treats.
- Bring hand sanitizer and use it after touching any objects or after direct contact with others.
- Make certain young children have correctly sanitized/cleansed their hands.
- Use a hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
Other Ideas
STAY SOCIALLY DISTANCED FROM TRICK OR TREATERS BY:
- PLACING TREATS IN INDIVIDUAL PAPER BAGS
ONLY TRICK OR TREATING WITH THOSE IN YOUR CORE GROUP
WAIT FOR OTHERS TO LEAVE A DOORWAY BEFORE GOING TO THE SAME HOUSE
- SIT OUTSIDE & TOSS OUT CANDY
- LINING UP INDIVIDUAL CANDY BAGS ON YOUR LAWN FOR KIDS TO TAKE
- MAKE A CANDY CHUTE
https://lifehacker.com/make-a-candy-chute-for-safer-pandemic-trick-or-treating-1845229874
- MAKE A CANDY ZIPLINE
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