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 Halloween
should be remembered as a happy time, a wonderful holiday filled with
tradition, treats and good memories. Using common sense will keep you
and your kids safe enough on Halloween but we thought we would throw in
a few tips that some people might not even consider. Happy Haunting! |
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Halloween Safety Tips for Kids
courtesy
Halloween-Safety.com
Anytime a child has an accident,
it's tragic. The last thing that you want to happen is for your child to be hurt on a
holiday, it would forever live in the minds of the child and the family.
There are many ways to keep your child safe
at Halloween, when they are more prone to accidents and injuries. The excitement of
children and adults at this time of year sometimes makes them forget to be careful. Simple
common sense can do a lot to stop any tragedies from happening.
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Help your child pick
out or make a costume that will be safe. Make it fire proof, the eye holes should be large
enough for good peripheral vision.
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If you set
jack-o-lanterns on your porch with candles in them, make sure that they are far enough out of
the way so that kids costumes won't accidentally be set on fire.
Better still use
one of the new
battery powered tea lights to light pumpkins, they look like a flickering
candle flame!
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Make sure that if
your child is carrying a prop, such as a scythe, butcher knife or a pitchfork, that the tips
are smooth and flexible enough to not cause injury if fallen on.
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Kids always want to
help with the pumpkin carving. Small children shouldn't be allowed to use a sharp knife to cut
the top or the face. There are many kits available that come with tiny saws that work better
then knives and are safer, although you can be cut by them as well. It's best to let the kids
clean out the pumpkin and draw a face on it, which you can carve for them.
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Treating your kids
to a spooky Halloween dinner will make them less likely to eat the candy they collect before
you have a chance to check it for them.
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Teaching your kids
basic everyday safety such as not getting into cars or talking to strangers, watching both
ways before crossing streets and crossing when the lights tell you to, will help make them
safer when they are out Trick or Treating.
Make Halloween a fun, safe and happy time
for your kids and they'll carry on the tradition that you taught them to their own
families some day!
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Every
year, Halloween enthusiasts anxiously await the retail
industry to begin their Halloween season and see who's
first to stock products for the spooky season. Many
stores begin stocking Halloween products as early as
July! |
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