Halloween is right around the corner and soon children will be ringing doorbells, looking for sweet treats. If you are able, please remember to include the trick-or-treaters with food allergies. I promise you, nothing will delight you more than seeing the excited face of a little child with food allergies, when you hand them a safe Halloween treat.
It is easy to participate in The Teal Pumpkin Project. It was started by the FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education) organization and was originally inspired by a community outreach. Teal is the color of food allergy awareness.
Simply place a teal colored pumpkin in your window, on your doorstep or print a free sign to hang up that lets trick-or-treaters with food allergies and their parents know that you have allergy friendly, non-food treats. In the past, we have spray painted a real or plastic pumpkin, but now many stores have made it easy by carrying teal pumpkin decorations.
After a quick trip to our local dollar store’s Halloween aisles, we filled up small Halloween goodie bags with Halloween bubbles, pirate eye patches, skeleton erasers and glow-in-the-dark bracelets.
It is a fun and easy way to help everyone participate. Our children love making sure that everyone is included in trick-or-treating. At the end of Halloween, we package up any leftover goodie bags up and since our trick-or-treating is always on the Sunday before Halloween, we give our leftover bags to our family to use for their trick-or-treaters with food allergies on Halloween night.
You can even register your home with the 2018 Teal Pumpkin Project Map so that families with food allergies in your neighborhood can find you. Please click here for more information.
For information, delicious recipes, and gluten free lifestyle tips, please visit Now Find Gluten Free.
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