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Nope. But I would if we had Trick or Treaters

Has anyone found ready-made teal pumpkins?

My neighbor spray painted one for us, but it seems like Target or someone should sell fake ones so I can reuse for future years!

@HazelEyes: I bought a fake (orange) pumpkin from Target that I had planned to paint. I didn't get around to painting it before trick-or-treat last night, so it'll be a good art project for D and I on Saturday!

No but We won't be home anyways.

So question - I have only heard of this on HB - do people know what this means in IRL? Have any of you done this in the past and had anyone know what it meant?

We didn't get around to painting one but our neighbor has one out!

My mom painted some with DD so we'll have them out tomorrow. I have glow sticks, tattoos and smarties which are allergy friendly!

@runnerd: it was on our local news this morning! I think it's slowly making its way around the country. I think itlstarted in Tennessee?

We are going to paint our pumpkin tomorrow and I have a bunch of cute little toys/stickers/etc but we usually don't get very many trick or treaters.

@runnerd: this is only the second year of the national campaign. I'm starting to see it more on FB feeds and on my yahoo page. I don't think it is well known yet, but it's better known this year than it was last year.

I have a teal pumpkin and treats ready to go.

We are in a brand new neighborhood that's still
being built, so not this year! But next year I will participate!

@yin: Where did you get those bubbles??

We went to a pumpkin patch a couple weeks ago and they were selling pre painted teal pumpkins!

@runnerd: I had several people ask about our sign last night, so people didn't know but I was happy to give them information! The FARE website has a sign that has tearaway tabs at the bottom with their website on it. I kind of wish I had printed one of those so people could take the information home with them.

@runnerd: My cousin has a son with severe (literally allergic to food) allergies, so I know about it through her. I haven't seen any other mention of it outside of HB though.

To answer the post, I didn't think we'd be home, so I didn't buy anything, candy or otherwise. If I can, I'll pick something up tomorrow, but if not we'll just be the sad, dark house.

@yin: So cute!

Hopefully we can do this next year. This year we are in survival mode with our newborn. We have yet to carve pumpkins...I was so excited for Halloween last year because we missed it while on our honeymoon, but then our baby came two weeks late so it went out the window this year too.

I saw something really neat today, a kiddo with a food allergy had a plastic teal pumpkin for her candy container. I've seen the plastic orange candy containers for trick or treating for years but I thought the teal one was really neat! I hope people knew that meant she needed non-food treats!

@Applesandbananas: I saw a whole bunch of pumpkin pails at target and was hoping there was a teal one!
Really good idea to buy a fake pumpkin and spray paint it real for yearly usage!

Does having a teal pumpkin mean you ONLY have non-food treats, or that you have non-food treats available? If you have other treats, do the kids with allergies just mention it and you give them the non-food treat?

I've never done this before, but have had kids request a candy bar without nuts. We also have non-chocolate and non-candy options (skittles and goldfish).