How to Scare the Kids on Halloween
October 31st, 2007 Posted in Holiday
Are you ready for the trick or treaters? Before you spend your hard earned cash on candy, why not resolve to teach today’s kids that “trick or treat” doesn’t just mean they’re going to get a a treat. We’ve got a list of things you can do to freak out those pesky kids.
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Hi, I’m Nikki Key and you’re watching The Daily Idea.
Halloween is coming up Wednesday. Are you ready for the trick or treaters? Before you spend your hard earned cash on candy, why not resolve to teach today’s kids that “trick or treat” doesn’t just mean they’re going to get a a treat. For today’s Daily Idea, we’ve got a list of things you can do to freak out those pesky kids.
Can you imagine those 8-year-olds anxious to get home and dig into their pile of sugar? Here’s a way to send them into a sugar shock of a different kind. Instead of buying a bag of candy, go to the dollar store and buy five or six empty plastic pumpkins. When trick or treaters come to your door, grab their bag, replace it with an empty pumpkin and slam the door.
If you’re not interested in EMT’s visiting your porch for hyperventilating miniature vampires, you could try a more subtle approach. Fill that huge bowl you normally fill with bubble gum and mini Snickers bars and instead, give out one-cup scoops of uncooked macaroni.
If you prefer the evening-long gratification of knowing the kids are still suffering from your deviousness, carefully replace the contents of your serving sized M&M bags with … lima beans. Reseal the bags and relish in the fact that at least a couple of your neighbors kids will get down to that last bag of chocolatey goodness in their trick-or-treat bag only to find … torture food.
And if you want something that’s specially designed to get those little girls squealing, pay a visit to your local pet store and buy some live crickets for your “pet lizard.” Toss one in each trick or treater’s bag and say clever little quips like, “They’re really good with peanut butter.”
The second set of ideas is for that annoying group of teenagers. These are the most fun because A – they’re punks and too old to be hittin’ me up for candy and B – they probably won’t suffer permanent emotional damage if you mess with their heads.
Nothing is good for a teenagers ego like a little personal cosmetic criticism. So, instead of candy, hand out travel sized samples of pimple cream.
You could also answer the door while fake-dialing the phone, look them in the eye and say, “Yes, Sherriff’s office. About the alert on illegal trick-or-treaters on the news. They’re on my porch now.” – Just make sure you’ve left plenty of decorations for them to trip over while running out of your yard.
The last idea is an old standard, but it works every time. Dress up like a scarecrow, wear a scary mask and sit on your porch with a full bowl of candy in your lap. Sit very still until trick-or-treater’s walk up to take the candy, then grab their hands when they reach. It’s even more frightening if you let one or two in each group take one without you moving, then jump at the third one.
In all seriousness, though, please make sure whatever jokes you play on your trick or treaters, watch out for the very young ones – they scare very easily. And be safe.
Oh, and if you capture any good reactions on video, let us know. We might just put your clip on a future episode.
And that’s another Daily Idea.
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