God bless our school teachers tomorrow, who will be dealing with students crashing from too much fun, too much excitement, and likely way too much candy. Maybe that’s just my kids, though. Maybe no one else has to ensure their kids floss or don’t only eat candy on Halloween night or convince their kids to go to bed after trick-or-treating festivities.  

However, we have a new ally on the parent team. We introduced a tradition in our household a few years ago, though, that has benefited our dentists, our kids’ teeth, and even my college students. 

Say hello to the Halloween fairy. 

This is not an original idea of mine by any means, but it has been highly effective in eliminating our household of way too much sugar post-Halloween. Every Halloween night, our little family goes trick-or-treating for a couple of hours, and in that couple of hours, my kids eat just about as much candy as their tiny stomachs can hold. They can’t eat all of it though, because they need to have some to share with the Halloween Fairy. 

This invisible, sweet-loving fairy comes after Halloween to collect any excess candy the children may have in their bags. The girls leave their bags by the front door, and the Halloween fairy comes that night and exchanges their candy for a toy or a book or something basically non-edible. Often we find the Halloween Fairy likes to shop at Five Below. 

The next morning, the girls are so excited to see what little present the Halloween Fairy has left them, and they have not one sad tear shed for the candy they lost. 

So where does the candy really go, you may ask? 

Honestly, not to me and my husband. No, by the time Halloween rolls around, we are done with the sweets and don’t want to see another Milky Way, Snickers or Starburst until next Halloween. No, the true winners of the Halloween Fairy are my college students. 

So dear students, if you’re reading this, make sure to come by and grab some Halloween candy from the Halloween Fairy. Because it needs to go. 

Happy Halloween. 

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