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Trunk or treat might be just what you are looking for your kids on Halloween. Here is information about these events. During trunk or treat events adults decorate the back of their cars for Halloween, load up on candy, and come sit in a parkin g lot for kids to "trick or treat" from car-to-car. It's more fun than it sounds, trust me! Sometimes kids come in the hundreds, fully dressed in Halloween costumes and holding out b ags or plastic pumpkins for treats. The adults get to socialize and be creative while seeing all the cute and scary costumes. How Does Trunk or Treating Work? When the big night comes the cars are given specific spots to line up in separate from the attendee parking lot. They will form an area through which the kids can safely run around and beg for candy. Some of the car decorations and displays can be quite elabora te, requiring hours of setup time in advance. When the kids arrive, the real fun begins. They'll usually be told to go in a certain order and they'll say "trick or treat!" and collect their candy just like at houses on Halloween night. Most cars give out more than one piece so the children end up with a pretty good haul of Halloween candy, though of course, the amount and style of candy will vary from event to event. And you can probably expect that the parents get to steal a few pieces, of course! Where to Find a Trunk or Treat Event take a little effort, which is to check out your local school websites and your town's newspaper, for starters. Trunk or treat is a popular activity for elementary schools to host for their own students. A lot of churches through-out your community have this event, but some of them have changed the name to Hallelujah Nights and give the kids the same sort of fun too and their trunk or treat is generally open to the public. Again goog le churches in your community to see if there are churches giving Halloween Events for the community. And of course, community centers are a likely place to find this new form of trick-or-treating, sometimes offered as a safer alternative to the traditional free-for-all in the streets. While trunk or treat events are normally no cost to attend, be sure to check ahead of time. If it functions as a fundraiser o r is hosted by a non-profit cause then there may be a
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