Springfield Halloween Candy Planning.

[GideonGlib]

This may be a silly question, but thought this might be the best place to get an answer. Being new to Springfield, should I be expecting a lot of kids trick-or-treating, and if so what is a good guestimate on how many I should plan for?  I want to be sure I have enough candy on hand if they come knocking.

[hooplady]

My experience has been hit and miss...depends on your individual block more than anything.  For a couple of years there was a list of "safe" houses so that kids only went to neighbors who had volunteered to participate.  This year the Mommies Group is having a party in Klutho Park so there may not be many kids wandering around.

I don't think I've ever given out my full supply of candy (so I make sure to buy something I like).  But I have very few little ones in my immediate area.

[fsu813]

i was going to ask the same question on the SPAR forum, but it's still not up. I heard about the list of kid-friendly houses and planned on signing up......but i guess not....

[Springfielder]

That's true, it's totally hit and miss and much depends on the section you live in...some don't have quite as many little ones. The mommies group has always given a list of safe houses...but with the spar board being disabled, I don't know where one can get that information.

[fsujax]

last year I think I had maybe 10 kids at the most. It was very dull. Still have left over candy.

[GideonGlib]

A small bag of "fun size" snickers it is then. Thanks y'all.

[samiam]

The more Decked out your house is the more trick or treaters you will have, last year I lost count at about 150 and went though 4 large bags of candy

[hanjin1]

I gave out my 3 mega bags of candy last year. of coruse east 7th street had a bunch of houses decked out in halloween gear, so that atracted some boys and ghouls.

[fsu813]

really? I live near E. 7th & Market and my neighbors said hardly anyone came last year.....i don't think they decorated though.....we'll be ready though!

[danno]

We gave out 4 bags on Silver and ran out by 8:00

[samiam]

we got them by the trailer load, truck load, car load and all kids walking. If your house is decked out you draw the the little ones like a moth to a porch light.

[fsujax]

my house was all decked out last year and i had almost no one on East 3rd st.

[Southbanker]

I was wondering the same thing. 

I have a friend in Riverside that typically does not hand out candy because she gets so many uncostumed teenagers and not so many little kids.  So she keeps the porch lights off or goes out. 

I sort of expected the same thing in SPR unless you are part of something organized.

[samiam]

That's true there are quite a few un-costumed teenagers. My wife purchased a bunch of costume makeup after halloween last year and was going to offer face painting to them this year but we are not doing trick or treat this year do to a family emergence. 

[Dan B]

The mommies used to do registered safe house lists, and a map. The womans club, and then several individuals would then do hay rides to the locations on the map.

It worked out well, except that the hayrides were never able to hit everyone, and in the end people ended up upset.