Halloween Toys

Candy runs out by Sunday. The small thing at the bottom of the bag does not. This page is the non-candy half of October: halloween party favors for kids that get squeezed, traded and kept rather than eaten in the car on the way home. Nothing here melts in a pocket, stains a costume, or has to be checked over by an adult before a child is allowed to have it.

The mystery squishy leads the page, because not knowing what is inside the wrapper is most of the fun and all of the trading value. Nobody knows which one they pulled until it is open, and at a school party that is worth more than another handful of candy. The rest of the squishy shelf is the plain kind, no wrapper and no surprise, sized for a goodie bag, a classroom treat box or the bowl by the front door on the night itself.

Two dates matter. Order early enough that the box lands before the last week of October, because a package takes a couple of days to leave the warehouse and then a week or two to arrive. Then buy more than you planned, because Halloween party favors for kids go out fast once the neighbors' kids start appearing at the door. Any price break on a squishy shows on the product itself, and Multi-Buy Offers gathers whatever is running that week.

Halloween is the one night of the year a kid is allowed to take things from strangers. Be the house that hands out the thing they still have in December, long after the candy is gone and the costume has been outgrown by two sizes.