20Sep
| Pros of Trick-or-Treat | Pros of Trunk-or- Treat |
| It is the traditional way | Parents can be more involved |
| You get to see the decorations on the houses | You can see everyone who is there |
| You can stay home and treat yourself | You get a lot of candy with little effort |
| There are unlimited houses | It is usually over by 8:30 or 9:00 |
| Cons of Trick-or-Treat | Cons of Trunk-or-Treat |
| You have to walk a lot for candy | You are limited to the cars that choose to participate |
| It can be sketchy | You may have a really small turn out |
I Halloween is full of fun! I love pumpkins, bright costumes, and candy. Nothing can go wrong with that combination. I want my kids to love Halloween just as much! With this thought what, are the pros and cons of trunk-or-treat vs. trick-or-treat?
Pros of Trick-or-Treat
- Trick-or-treat is the old-fashioned way. If you watch any Halloween movie, they will never be trunk-or-treating. The traditional way; is door to door.
- Trick-or-treat you, get to see all of the decorations on the houses. I loved walking from house to house, looking at the different pumpkins and ghosts.
- As a parent, you can stay home and watch a movie while you have trick-or-treaters come to your home. It is nice because you can put a bowl of candy on the doorstep, so you don't have to do anything.
- Trick-or-treat has unlimited homes you can hit. Sometimes my friends and I would be out trick-or-treating from 4:30-10 pm. We would come home with bags of candy!
Pros of Trunk-or-Treat
- Trunk-or-treat parents are more involved. As a parent, I love decorating our trunk and getting the kids excited! Again I love Halloween so being a part of it is a lot of fun!
- Trunk-or-treat you, know or can see everyone that is there. If you know everyone and can keep an eye on your kids, it is a big bonus.
- Trunk-or-treat kids can get a lot of candy with little effort. If you want to make it twice around the trunks, you might walk 1/8 of a mile.
- It is a lot of fun to decorate your trunk for the trunk-or-treat. We love matching our kid's costumes with our trunk.
- Most of the time, trunk-or-treat is over by 8:30 or 9. It is a big pro because you still have time to go home and do something with your family after.
Cons of Trick-or-Treat
- Trick-or-treat you, have to walk for hours to get a ton of candy. Sometimes it felt so worth it! Sometimes I wanted to cry as my feet hurt so much from walking so far. Either way, you do earn each piece of candy!
- Trick-or-treat you, most likely won't know anyone that lives outside your block area. When I was a teenager, I went to 4 houses of people I knew out of the 400 houses we would try and hit. Probably not the best life choice!
- Creepers seem to be more prevalent on Halloween, and you are less likely to run into them unless you knock on their door. A day someone can dress up and disguise themselves to be anything. Don't forget the creepy masks!
Cons of Trunk-or-Treat
- Trunk-or-treat limits you! Think of the millions of pounds of candy you could have had.
- It could have a really small turn out! You just picked the Trunk-or-Treat with three cars!
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Written By: Sarah
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