A friend of mine has a daughter with severe allergies, down to 28 foods! Until you are around or have allergies yourself you don not realize how food centered all our holidays are, one in particular is Halloween. Imagine being a little kid and not being able to have any of the fun items you went trick or treating for because eating them could kill you?!?! Easy alternative is to offer kids with allergies a toy instead!! But how to they know you offer non candy items? Place a teal pumpkin or a sign saying you offer non candy treats and done!! Check the variety of different ways you can show off your Allergy Awareness for Halloween.
1) DIY Teal Felt Rustic Pumpkin
Using some teal felt, a pieces of wood, and some glue to you can make a super easy teal pumpkin to place at your front door. Check out how easy it is to make this in the video below.
2) Painted Dollar Tree Glam Teal Pumpkin
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Using some teal felt, a pieces of wood, and some glue to you can make a super easy teal pumpkin to place at your front door. Check out how easy it is to make this in the video below.
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2) Painted Dollar Tree Glam Teal Pumpkin
I used the dollar store pumpkin as the base which is made from foam and super light. The paint took to it like a charm!! I gave the pumpkin 2 coats of paint letting it dry between each coat, then painted the stem black. I could not just paint a pumpkin and leave it, so I added some black shading in the grooves and then spiced up the top with some black and tan raffia and some gold glittered balls.
3) Teal Pumpkin Card
Maybe you do not live in an area where you pass out candy or you do not have any kids that come by your house, but you still support the idea of an allergy friendly Halloween, then make a card. Maybe it is just for you, or maybe you have a friend that you know has an allergy that you can give it to. Get you crafty on and support the Teal Pumpkin Project!
Maybe you do not live in an area where you pass out candy or you do not have any kids that come by your house, but you still support the idea of an allergy friendly Halloween, then make a card. Maybe it is just for you, or maybe you have a friend that you know has an allergy that you can give it to. Get you crafty on and support the Teal Pumpkin Project!
4) Teal Pumpkin Plastic Bucket
I also thought not only use the teal pumpkin at your house to give away non candy/food items but carry one around with you if you have the food allergy!! So I took a plastic McDonald's Halloween bucket and painted teal, use a jack-o-lantern Cricut cutout on with black cardstock, add some back trim to the top, and then use Mod Podge in a mat finish to seal it all in.
I also thought not only use the teal pumpkin at your house to give away non candy/food items but carry one around with you if you have the food allergy!! So I took a plastic McDonald's Halloween bucket and painted teal, use a jack-o-lantern Cricut cutout on with black cardstock, add some back trim to the top, and then use Mod Podge in a mat finish to seal it all in.
I painted both the inside and out, and the paint did an amazing job of covering up the Scooby-Doo and the gang! You can also use the as your house pumpkin and actually put the non food items you are giving away
5) Teal Pumpkin Project Sign
Another alternative to painting a pumpkin for your house is to put up a sign. There are many signs you can find, there are a couple examples below. I used a printable I found from www.foodallergy.org and used CCB papers starting with printing it on kraft cardstock, matting it on white cardstock, adding a black horizontal border, and then misting white cardstock with TA Mist in Dragonfly for the background. I then slid the sign into the Deflecto 9 x12 Plastic Wall Art Display Frame to keep it from getting damaged. My sign will sit outside by the front door on Halloween for those kids who need an alternative to candy for Halloween!!
Here are some other signs that you can print and put up for our food allergy kids!!
So how can you support the kids and parents with food allergies? Pass out a few non food items in a separate treat bowl, such as:
- glow sticks
- plastic rings
- pencils
- stickers
- tattoos
- pennies
- stamps
Supplies Used
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 Shareasale Shop at: O |
 Paint Brushes Shop at: SB |
 Tailwind Shop at: O |
 Xyron Tape Runner Refil Shop at: AZ |
 Fiskars Scissors Shop at: AZ | LFL (UK) |
 Mod Podge Shop at: SB |
 Xyron tape runner Shop at: AZ |
 Dollar Tree Shop at: DT |
 Tattered Angels DIY & Decor Paint Shop at: AZ | O |
 Umbrella Inks Shop at: SB |
 Stamp Block Shop at: SB |
 Jute trim Shop at: AZ |
 Kunin Felt Classic Shop at: AZ | O |
 Kunin Felt Premiun Shop at: O |
 Tattered Angles Simply Sheer Shop at: AZ | O |
 Prima Chalk Ink Shop at: SB | AZ |
 CCB 12x12 Cardstock Shop at: AZ | O |
 Kraft Cardstock Shop at: SB |
 CCB Rope Shop at: AZ |
 CCB Kraft Notecards Shop at: AZ |
 Heat Tool Shop at: SB |
 Supertite Glue Shop at: O |
 Supertite All Purpose Univseral Glue Shop at: O |
 Piercer Shop at: AZ |
 Expo Tulle Shop at: SB |
 Cricut Explore Air 2 Shop at: AZ |
 Cricut Tools Shop at: AZ |
 Ranger Distress Ink Shop at: SB |
 Bamboo Skewers Shop at: AZ |
 Dollar Tree Pumpkin Shop at: DT |
 Deflecto Clear Sign Shop at: AZ |
