What time for Trick or treating when Halloween is on a Saturday?

[eliza61]

My kids are long past the trick or treating age but I'd still like to give out treats for the neighborhood kids. I'm so use to it falling on a school day and the kids coming by after school. What time do little kids go out when Halloween falls on a Saturday?

[Sgt Mickey]

It seems like most places are 6-8

[KEichman]

Originally Posted by eliza61

What time do little kids go out when Halloween falls on a Saturday?

You probably want to check the web site for your municipality or the local newspaper. This will vary greatly. For example, in our township (and most of the surrounding area, our trick-or-treat is still scheduled for tonight (Friday), even though Halloween falls on Saturday this year.

[kldmom2000]

We usually wait until we start getting ToT'ers at our door.... generally just as it gets dark (of course with the new daylight savings time happening AFTER Halloween now, more are starting at dusk)... so around 6pm???

[marius97]

Don't get me started on my rant...too late...What is up with these cities now? When I was a kid (I'm 32 now) little kids went out early so they'd be done by dark older kids left the house just before dark and would be back an hour later. It pretty much self regulated to be about two hours of trick or treating. Now they pick some random day for trick or treating. This year with it being on a saturday, most are doing it then. But last year with it on a Friday...a good day right, wrong...they moved it to saturday so as to not mess with high school football. WHAT??? Don't even try to guess what day to go if halloween is on a wednesday. Plus, now they put time limits on it Most towns near us are doing from 6:00-7:00. WHAT??? My wife has to leave work early to get home in time most years. It won't even be remotely dark at the end of the time frame. Great now I'm all riled up again. DW just rolls her eyes at me every year when I get on my rant about this.

[Manda]

Our area has official trick or treat hours - 3 to 7 pm on Halloween night. My guess is that the kids will start earlier this year since it's a Saturday. They'll be bursting to get out there, I'm sure. Normally, they at least have to wait until everyone gets home from work, school, etc. In my hometown, trick or treating is always two nights. The 30th and the 31st. Crazy!

[Manda]

Originally Posted by marius97

My wife has to leave work early to get home in time most years.

Yes, same here. When Halloween falls on a weekday around here, nearly everyone with kids has to take half days, etc., to get home in time. Most of the people who work in downtown Chicago take trains out to the suburbs and they'd miss the official suburban trick or treating times if they waited to leave at 5pm.

[Disneychix]

I think ours is 6-8 as well. To the PP who has to do 3-7pm, that seems way too long! There's no way I'd be handing out candy for 4 hours in the middle of the day. I've got things to do!
Our city has an 8pm curfew so I think kids have to be off the streets by then anyway. I don't know if they relax this for Halloween.

[MCazer]

I have never in my life heard of a town putting a time or date or dates on Halloween. It is October 31st, it will always be October 31st.

If it falls on a weekday, then the kids usually wait til 4pm to go. If it is a weekend, I bet I will be getting kids at noon.

My kids are 11 and 13, we will go with neighbors probably at 3pm and I will leave a big bowl on my deck with a note to take 2 pieces. I have never come back to an empty bowl.

My daughter will be allowed to go out at dusk for a few hours with her friends, a cell phone and some silly string (no eggs, no shaving cream). She is almost 14, and I know the kids she will be with.

I can't imagine someone or my town telling me when to let them trick or treat. It seem very bizarre. It is not done that way here in NY.

[4forMe]

Originally Posted by Manda

Our area has official trick or treat hours - 3 to 7 pm on Halloween night. My guess is that the kids will start earlier this year since it's a Saturday. They'll be bursting to get out there, I'm sure. Normally, they at least have to wait until everyone gets home from work, school, etc. In my hometown, trick or treating is always two nights. The 30th and the 31st. Crazy!

Ours is also normally 3-7. I just found out for tomorrow it's 2-6 p.m. I wasn't expecting it to start so early. My older son is bummed because he was planning on going with his friends after dinner when it's dark. I don't understand why they changed the time. Oh well.

[marius97]

Originally Posted by MCazer

It is not done that way here in NY.

Not that I'm saying that I don't normally like New Yorkers, but you guys know what you are talking about on this one. You know what, Christmas is a bit inconvenient for me this year. Maybe I'll get the city council to change what day it is.

[Cinderellabride]

I too have not heard of the town setting a time or changing the date. It's not done that way in ct either.

[dumbo_buddy]

Originally Posted by eliza61

My kids are long past the trick or treating age but I'd still like to give out treats for the neighborhood kids. I'm so use to it falling on a school day and the kids coming by after school. What time do little kids go out when Halloween falls on a Saturday?

we are in the bronx and our neighborhood parade is at 12:30. so basically trick or treating will start then and keep going right up into the night. uggghhh

it's going to be awesome trying to get my 4 month old to nap with all the kids running around in the evening. blah!!!

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Originally Posted by marius97

Don't get me started on my rant...too late...What is up with these cities now? When I was a kid (I'm 32 now) little kids went out early so they'd be done by dark older kids left the house just before dark and would be back an hour later. It pretty much self regulated to be about two hours of trick or treating. Now they pick some random day for trick or treating. This year with it being on a saturday, most are doing it then. But last year with it on a Friday...a good day right, wrong...they moved it to saturday so as to not mess with high school football. WHAT??? Don't even try to guess what day to go if halloween is on a wednesday. Plus, now they put time limits on it Most towns near us are doing from 6:00-7:00. WHAT??? My wife has to leave work early to get home in time most years. It won't even be remotely dark at the end of the time frame. Great now I'm all riled up again. DW just rolls her eyes at me every year when I get on my rant about this.

I TOTALLY agree with your rant! Halloween is the 31st, that is when you go. If it falls on a school night so what? you stop by 8-8:30 depending on your kids ages and go to bed. If it falls on the weekend, GREAT! Stay out a little later. I don't know if my town has a set time, nor do I care. If I get a kids here early and I am home, I'll give them candy. If I think enough already, it's too late, I'll turn off my light and that's it. My kids normally go at about 5:30, or right around when the first kids come to my house. Mine like ahnding out candy as mcuh as getting it so they like to go early so they can have fun then come home and see all the cute kids at our door. They always have been like that so I suppose tomorrow will be the same way, the only goo thing is no school the next day!

[crisi]

Here on a weekday we will get the first "little" trick or treaters at dusk - its Minnesota, so dusk is 6:00 - the bigger kids start following about fifteen minutes later. We turn off our lights about 8:30 - by which time its pretty much teenagers anyway. Any kid worth his stuff can make a pretty good haul in two hours.

We don't let our kids bother anyone that doesn't have on porch lights or Halloween decorations.

I also tier my candy - little kids like suckers and not chocolate, so they get suckers. Bigger kids like chocolate, so I go for the favorite little candy bars. Kids old enough to shave get sweet tarts.

When our kids were very little, Halloween fell on a weekend and some of the neighborhood Moms did "toddler trick or treat" - they had a flyer you could stick out on your mailbox if you were participating and it started at 4:00 or something.