Safety Tips for a Fun Halloween

Source: the Village of La Grange Park

Halloween is an exciting time of year for children and adults. To help plan for a safe holiday, here are some tips.

Parents:

• Accompany your children on the Halloween route
• Send older children out with friends, a watch, and a flashlight. Agree upon where they will be going and when they will return

Children:

• Use make-up, instead of a mask, for better visibility
• Wear light-colored clothing or costumes
• Make a map of your trick or treat route for you and your parents
• Carry a a flashlight or light stick
• Stay in your own neighborhood
• Always keep a safe distance between you and moving cars
• Be respectful of other people and their property
• Stop only at well-lighted houses
• Have a parent check the treats before you eat them
• Start early, end early
• Use sidewalks or walk facing traffic
• Stop, look, and listen at corners
• Walk, do not run
• Do not go between parked cars, crisscross back and forth across streets or into traffic
• Do not go inside a stranger’s house, no matter what anyone says
• Do not carry sharp instruments. Never carry a lighted torch or candle.