How to Get Rid of Leftover Holiday Candy

Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter...all of these holidays are opportunities for your children to accumulate an abundance of sweets that are less than healthy. Here are a few simple ideas to decrease the amount of sugar that your children take in.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. The first idea is to let your children choose a few of their favorite types of candy. You can take the rest to local homeless shelters, hospital nursing stations or teachers at your kids' schools. This is a great way to teach your children to be generous.
2. You can buy the candy from the kids and in exchange for a bag of candy you could give them $5 for them to spend on a non-sugar treat such as a book, toy or coloring book.
3. Again let the kids pick out their favorites and then take the rest to your office and share with co-workers. Your co-workers will appreciate the treat, and it is good to teach your children to share.
4. You can use a lot of the chocolate pieces in baking, and some of the other candy can be kept and used to decorate birthday cakes or cupcakes.