Since we spend the early parts of Halloween night taking the kids out around our neighborhood, I have never wanted to be the house that didn’t leave anything behind. I love the idea of being able to contribute to the fun in the neighborhood while we enjoy taking our kids out too! Setting up a Trick or Treat station seemed like the perfect idea for not being home on Halloween! The Trick or Treat Station was super easy to put together and just took a couple hours, most of the time was spent bagging all that candy!

I was a little worried about someone dumping all the candy in their bags at one time, but I decide to have a little faith in the people around and see how it went. We were home for a bit of the time and I did hear parents making sure their children only took one, so that was good to know. I love how successful this was and I am definitely going to be doing this when we can’t be home for the night.

It’s super easy to  make your own little trick or treating station, so let me give you the low down so you can be ready for next year!

Trick or Treat Station:

What you need:

1. Some cute porch decor. Think pumpkins, scarecrows, burlap, mums, and anything else that screams fall.
2. A bucket, bin, basket, or something to hold your candy.
3. A chalkboard to leave a message or you can use this printable here that inspired my idea.
4. Some little treat bags for your candy. You can find Halloween ones in all the Halloween madness at the store, or favor bags in the party section work too.
5. Lots & lots of candy!

First, lay out your treat bags and candy to get ready to stuff. I laid my candy out in four different piles so I would just grab from each pile. I had a huge bag of Wonka candy mix with over 250 pieces, Dum Dums, Bubble Gum, and a chocolate assortment. (Isn’t my little helper adorable?).

I ended up having enough candy to put four pieces from the Wonka Candy pile and one from every other pile, so there were about 7-8 pieces of candy in each bag!

Once you stuff your bag, put the little twist tie on it. I tried to put them where I could still see the cute design on the bag.

Once you’ve done that, you’re ready to put your little porch display together. I played around with the layout for a little bit and when I got it just write I added in the candy and decor. How cute is our little pumpkin family?

I’ll definitely be setting up a little porch display every year, but next year I’ll have to double my candy bags. I ran out in an hour! There are way more kids in our new neighborhood than I thought!

What did you do for Halloween? Did you dress up? What did your kids dress up as?