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Crowd control
Posted On: 01/09/2008 15:45:00

I have been throwing this delima around for a couple years now.  How do I keep TOT's from mobbing my poor mother passing out candy.


My yard haunt is not one you can walk through.  The front yard has a lawn area in front of the house and porch, then the driveway, then off to the side is a small lawn area that I also decorate.  My mom usually sits at the corner of the porch by the garage to hand out the candy.  With our numbers growing to hopfully over 400-500 this year, I can't think of a good way to keep the kids from bunching up.  We get large groups of kids coming up together and it is hard to keep track of the ones who try and double dip.  I have thought about putting up some lines that they have to go through one coming up to the candy and the other leaving.  The only thing is that people like to stand and look at everything I have in the yard and then things bunch up and I have mobbing again.


My latest idea is to have my garage open and block off most of it but have it so people can mingle and look on the driveway but to get the candy they have to enter in a single line into the front of the garage then back out to the driveway. 


What do you think?  I am open to any help anyone can give me.  PLEASE!!!!



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01/10/2008 20:49:18
After seeing a pic of your house I might add a vortex tunnel, or something similar, on the left side of your driveway (left side while facing house). Then put the candy at the end of the tunnel and then upon exit they can go right and veiw your yard as they move down the right side of driveway.


01/10/2008 20:36:16

My idea would be to put some kind of laser tracking into the candy and that way if they try to get candy a second time a laser on your porch would home in on them and disintegrate them. With modern tyechnology I am sure you could find everything you need at your local Radio Shack. Should be fairly inexpensive. LOL. Tamshiding says her weapon of choice would be a cattle prod to keep them moving. But seriously, without actually seeing your layout it would be hard to say. Maybe you could pass out the candy from the neigbors house. You could put up a sign that your haunt is an attraction and candy is being passed out next door, that is of course if you are friendly with your neighbors.


PS I was only kidding about laser and the prod.



01/10/2008 19:26:00

You could dress up as a witch or a mad dr. or whatever and set up a small stand at the end of the driveway with a few minutes of prepared dialogue you could entertain and delay the kids and then send a few at a time up to your mom so she isn't constantly swarmed...


 I wish I had this problem... I live out in the middle of nowhere and I am lucky if I get 20-25 trick or treaters.




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