What time do children go trick or treating?

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I need to know when to be semi scary.

Hoping kids see us - it's not huge decorations and I think we're the only ones with a pumpkin in our street. Relying on passing trade. May have seriously over bought on sweets if not!

Our area it generally kicks off around 5 and is done 7.30.

When its dark i made the mistake of taking mine too eaerly one year at about five never again maybe six ish?

Usually 5 till 8 round here.
I've been helping myself to sweets all afternoon.

Round here there's a general agreement to keep it to between 6 and 7pm. The pumpkin candle will be blown out after that!!

You need to wait for people to get home from work. I wouldn't go much before 6 if you want to have much success.

Excellent! Thank you all. I'm trying to decide at what point I can decide no one else is coming and ignore the door and sadly force myself to prevent sweets being wasted.

I’m going to be out from 6, would it be acceptable to leave the pot of sweets on the doorstep next to the pumpkins?

Any time between 5 and 8. Sometimes there will be a few a bit earlier or later.

Usually between 5 and 8 here too. It probably peaks between 6 and 7. Most of the callers are little ones looking soooo cute!

Me and dd2 are heading out after tea, about 6pm ish, I think (need to wait for their dad so dd1 isn't in alone). She's decorated our garden and inside today & is currently made, and dressed, up ready to go .

More joke practise needed I think while she waits!

@Runningishard round here the teens would grab handfuls & make off with them if we did that, so I suppose it depends what sort of area you're in.

About 5:30- 8ish is fine.

Is a two sweets limit ok? Thinks like fun sized milky ways, love hearts etc- not single gummy bears!

As soon as it goes dark enough to light the pumpkins generally
Mine will go out at around 6/6:10 once DP gets home, it's generally all done for 7:30ish

One fun sized bar is enough!

And I always my offer my ghostly callers a choice of either sweets or fruit.

Molly do you get many takers for the fruit? I've just had a dinky one take a plastic spider and eyeball from my cauldron

Surprisingly yes! Last year I gave away around 30 chocolate bars and 10 satsumas.

About 5.30-8 here.

Lots of pumpkins here including ours! A few doors down have a beware and skull and crossbones sign. Hope it's for Hallowe'en and they aren't a meth lab or something.

Do many go thevfruit Molly?

Ah cross post

We mostly get little ones with parents but I’ve decided to pass the sweets and pumpkins to my neighbour for her to use. I’ll be in the pub!

6 to 7 here generally. But it's half term this year not a school.night so wondering if it'll be longer. I'm switching off the fairy lights at 7 presuming the haribo haven't run out before then!

6pm til 7pm here, sometimes a little before. Lights out at 7pm sharp as I'll need to get my own DC ready for bed.

We had half term last week so it is a school night , shame really as there are a few organised partoes i know of .