萬聖節玩出新花樣 與衆不同的狂歡夜

You don’t have to spend a lot of money or over-indulge in too much candy to make your family’s Halloween a frightfully good time. Here are some ways to scare some fresh new.
你不需要花很多錢或者過分沉迷於糖果中讓家人的萬聖節成爲不快的時光。這裏有一些去嚇別人的新方法。

Halloween is rapidly becoming the fastest-growing and most widely-loved holidays of the year. According to the National Retail Federation , in 2012 the average person spent $79.82 on decorations, costumes and candy, up from $72.31 the previous year, with total Halloween spending expected to have reached $8 billion.萬聖節快速變成了一個高速發展和最受大家廣泛喜愛的一個節日。根據美國零售聯盟在2012年的調查，每個人平均花費79.82美元，用在裝飾、服裝和糖果上，從上一年的72.31美元上漲了，所有萬聖節花費的預計已經達到了80億美元。

Those figures are staggering , but you don’t have to spend a lot of money or over indulge in too much candy to make your family’s Halloween a frightfully good time. Here are some ways to scare some fresh new ideas into this year’s Halloween festivities.
這些數字很驚人，但是你不需要花費那麼多的錢或者過多的購買糖果，也可以讓家人過上一個驚悚的歡樂萬聖節。這裏有一些方法可以用到今年的萬聖節中，去嚇別人。

Tip #1: Create “Trick or Treat” Stations in Your Neighborhood
小貼士1:開創鄰里間“不給糖果就搗亂”的小站

Instead of traipsing your kids all over the neighborhood on a cold, dark night gather a group of families together to offer creative alternatives to the regular “trick or treating” that you’ve always done. Each “station” can offer something different - one house can be a Halloween craft station, another can offer cider and donuts, the next can have a piñata, and the next a mini treasure hunt in the lies can still offer “goodies” to each child that comes to the stations, but this will streamline the entire trick-or-treat process and could turn into a new neighborhood tradition.
與其帶着你的孩子在寒風中穿梭於鄰里間，還不如在晚上邀請幾個家庭一起提供不同的選擇來取代以往穿街走巷的“不給糖果就搗亂”。每家能提供一些不同的玩意—一家可以是萬聖節手工藝站，另一家可以提供蘋果汁和油炸圈餅，下面一家可以是蛋糕，再下面一家可以是在深夜中的小的尋寶點。各家各戶仍然可以提供“美味的甜食”給小孩子吸引他們來站點，相當於將整個“糖果還是搗亂”的過程流水線化，還可以成爲鄰里間的新傳統。Tip #2: Hand out Alternative Treats
小貼士2:分發其他的款待物品

Sure, getting candy is loads of fun on Halloweeen, but you can shake it up by offering the following treats as well:
當然，在萬聖節上得到糖果是極大的樂趣，但是你可以提供以下的款待方式：

Plastic animals or insects
塑料動物或昆蟲

Kids’ temporary tattoos
兒童臨時紋身

Variety of stickers
各種各樣的張貼物

Colored pencils/crayons
彩色鉛筆/蠟筆

Glow jewelry
發光的珠寶

Halloween-themed socks or shoelaces
萬聖節爲主題的襪子或鞋帶

Halloween party cups
萬聖節派對杯

Miniature pumpkins
小南瓜

Bags of orange and black Legos
橘子袋和黑積木

Small Frisbee /balls
小飛盤/球

Tip #3: Host a Scary Movie Night on Halloween
小貼士3：萬聖節舉辦驚悚電影展

If you’re not really into trick-or-treating, or your kids are too old for it but still want to celebrate this fun holiday, host a scary movie night where everyone comes dressed in a creepy costume. Let them whip up snacks like bloody pizza (pizza with sauce and no cheese) or several other disgustingly delicious recipes and stay home for some ghoulish good fun.
如果你不太鍾情於不給糖果就搗亂，或者你的孩子們年紀大了不玩這個，但是又想慶祝這個好玩的節日，就讓大家穿上可怕的萬聖節服裝出席驚悚電影之夜。讓他們吃可口的零食像血染的披薩（披薩有醬汁沒有奶酪）或者一些其它的噁心的美味，呆在家裏也可以有食屍鬼似的樂趣。Tip #4: The Candy Aftermath
小貼士4 ：糖果風波

When your trick-or-treaters come home with sacks full of candy, don't panic (or dive into the bags yourself!). Instead, here are some fun ways to make that candy work for you:
當不給糖就搗亂的大軍來到家裏洗劫糖果時，不要驚慌（或者乖乖地一味的派發糖！）。取而代之的是，這裏有一些有趣的方法讓糖果爲你發揮最大作用：

Do math! Sort by color, size, shape, favorite, least favorite, etc. Think of as many ways to sort as possible.
做點數學功課！按顏色，大小，形狀，愛好，最不喜歡的等等來分類。儘可能的想更多的方法來分類。

Decide how often your children get a piece—after dinner, when the room is cleaned up, after school, or another time. That way kids aren’t constantly asking when they can have some.
決定多久後你的孩子能得到一樣糖果—當然是正餐後，當房間都整理乾淨，放學後或其它時間。用這種方法，孩子們就不會不停的要糖果吃。

Buy it back. After a few days (you decide how many), it’s time for the kids to “sell” their stash to you for a toy or, for older ones, a privilege. This way the candy doesn’t hang around forever tempting everyone. Besides, it gets stale !
買回派發的糖果。過了幾天之後（你決定多久之後），孩子們是時候把他們囤的糖果“賣”給你，用來換玩具或者對於大點的孩子來說，用儲藏的糖果來換些“特權”。糖果這種方式不能對每個人來說都具有誘惑力。而且，光發糖也沒新意。

If you plan to pass out candy, buy the kind you don’t like. That way you won’t be tempted to eat it. Buy only a few days before Halloween so it doesn’t get eaten ahead of time.
如果你計劃分發糖果，買你不喜歡的種類。這樣你不會受誘惑去吃它。在萬聖節到來的前幾天買，因此就不會提前把它吃掉了。

Freeze it to use for gingerbread houses or for baking cookies during the holidays.
把糖果冷凍起來，用來做薑糖麪包屋或者曲奇來慶祝假日。

Happy Halloween!
萬聖節快樂！