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How to join the Teal Pumpkin Project this Halloween

October 26, 2016 by Emma 11 Comments

Have you painted your Pumpkin yet?

As well as carving our traditional pumpkin – a smiley face as J doesn’t like the scary ones! – we will also be painting one teal. This is to take part in the brilliant Teal Pumpkin Project which encourages people to offer non-food treats at Halloween, alongside the normal chocolate and sweets. This gives people with food allergies, or any other dietary restriction, a chance to join in all the fun with their friends.

Paint a pumpkin

This year we bought and painted a plastic pumpkin so we can reuse it year after year. You can easily just paint a normal one, make one out of card or print off a teal pumpkin picture.

teal is the colour of food allergy awareness

Teal is the colour of food allergy awareness. It is a tricky colour to pin down and I think ours looks a bit more like plain blue – but you get the idea!

Buy non-food treats

We took a trip to the pound shop and picked up some great Halloween themed treats – cardboard masks, balloons, bubbles and skeleton straws. It only cost £5 for 40 items, plus the purple bag to put them in, so it doesn’t have to be expensive.

Non-food treat ideas for teal pumpkin project

Tell people about it

We first heard about the Teal Pumpkin project in 2014 and the word is slowly spreading but most people who don’t deal with allergies daily still haven’t heard of it. So tell your family, friends and your children’s classmates. Post on social media and encourage others to get involved.

This year we have taken J’s pumpkin and bag of treats to his nursery, along with a poster and some flyers I printed from the FARE wesbite. It’s a fun way to spread the word and make learning about food allergies a positive experience.

Find out more about the teal pumpkin project at FARE - food allergy research and ecuation

Put your pumpkin out

On Halloween, put your teal pumpkin out and offer people your non-food treats alongside the normal haul. Lots of children love getting bubbles or balloons and many parents will be thankful to have a bit less sugar in their tummies! It is a great opportunity to explain what it is all about and raise awareness of food allergies.

Stay safe

If you are going to go trick or treating, stay safe. Most people will just be offering the normal sweets and chocolate so talk to your child about how to manage it. I like this post from Kortney at Allergy Girl Eats about how her parents used to make a game out of sorting Halloween candy. Take some safe treats or use something like the ‘Switch Witch’ to swap out treats.

Join in with the food allergy friendly Teal Pumpkin Project this Halloween

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  1. Meg says

    October 28, 2016 at 7:45 am

    What an interesting way to raise awareness. Plus, teal pumpkins look really cool! #brillblogposts

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  2. joanna says

    October 28, 2016 at 9:33 am

    This is such a good idea, we don’t usually do anything for Halloween but its a good idea for raising awareness when it comes to allergies.

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  3. Sarah Cantwell says

    October 28, 2016 at 9:39 am

    This is such a good idea! It’s so lovely that children with allergies can still have treats too x

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  4. Charlotte Braithwaite says

    October 28, 2016 at 9:50 am

    This is brilliant.
    I still have to buy our pumpkins – leaving it late.
    I so want to join the teal pumpkin project.

    Watch this space
    Charlotte 🙂

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  5. Everything Mummy says

    October 28, 2016 at 9:53 am

    Love it, it looks so good! xx

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  6. The London Mum says

    October 28, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    How cool does your teal pumpkin look! I love the concept behind it.

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  7. Mel says

    October 28, 2016 at 11:05 pm

    I love, love, love this and first heard of this recently through Penny (Penelope’s Pantry). We’ll have a teal pumpkin too this year. We went to Willows farm today to get our pumpkins and we’ll be painting one on Sunday. xxx

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  8. Cass Bailey says

    October 29, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    I’ve never heard of this but it’s a great idea – and your pumpkin looks fab too x x

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  9. Hannah says

    October 30, 2016 at 8:14 pm

    This is great for raising awareness. I love the pumpkin too, so tempting not having to carve a pumpkin every year and also these don’t go off! x

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  10. Kerry Norris says

    October 30, 2016 at 10:46 pm

    This is such a good idea. I’ve never heard of it before. You’re right teal is a tricky colour to find x

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  11. Tanita says

    November 2, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    Aw wow what an amazing way to raise awareness lovely. I love teal pumpkins it looks lovely too. xx

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