Parents Come Up With A “Candy Slide” For Safe Trick-Or-Treating This Halloween
The coronavirus pandemic has ruined a lot of things this year: sports, concerts, vacations, school, the list goes on. But a couple from Austin, Texas, may have just saved Halloween from it.
With October creeping around the corner, DIY YouTubers Wicked Makers released an amusing and informative how-to video, teaching how to make a genius candy slide that allows people to stay six feet away from any trick-or-treaters while still filling their baskets.
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A couple from Austin, Texas, may have just saved Halloween
Wicked Makers Jamie and Jay describe themselves as YouTubers who create high-quality, free DIY videos about all kinds of fun and interesting things, including woodworking, decor, tech, and electronics, as well as gaming projects, and all sorts of other awesome stuff. “We do this because our favorite thing and we want to share it with the world,” they wrote on their website.
DIY YouTubers Wicked Makers made a genius candy slide
Jay has worked in the video game, media, and animation industries for over 15 years and leads the product development team at Faceware, an animation and motion capture company based out of Los Angeles, California. Jaimie, on the other hand, has a strong background in marketing, engineering, and special effects fabrication. She spent 8 years working at DreamWorks Animation, several years at Rooster Teeth in Austin, and is currently a full-time mom, and Wicked Maker.
Which allows people to stay six feet away from any trick-or-treaters
While still filling their baskets
Jaimie and Jay have said that Halloween is their favorite holiday, and it really shows. During the past couple of years, they have shared several great DIY ideas for the spooky holiday. They’ve made videos ranging from how to make graveyards for your front yard, to a life-size mummy.
They released an amusing and informative how-to video about the whole process
Watch it below
Image credits: Wicked Makers
Here’s what people have been saying about the project
What about the fact that the people giving out the candy while being distanced are still touching the packets and then kids are touching those packets
Exactly. Not to mention how many kids are going to want to touch the display and tube.
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It's certainly preferable to launching candy at kids with a sling shot (kidding). If I didn't live in bear country, I'd leave the candy on a table outside in individual baggies, put in a few pieces per bag with a note letting people know it was handled while wearing gloves. But seeing as there was a bear outside my window just last week, this wouldn't be a good idea.
If you can go to the supermarket you can go trick or treating. Seriously. Don't be stupid. But it is a cool candy slide. I'd be willing to do something similar
If picking up groceries at the store and bringing them home and unpacking them is safe, it does seem like passing out candy would be safe too, if the people are all wearing masks and gloves, and doing it outside. I mean like being out on the driveway or yard in the front, or something. If we can eat together outdoors, we should be able to trick or treat outdoor right?
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What about the fact that the people giving out the candy while being distanced are still touching the packets and then kids are touching those packets
Exactly. Not to mention how many kids are going to want to touch the display and tube.
Load More Replies... It's certainly preferable to launching candy at kids with a sling shot (kidding). If I didn't live in bear country, I'd leave the candy on a table outside in individual baggies, put in a few pieces per bag with a note letting people know it was handled while wearing gloves. But seeing as there was a bear outside my window just last week, this wouldn't be a good idea.
If you can go to the supermarket you can go trick or treating. Seriously. Don't be stupid. But it is a cool candy slide. I'd be willing to do something similar
If picking up groceries at the store and bringing them home and unpacking them is safe, it does seem like passing out candy would be safe too, if the people are all wearing masks and gloves, and doing it outside. I mean like being out on the driveway or yard in the front, or something. If we can eat together outdoors, we should be able to trick or treat outdoor right?
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