Write about someone taking a child trick-or-treating for the very first time.

Posted in Kids on Dec 28, 2020

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“All Hallow's Eve” by Ian Withintent

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I don’t enjoy All Hallows Eve, Halloween. In fact, it always makes me a little bit sad. I cannot help remembering the story of that young boy who disappeared. Surely you have heard of him? It was a few years ago now. Just down this very street. Harvey was his name. It was only his second ever Halloween. The previous year he had gone ‘trick or treating’ with is best friend Elwood, along with Elwood’s family. The pair of them, each only four years old at the time, went as a two headed, three legged troll. Elwood’s mother had sewn the outfit fo...

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“Halloween Fun” by Lisa Onion

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I worked on putting the finishing touches of my Vampire Queen make-up on and looked myself in the mirror. I look amazing in black and red along with the make-up. I smiled, “are my two favorite men ready?!” I shout as I look myself over a bit to make sure nothing is out of place. “I can’t find daddy!” My son shouts. “Alright. I will help you look for him!” I respond back as I make my way out the bedroom, happily satisfied with my appearance. Soon as I turn the corner, “roar!” I scream at the top of my lungs, turn and smack into the...

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“Ronnie” by Sam Goodman

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“Oh Ronnie, don’t you just look adorable!” Mrs. Jenson cooed. She brushed the faux fur away from his face. She had wriggled Ronnie into an orange-brown lion costume. He stared back at her with his wide crystal blue eyes and pouty lips. “Ronnie are you excited to go trick-or-treating?” Mrs. Jenson said in her soft, high-pitched voice she reserved for her precious boy. Ronnie continued staring at her. He reached his pudgy, dimpled hand to tug at the matted fur framing his face. “Don’t do that dear, you will mess it up,” Mrs. Jens...

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“Children of the Candy Corn” by Dana Schellings

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The full moon shone brightly in the dark blue sky, bathing the small town in an eerie white glow. The weather was unseasonably warm, freeing costumes from the burden of winter coats. But best of all, since it was the type of small town where no one locks their doors, parents felt comfortable allowing their little monsters, superheroes and Disney princesses to roam the streets unsupervised. No kid could have asked for a better Halloween, except perhaps one. For Jack, or as he was known tonight, Iron Man, only one thing kept it from being perf...

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“Nothing like the first time” by Jose Gonzalez

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John avery sr was so excited for today like he was going trick or treating instead of his son john avery jr. He looked at his phone to make sure it really was the big day, yep he said to himself October 31st the big day. His son was going to celebrate his first halloween, this was a huge day for his son and he knew it. He wanted it to go just right nothing could mess this up. He understood the importance of a day like this. He wanted his son to enjoy himself and have everything he never had. See john avery sr. Never knew his father and so he...

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“Little Pumpkin ” by Kate Liles

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In 2006, we found ourselves getting ready for trick-or-treat with our first son, Ben. He was finally old enough to walk around, so we wanted to take him out for the first time. The weather was supposed to be amazing, no rain, or wind, or snow. We had never been on the Mamma and Papa side of trick-or-treat, and we were excited, so I (Mama) went to the shop to find a costume. Ben had only been walking for a few months, so I wasn’t sure how long he would even be able to last on trick-or-treat, but I was so excited to go with him....

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“Witchery Falls” by Jackie Harvey

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WITCHERY FALLS Halloween was a pretty big deal in Witchery Falls. It may have had something to do with the name although no one really knew where the name came from - or perhaps more likely that small New England towns, with the whole witchcraft thing that had occurred in the past, felt the need to celebrate with all things spooky. All Hallows Eve was a civic event and it had become something of a tradition for the Mayor to judge the best costume. But not this year. The Mayor had disappeared. His car had been found empty - the driv...

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“Her First Halloween” by Bella Baldocchi

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Dear Diary, 8:00 a.m It’s Gracie’s first Halloween today. I bought her this cute little frog costume, that is big on her, so it looks like she’s swimming in a pool of green fabric. I made a little headband out of green pipe cleaners and wrapped it around her head for an extra accessory. I wish Justin was here. He would be so happy to see our little girl on this special night. I would have never thought that on our babies first Halloween, he wouldn’t be here, I’d be poor, and I would be going to a therapist that tells me to write in a jour...

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“Agent Halloween” by Ana Dadunashvili

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We live in a small country named as Georgia. Yes ,you can read again, and yes “country” is written there. We are somewhere at the very crossroads of Europe and Asia. For those who have never been here I would love to say ,that it is the one very beautiful place of the earth, where you might find lot of nice and interesting people.At least this is what we think about our homeland. We live in suburb area of Tbilisi, Capital city of Georgia. My story began 10 years ago, when I got married, became the mother and got bunch of the new neighb...

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“Baby's First Halloween” by Stephania Deloya

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Wow he did so well on her bee costume and her hair. I'm so proud of him he's such a wonderful husband to me and father to our perfect daughter. She's getting so big, gosh she's even learning to walk already. I'm so happy today is Halloween, it’ll be her first and tomorrow is her birthday. She’ll be one! My husband is a stay at home father. So he takes care of Baby Winona (she's named after me) I work for a company that hires traveling photographers that sell their photos to magazines and ad makers. Most of the day I'm not home because I'm ou...

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“Halloween mission ” by Amilie Tang

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"Really, this is stupid!" the boy exclaimed, annoyance evident on his face."It's just for today. Besides, we're on a mission. Once this ends we'll be back to our normal jobs. " I reasoned."Tsk, you're not the one going through this. You're not being humiliated." He glared. I rolled my eyes. I did not want to put up with his incessant whining again.Both Keiran and I were on a Halloween mission. We were there to collect candy for our supervisor. We clearly saw no reason in doing so but he had promised us a promotion and extra pay if we did so....

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“My Son's First Halloween” by Zomo Bean

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Ah Halloween that magical time of year, streets lined with pumpkins and kids in colorful costumes. It was my first Halloween, actually my son's first Halloween. I had married my high school sweetheart, and a few years later we had a son. My high school sweetheart was the foreign exchange student from Russia. Most Russians tend to be quite conservative and do not celebrate Halloween. However, since our son Alexei was also American and old enough I thought it would be perfect to let him experience the joy and wonders of Halloween. I love Hal...

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Write about someone taking a child trick-or-treating for the very first time.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 87 stories

“All Hallow's Eve” by Ian Withintent

“Halloween Fun” by Lisa Onion

“Ronnie” by Sam Goodman

“Children of the Candy Corn” by Dana Schellings

“Nothing like the first time” by Jose Gonzalez

“Little Pumpkin ” by Kate Liles

“Witchery Falls” by Jackie Harvey

“Her First Halloween” by Bella Baldocchi

“Agent Halloween” by Ana Dadunashvili

“Baby's First Halloween” by Stephania Deloya

“Halloween mission ” by Amilie Tang

“My Son's First Halloween” by Zomo Bean

🌟 Similar prompts

Start your story with two characters deciding to spend the night in a graveyard.

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Write about a group of witches meeting up on Halloween night.

Write about a vampire or werewolf who moves into a quiet suburban neighborhood.

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