You know what comes with a week’s worth of Halloween parties, right? Candy. Way too darn much candy. So instead of doing goody bags for my daughter and her preschool classmates, I’m snagging some of these awesome paper shadow puppets from Orange Moon Toys.

This set of five paper Halloween themed puppets comes complete with wooden puppet sticks and how-to instructions for creating your own shadow theater. If you’ve got older ghouls, I’m betting they’ll love the scary Undead or Monster Mash set.

Either way, we think they’re a fantastic way to stimulate creativity and imagination without the m-n-m’s high. -Kristen