Ways to Greatly Confuse your Trick-or-Treaters

1.  Give away something other than candy

2.  Wait behind the door until some people come. When they get near the door, jump out, wearing a costume, holding a bag and yell "trick or treat". Look at them, scratch your head and act confused

3.  Fill a briefcase with marbles and crackers. Write on it TOP SECRET in big letters. When trick-or-treaters come look around suspiciously say "it's about time you got here" give them the briefcase, and quickly shut the door

4.  Get about 30 people to wait in your living room. When trick-or-treaters come to the door invite them in and yell "Surprise". Act like it's a surprise party

5.  Get everyone who comes tot the door to come in and figure out what's wrong with your dishwasher. Insist that it makes an unnatural "whirring" sound

6.  After you give them candy, hand trick-or-treaters a bill

7.  Open the door dressed as a giant fish. Immediately collapse, and don't move or say anything until the trick-or-treaters go away

8.  When you answer the door, hold up one candy bar, throw it out into he street and yell "crawl for it"

9.  When you answer the door, look at the trick-or-treaters, act shocked and scared, and start screaming your head off. Slam the door and run around the house, screaming until they go away

10. Insist that the trick-or-treaters each do ten push ups before you give them any candy

11. Hand out menus to the trick-or-treaters and let them order their candy. Keep asking if anyone wants to see the wine list

12. Get a catapult. Sit on your porch and catapult pumpkins at anyone who comes within 50 yards of your house

13. When people come to your door, jump out a nearby window, crashing through the glass, run as far away from your house as you can

14. Answer the door dressed as a pilgrim. Stare at the trick-or-treaters for a moment, pretend to be confused, and start flipping through your calendar

15. Instead of candy, give away colored eggs. If anyone protests, explain that the eggs are the only thing you have left over from Easter

16. Answer the door dressed as a dentist. Angrily give the trick-or-treaters a two hour lecture on tooth decay

17. Answer the door with a mouth full of M&M's and several half-eaten candy bars in your hands. Act surprised and close the door. Open it again in a few seconds and insist that you don't have any candy left

18. Hand out cigarettes and bottles of aspirin

19. Put a crown on a pumpkin and put the pumpkin on a thrown on your porch. Insist that all trick-or-treaters bow before the pumpkin

20. Dress up like a bunny rabbit. Yell and curse from the moment that you open the door, angrily throw the candy at the trick-or-treaters. Slam the door when you're finished

21. Dress up as Lord Voldemort and insist that the trick-or-treaters be killed. Point a stick at them and shout, "AVADA KEDAVRA! AVADA KEDAVRA! DIIIE YOU STUPID MUGGLES!"