7 DIY Halloween candy delivery systems for socially distant trick-or-treating

It's a weird time.

The coronavirus pandemic rages on and it could care less about our favorite holidays.

So, yeah, Halloween will be a bit more complicated this year.

We've already outlined ways you can attempt to celebrate Halloween safely, but what about trick-or-treating?

Traditional, door-to-door trick-or-treating is probably a bad idea. It's high risk. But if you feel like you must take kids trick-or-treating, you should at least make sure everyone is masked up and distanced.

"I think if people really want to go and have that traditional experience, just make sure to wear a mask, stay in your group or your bubble, and not come within six feet of other people," Dr. Mariea Snell, assistant director of the Online Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Maryville University, told Mashable. "If you're ringing a doorbell to trick-or-treat, you should take six steps back after you've done that so you're not too close to someone in their home."

But what if...you got a little more creative than a six-foot drop-off? Folks all over the country have come up with interesting candy-delivery systems. We collected a seven of our favorite ideas.

1. A zip line

This one delivers candy as well as adult beverages for the chaperone.

2. A themed candy chute

I mean come on: look at this space ship. Amazing.

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You could make any number of shoots made to look like something else. This is by far the preferred method for people, it seems. We collected a few of our favorites.

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3. A candy drone

OK, this is extreme but also not impossible! Candy drone! Get wild, it's 2020.

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4. Candy slingshot

Please, God, don't actually do this but also...I don't know...might be cool.

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5. Make a candy cannon, which is apparently a thing?

This is not totally practical but if you can pull it off, it would technically work. Kids would never forget it.

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6. A candy RC car

I haven't seen this idea floated online recently, but it's clearly possible to deliver candy with a remote-controlled car. Look at this viral video from last year.

7. Leave goodie bags

This is the most simple, albeit not quite as fun, idea. If you individually wrap goodie bags of candy, families can come and grab one per kid. Not wildly creative but definitely safer than close-up, in-person trick-or-treating.