Neighbors are preparing candy chutes, robots, and cannons to safely interact with trick-or-treaters this Halloween

• Halloween will look different in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some neighbors are getting creative with how they will distribute candy to trick-or-treaters.
• One Cincinnati dad made a "candy chute" so he can hand out candy without contact, the Washington Post reported. An Austin man built a "candy-delivering robot," KVUE reported.
• The CDC warns against traditional trick-or-treating as a high-risk activity for coronavirus spread.
  The agency even labels grab-and-go bags with wrapped up candy as moderately risky.

A month away from Halloween, neighbors are getting creative with how they'll pass out candy to trick-or-treaters.

Halloween celebrations will look different this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. So some Americans are thinking of alternative solutions to give out candy without contact.

One Cincinnati dad of a six-year-old created a "candy chute," The Washington Post reported. He told the Post he plans to wear a mask and gloves while putting candy through the chute from the top of his doorsteps so it will slide down to trick-or-treaters.

A man in Austin created a robot that he plans to use for candy delivery, KVUE reported. He also told the ABC affiliate he created a cannon that can blast candy to trick-or-treaters.

The CDC warned that "many traditional Halloween activities can be high-risk for spreading viruses," and noted there are "safer, alternative ways to participate." The agency said people who are infected or have been exposed to someone who has been infected with the coronavirus should not trick-or-treat, or pass out candy to trick-or-treaters.

"One-way trick-or-treating where individually wrapped goodie bags are lined up for families to grab and go while continuing to social distance" is considered to be moderately risky, as opposed to traditional door to door tirck-or-treating, which the CDC labels as higher risk.

Trick-or-treating house to house, one-way or not, is listed as moderate to higher risk, but the CDC notes that "having a scavenger hunt-style trick-or-treat search with your household members in or around your home" is considered lower risk.

One NYC epidemiologist previously told Business Insider that she plans to host a candy egg hunt at her household for her kids.

The CDC lists decorating your home or carving pumpkins outside at a safe distance from neighbors or friends as safe alternatives with lower risk.

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