Halloween Candy Wheel Redux

Last year for Halloween we put out a spin wheel and kids had to spin the wheel to see what they would win (candy wise). Throughout last year's blog we recorded a few things that could have been better:Needed better outdoor lightingSpins were taking too long (20-30 seconds)The wheel needed to be anchored betterWe ran out of candySo naturally this year we bought a lot more candy including candy that probably had to be classified a larger size than king size candy. We were brainstorming the selection going from box -> mega -> king -> regular in terms of size of the candy selection. A boxed candy for example was like what you might buy at a movie theater and full of individual items. We only had about 12 of those box candies so it was going to be a rare roll on the spin wheel.The wheel spinning too long was a bit difficult to change, so we resulted in just taping the flapper with layers of tape. The only tape we quickly had available that was wide enough was blue painters tape. As we…