We decorated our house this weekend in the spirit of Halloween/Fall. After adding about a bagillion pumpkins, planted some gorgeous mums, and added some hay bales (which will cover our garden after fall) I thought it might be nice to share with you my top ten ways to green your Halloween. I asked some of my friends to share what they do to make their Halloween more green too!
Top 10 Ways to Green Your Halloween
*Claire from The Mom Claire suggests “Hay stacks are cute for decoration and can be used as a beautiful addition to your garden after Halloween is over!”
*Mom Most Traveled says to “Green Your Halloween by using a costume that can go in the kid’s dress-up box. Or that came from there.”
*Wendy Hagen also suggests you “borrow a Halloween costume or buy 1 at thrift store. or pray that your kid wants to be something you already have.”
*Kim from CraftyMamaof4 says of costumes:” my daughter uses one of her dance costumes as her Halloween costume that year. Sometimes we take them apart and we put them back together as something different.”
* Ilina Das Ewen also suggests: “We’re having a costume swap with a bunch of kids so we can reuse old costumes…saves money and reduces the waste of tossing out stuff that doesn’t fit anymore.”
*Create your own costumes. KG is going to be Strawberry Shortcake this year and we are making her outfit from clothes we already have in her wardrobe. All we added was a little paint to an already stained white tee.
*Use a Cloth or canvas shopping bags, or pillow case, to collect candy in. Saves on plastic bags.
*Give treats the little treaters can use again, mini-decks of cards, erasers, small boxes of crayons (on sale right now @ Walmart).
*If attending or throwing a Halloween bash, try to use locally grown/produced foods and products made locally. Try the local farmers market for great decorations and tasty treats!
*Hosting a party? Send evites rather than paper cards/flyers, also try using recyclable paper products or even better use reusable products (plates, napkins, silverware).
Ok, I’ve two more tips for greening your Hallowing..because I couldn’t leave these out:
*Use all the pumpkin parts. Roast pumpkin seeds, use the pulp in pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, or yummy pumpkin rolls.
*At the end of the holiday, store your Halloween decorations in a tub in your attic or garage so you can reuse them each year. (Great money saver too!)
Now, go drink some apple cider and take time to enjoy nature this Halloween.
I’d love to know what you do to make your Halloween more green, so please share with me!
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Bobbi Janay September 28th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
I love the vanilla coconut.