How are you greening your Halloween?
October 12, 2008 by Peggy
Since we’ve been posting on greening your Halloween all month, you must be thinking about it already, right?
Please take our poll in the sidebar. If you don’t see an answer you like, add your own. We’ll take the poll down and discuss on Halloween.
Have you missed any Halloween-related posts? Here they are, just in case:
My Little Green Ghost & Green Halloween Costume Ideas
Non-toxic face paints for Halloween
Oodles of Free Recycled Halloween Craft Ideas
Should you buy an organic pumpkin for Halloween?
Fair Trade Halloween: Reverse Trick or Treat!
Start Planning A Green Halloween
Fair Trade Treats for Halloween
Image via stock.xchng.
If I could avoid Halloween, I would because of the commercialism. When did Halloween become the Halloween season vs. one day?
Anyway, my kids are so into it. They love the jack-o-lanterns and decorations that start popping up in our neighborhood as soon as October is close enough that people can smell it. Year round, my kids discuss their next Halloween costume (We need a dress-up box!). I imagine a lot of wee ones do the same.
So here’s what we’re doing this year:
-Yummy Earth lollipops
-fair trade reverse trick-or-treat
-eat pumpkins and compost (but that’s not necessarily Halloween– it’s the fall harvest!)
-temporarily transform the boys’ new sweatsuits into costumes by adding little details, trying to use only stuff we already have
-not buying any Halloween gear, like decorations or trick-or-treat bags
My jackolanterns are all grown in my own garden (cut out pieces used to make puree for cooking. Done close enough so they can be eaten after) All of my costumes are recycled from pasted years or found material. Love to hear how others green their lives.