Halloween, or more appropriately for tree hugging families, “green” Halloween is coming soon, so it’s time to get planning. Before we kick off this season, let’s take a look back at some previous green Halloween tips you can use.

TIPS:

Buy Nothing New Halloween was an idea last year, but it still holds up as an excellent plan for this year.
Green Halloween Costume Ideas
Non-toxic face paints for Halloween
Should you buy an organic pumpkin for Halloween?
Green Your Halloween Party

TREATS:

Organic Halloween Smoothie
Fair Trade Treats for Halloween

ECO-HALLOWEEN CRAFTS!:

Oodles of Free Recycled Halloween Craft Ideas
Recycled Autumn Kid Crafts
DIY Refrigerator Magnets
Nature Themed Autumn Craft

THIS YEAR:
There’s still time …read more

I love Green Halloween and I also love ChicoBags, so I’m happy to announce that they’ve partnered up again this year for the 2nd Annual Trick-Or-Treat Bag Design Contest. The first annual contest was a big success last year and I’m hoping that many of you will come out for this year’s event.

What’s this contest about?:
ChicoBags, maker of yes, all things reusable bags, and Green Halloween, a non-profit, grassroots movement that was created by Celebrate Green author Corey Colwell-Lipson, in order to promote sustainable Halloween traditions teamed up to bring this contest to kids.
Children ages 1-13 are encouraged to enter …read more

It’s going to be a super busy green autumn here at Tree Hugging Family. So you don’t feel lost here’s what’s coming up this September.

Tomorrow we’ll be finding out which three readers will be winning a copy of the DVD DisneyNature: Earth. If you haven’t entered yet skip over quick-like and do so because you’ve got until midnight tonight.
In the next couple of days I’ll also be kicking off an awesome giveaway event sponsored by one of my fave eco-art shops, INK + WIT – the prize is totally green and fab (you will LOVE it) so don’t miss it.
Other …read more

Do you know how hard it is to find a picture of a “green” pumpkin? Well, since you asked, I’ll tell you – it’s freakishly hard. Orange will have to do…

I hope you and your family have a wonderfully spooky (and eco-friendly) Halloween. In case you’re in the mood for some light Halloween reading, here’s a round-up of Tree Hugging Family’s 2008 Halloween tips:

Planning A Green Halloween
Should you buy an organic pumpkin for Halloween?
Green Your Halloween Party
Oodles of Free Recycled Halloween Craft Ideas
Non-toxic face paints for Halloween
My Little Green Ghost & Green Halloween Costume Ideas
Buy Nothing New Halloween
Organic Etsy Halloween …read more

Hey tree huggers. Have you missed me? My laptop died, (sniffle) hence me being absent for days. I can see that Peggy has been entertaining you though, so it’s all good, right?
However, since I’ve been MIA, I thought I’d post some treats right away to make up for it.
First up, at Inhabitots, there’s a stupendous Green Halloween contest happening. It’s so easy to enter – simply leave a comment with one brilliant green Halloween idea. See what you can win:

 I already know that Tree Hugging Family readers are chock full of great green ideas, so head over to Inhabitots, and …read more

I love Etsy; all those unique items,, and many of them eco-friendly. Right now Halloween is in full swing at Etsy, so I figured we’d better take a look. Here are some cool Halloween treats I found for the kiddos…
How flipping adorable is this Organic Cotton Knit Pumpkin Hat? If you have a babe, there’s no way to resist.

I’m obsessed with these…

So here’s the conversation I had with my son Cedar yesterday:
Me: What were you thinking of being for Halloween?
Cedar: I don’t think I’m going trick-or-treating this year.
Me: Why not?
Cedar: Because I want to be a ghost.
Me: Um, you can be a ghost.
Cedar: Yeah, but we’d have to cut holes in a sheet!
Me: That’s fine. It’s no big.
Cedar: Mama! Why would you cut holes in a sheet? That is a BIG WASTE of resources!
Then he looks at me as if I’ve gone insane. Yeah… I’m the weird one. This just goes to show you that one, our kids are turning our …read more

All Free Crafts has cool craft ideas all the time, but I didn’t know about their Halloween Crafts. Many are recycled, super cute and spooky, and look like loads of fun.
For example:
Egg Carton Bat…

Plus other Halloween crafts like:

Recycled Lightbulb Witch
Recycled Frankenstein Can
Recycled Pumpkin CD
Egg Carton Pumpkins

Visit to see all the fun recycled crafts. Also, don’t forget, even if a Halloween craft is not noted as being recycled or earth friendly, you can always take an idea, run with it, and see how you can make it more green.
Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes and everything else …read more

Happy October tree huggers! The two big events this month include the onset of autumn (yay) and Halloween. We’ll have some fresh green Halloween posts up this season of course, but first, to kick off the season, we’ll take a look back at some previous tree hugging worthy Halloween posts. This way you can get a head start on greening your Halloween activities.

Decor: 
Recycled Autumn Kid Crafts
DIY Refrigerator Magnets – (ok, not from here exactly, but fun, recycled art from our own Peggy – get ready to save those candy boxes!)
Nature Themed Autumn Craft
Treats: 
Yellow Label Kids -Halloween toys
Fair Trade …read more