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Green Halloween is Coming Soon

Jennifer — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:21:31 +0000

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:

ECO-HALLOWEEN CRAFTS!:

THIS YEAR:

There’s still time to enter the ChicoBag & Green Halloween’s 2nd Annual Trick-Or-Treat Bag Design Contest and get signed up for Fair Trade Reverse Trick-or-Treating.

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Amazing Green Halloween Contests & More Fun

Jennifer — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:06:21 +0000

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 enter to win one of these cool eco-friendly Halloween prizes.

More green Halloween treats:

Other contests: for crafty folks, there’s the DIY Halloween Contest with so many cool prizes you won’t believe your eyes and the easier to enter Halloween Contest at Deb’s Going Green.

And for reading (and learning fun):

AND don’t forget to hunt around the Lifestyles Channel for that little Blogtoberfest icon, there’s still a mass of prizes available.

Have fun!

[image via Inhabitots]

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Oodles of Free Recycled Halloween Craft Ideas

Jennifer — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:00:21 +0000

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:

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 going on at Tree Hugging Family in October 2008

[image via All Free Crafts]

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Start Planning A Green Halloween

Jennifer — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:00:55 +0000

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 Treats for Halloween

Take action:

Green Your Halloween Early

Fair Trade Halloween: Reverse Trick or Treat!

Have A Spooky Green Halloween

Random Halloween fun:

Hug This Tree: The Pumpkin Tree

Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes and everything else going on at Tree Hugging Family in October 2008

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