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Need Valentine’s Day Ideas?

Jennifer — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:25:32 +0000

My b5media peeps have offered up a heaping helping of cool Valentine’s Day posts. I’ll round up the green goods we’ve seen here as well. If you’re not prepared yet this list should give you some inspiration.

HAVE A GREEN DAY O’ HEARTS:

VALENTINE’S DAY CRAFTS & FUN PROJECTS:

YUMMY VALENTINE’S DAY GOODIES:

PLANNING THE DAY:

RANDOM VALENTINE’S DAY FUN:

Don’t forget, I’ve got two giveaways going on here at Tree Hugging Family:

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Crafty Green Valentine’s Day Projects

Jennifer — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:06:22 +0000

Making your own treats, cards, and gifts for Valentine’s Day is not only greener but a lot sweeter too. Even people who are picky about homemade gifts tend to melt a little when they get a nice handmade item on Valentine’s Day. Here are some cool ideas for you and the kiddos… OH and remember, even if it doesn’t say so, you can use organic ingredients in any treats and recycled paper or other recycled items for crafts.

Crafty Valentine’s Day Card & Paper Projects:

The project above is HUGE and will take some time, but it’s so cool – Homemade Plantable Paper! I’ve made paper before, but never thought about making plantable paper. I think it would be loads of fun and double the recycling bonuses. Via Thrifty Fun.

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Cardboard Tube Cupid- cute and uses those darn toilet paper tubes up.

Butterfly Card

Valentine Mailbox

Treats & Sweets:

Sweet Little Homemade Recycled & Natural Gifts:

Homemade Bath Bonbons – coconut oil and your choice of essential oil scent
Chocolate Bath Salts – yum
Jeweled Votive Candleholder – make sure you put a soy, not wax candle in this holder
AND a list I can’t top: DIY + Green Valentine’s Gifts from A – Z – amazing list of handmade eco-friendly gifts.

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Homemade Eco Gifts You Can Make for the Holidays!

Jennifer — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:57:39 +0000

Green gifts can cost a little more; but not if you make them yourself. I’m going to give you some ideas for homemade eco gifts that won’t cost too much to make and that people will actually adore. Some are from Tree Hugging Family’s past, and others are new.

If I see any more over the next couple of weeks, I’ll post those too.

Great little homemade green gifts for party hosts:

Pennyroyal, Cinnamon, & Lavender Air Freshener

Flower & Spice Table Toppers via Family Corner

Organic homemade beauty gifts:

Following are some of the organic beauty recipes I’ve posted here over time. These make great low-cost homemade eco gifts. If you’re going to give one of these as a gift, make sure you spice it up. Put the product in a nice vintage looking jar or bottle and be sure to label it. You can make a wonderful custom label on your computer, or for say grandma, have your kids make the label with crayons and markers.

Lemon Bath Cookies

Organic Facial & Body Cream

Organic Cleansing Creams

Homemade Sugar Body Scrub

Homemade eco crafty gifts:

Solar Art Project – if you can find some sunshine, a solar print makes a great gift when matted. Image via Sunprint Gallery.

Make some homemade paper, then bind it into a journal with a beautiful cover. To learn how to make a homemade journal watch one of the following videos – Junk Journal (a pop and his daughter make a journal out of recycled trash!) or Basic DIY Book Binding Demonstration.

Make everyone a homemade reusable shopping bag out of old clothes or fabric you already have on hand.

Yummy green homemade gifts:

Cookie and Brownie Mix In a Jar – replace conventional items with organic.

Cornmeal Rosemary Biscotti or Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti

Get Out Those Canning Jars – by the timely Linette who must have known I was going to post about this.

Great homemade eco stocking stuffers:

Homemade Organic Paint Soap for Kids

Homemade Recycled Stickers

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Recycled and molded crayons: Grab those broken crayons and learn how to mold them into cool shapes (use holiday molds).

Bonus homemade joke gift for bad co-workers, mother-in-laws, or your lame ex: Homemade Anti-Tree Hugging Beauty: Bacon Soap!

Stay tuned because soon we’ll also be looking at some more homemade gifts (hopefully) plus eco-friendly wrapping ideas. In the meantime, Eco Street had a great post last year -7 groovy handmade recycled gifts to make and give, that has plenty of cool ideas, even for pets.

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