Happy Hallow-Green!
Did you join us for our Hallow-Green costume swap earlier this month? For those who uncovered a new costume in the swap, please don’t forget to share pictures of your adorable little ones on our Facebook page, we’d love to see them!
A costume swap is a great idea isn’t it? You know us, we hate waste and like to do our green part wherever we can. So with that in mind, on top of the swap, we thought we would pull together some extra tips on creating a more sustainable Halloween experience. Because every little helps!
TRICK OR TREASURE:
With child food allergies to be mindful of, sometimes it’s easier to think treasure instead of candy! Little ones would love to be treated to things like stickers, collectable cards, spinning tops, mini cooker cutters, crystals, seashells, beads, crayons, and even hair barrettes, instead of candy (just avoid the cheap plastic toys).
However if you want to keep it more traditional and go with edibles, you’ve still got lots of healthy, green options – just look for organic, all-natural, dye-free ingredients, that are ideally ethically sourced and packaged.
Perhaps just keep a little bag of non-food goodies aside for those kids with allergies – join the teal colored pumpkin movement and leave one outside your house to let parents and kids with allergies know, you’ve got them covered!
TRICK OR TREAT BAGS:
Forget the plastic tubs in the store, use and decorate household items to collect candy in. A great way to bag some family craft time together! Kids will love decorating and personalizing a bucket, a pillowcase, old bags lying around at home, or even sewing one out of fabric with mom’s help.
SNACK-O-LANTERNS:
Make sure you use the goodies from inside your pumpkins. Toast the seeds – yum! Make pumpkin pies or muffins – double yum! Or simply compost it, along with any other uneaten party food. If you don’t have your own compost pile, you can also look in to local pumpkin recycling.
Have you thought about growing your own organic pumpkins in the yard for next year? Go on, give it a try!
And one more thing…don’t forget to light your pumpkins with beeswax candles, instead of soy or paraffin based waxes.
GETTING THERE:
Plan your trick or treating journey in advance and walk, bike ride, carpool or take the bus in costume to your chosen spots. You’ll be needing a light, so try a solar torch, or remember to load your regular torches with rechargeable batteries rather than disposables. If you do end up using disposables, please remember that dead batteries should be treated as hazardous waste and disposed of properly.
Have fun, be safe and HAPPY HALLOW-GREEN everyone!
