16 Green Halloween Tips
October 14, 2008 by Noel
Filed under Green Living
Okay, it’s just a few more days before the halloween activities begin. I bet you and your family are already excited with the planning and preparations for halloween parties, trick or treat costumes and what not.
I’ve searched the web and compile a list of things and ideas to make this a “green” Halloween.
So here it is, the 16 Green Halloween Tips
1. Email party invites instead of using paper or cardboard greeting cards. (save the trees)
2. Make use of all pumpkin parts.
(I remember seeing pumpkin soup sometime before in the food channel. )
3. Use reusable plates, cups, utensils.
4. Rent a costume instead of buying
5. Use reusable bags for trick or treat
6. Make your own costume.
Check out these last minute costumes for kids
7. Give ecofriendly organic treats (ie organic candies, or things that have little or no packaging)
8. Roast pumpkin seeds.
9. Make a Tissue ghost
10. Stuff an old jeans and shirt with plastic bags and turn it into a scarecrow.
11. Replace lightbulbs with low wattage red bulbs
12. Turn your yard into a cemetery. Use cardboard box and black paint.
From allfreecrafts
14. Egg carton bat
16. Recycled CD jack-o-lantern
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Thanks for the tips.
Great ideas!
Wow my mom was a trendsetter back then huh?! She was doing all this before it was cool to be ‘green’
Green is the new orange for Halloween! Thank you for sharing the green ideas and also for the Recycled lightbulb witch, I would have never thought of that and we just had a lightbulb go out that as soon as I saw it I fished it out of the trash. I wonder if you put enough Modge Podge on it, it would help it to be strong? Well I will be finding out tomorrow…THANK YOU! Will be a great project with my son.
Happy Hallowgreen!
I am making roasted pumpkin seeds AND pumpkin ravioli this year inspired by y’all. Thanx.
Great tips, thanks!
Great tips! Thanks!
thanks for the tips
What great tips. My kids LOVE halloween, and what kid doesn’t? Both of my children have October birthdays and I always have to make some spooky halloween cupcakes for them to take to school. It’s always so much fun!
Here is another tip… buy your costumes at garage sales its the ultimate recycling!
Good information… thanks!
Mmmm, roasted pumpkin seeds! I love those! My taste buds jumped when I read that. Thanks for the chance to win.
thanks for the tips. we always make our costumes as they’re more original anyway
I use the pumpkin to make pumpkin pie.
how cute is Frankie?!
We use old pillow cases for our trick-or-treat bags.
Thanks for the great tips. I made each of our grandchildren cute fabric totes for their trick or treating.
I like your fun tips for Halloween.
Count me in
roasted pumpkin seeds my my soul happy
I never would have thought of a green Halloween – thank you for the contest
great tips!! Thanks!!!
Great tips. I always try to make something myself.
Very cool ideas! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your tips.
Awesome ideas!!!!!!!!!!!1
Fall thru early part of New Year is the favorite time around my house. Pumpkin seeds are tasty and easy to make. Keep the salt down here.
Thanks, these sound great!
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I still have soo much to do before Halloween.
These are such great tips. Thank you for being part of Blogtoberfest! I love surprises!
I’ve been doing nearly all those every year and had no clue I was being “green”. LOL!
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Neat list – I bet we can use most of them for other occasions as well.
I would like to taste pumpkin soup BEFORE I make it. LOL! We did make pumpkin ice cream last month and that was YUMMY! Only thing I would do differently next time is to cook the spices into the custard base before we chill it. We added the spices AFTER the cooking and they had a little too much TEXTURE for the kids.
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thanks for the tips , have a safe Halloween
Wonderful ideas! The tin can Frankenstein is adorable! Thanks
I had pumpkin soup in a restaurant…it was sooo delicious. It’s a lot like butternut squash soup. Creamy and delicious!
I love all of the Halloween tips. You don’t really need to spend much money to have a great Halloween.
I am going to have to make some of the decorations!
Great tips
Great ideas
Great tips – and Happy Halloween!
Thanks for the great tips! I love roasted pumpkin seeds.
Some good ideas for Halloween. Thanks for having the contest!
thanks for all the tips, they’re great!
Awesome tips! Thanks for sharing them with us!