Simple Reuse: Tea Tag Confetti

If you’re throwing a party for a tea lover, like Marye over at Kettle & Cup, then tea tags are the perfect confetti. If you don’t think your guest of honor would enjoy a tea theme, glue on some glitter or small buttons — make it personal to the person you’re honoring. Just don’t glue on anything with sharp edges, ouch.

Tea tag disclaimer to ease me of guilt: Yip, buying individually wrapped tea with paper tags isn’t so eco-conscious, but if you find yourself with a stack of it, like from a gift or because you’re addicted to Twinnings Irish Breakfast tea, then reusing tea tags is a good thing. Of course, if you don’t reuse your tea tags, you can recycle them. And there are also several varieties of bagged teas that come tagless. Plus, the popular loose tea option, but you probably know about that!

So, would you throw tea tags at someone? How long would it take you to collect enough tags?

(April 26 is last day to enter the EcoHanger contest for some cool recycled clothes hangers.)

Image via Peggy Rowland.