Comments on: 13 Tips for a Green Halloween http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/13-tips-for-a-green-halloween/ Got goals? Need a push in the right direction? You've come to the right place! Tue, 22 May 2012 22:32:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/13-tips-for-a-green-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-12267 Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:51:29 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/?p=446#comment-12267 Thanks for this tip for a green halloween -- a costume swap sounds great. Thanks for this tip for a green halloween — a costume swap sounds great.

]]> By: Lynn http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/13-tips-for-a-green-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-12124 Lynn Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:27:09 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/?p=446#comment-12124 This year (2010), check out www.CostumeSwapDay.com for a costume swap near you. There are swaps in 17 states listed as of this moment. Participate in one or create one yourself! This year (2010), check out http://www.CostumeSwapDay.com for a costume swap near you. There are swaps in 17 states listed as of this moment. Participate in one or create one yourself!

]]> By: Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/13-tips-for-a-green-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-6570 Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:17:08 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/?p=446#comment-6570 One of my favorite tips for a green Halloween is a Halloween Costume Exchange Party. I love the idea of sharing previously loved Halloween costumes, instead of letting them get all old and mothball-y in storage! One of my favorite tips for a green Halloween is a Halloween Costume Exchange Party. I love the idea of sharing previously loved Halloween costumes, instead of letting them get all old and mothball-y in storage!

]]> By: Stacey Kannenberg http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/13-tips-for-a-green-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 Stacey Kannenberg Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:55:23 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/?p=446#comment-1030 I did a segment on bringing treats to school that were more about the holiday and less about the sugar. I have all the seasons on the table, but for Halloween, my kids and I made ghosts taking a white hankie and sewing two black dots for eyes and filling it with coins for a head and tying it with a recycled gift bag orange curl. I took a salsa glass jar and glued reused Halloween tissue paper on it and made a pencil holder and filled it with Halloween pencils. I had a group of Halloween erasers in a reused piece of white twill with a tie on it for Halloween. We have painted rocks with the child’s name and words like Happy, Halloween, and Boo. We wrap the rocks in either tissue paper, fabric scraps, old sheets cut into strips or reusable Halloween or clear fabric bags. We have also taken fabric markers on a white hankie to write: Happy Halloween Child’s name and decorate it with stickers and fabric markers. I love these two sites: Green Halloween.org and Celebrate Green.net. I did a segment on bringing treats to school that were more about the holiday and less about the sugar. I have all the seasons on the table, but for Halloween, my kids and I made ghosts taking a white hankie and sewing two black dots for eyes and filling it with coins for a head and tying it with a recycled gift bag orange curl. I took a salsa glass jar and glued reused Halloween tissue paper on it and made a pencil holder and filled it with Halloween pencils. I had a group of Halloween erasers in a reused piece of white twill with a tie on it for Halloween.

We have painted rocks with the child’s name and words like Happy, Halloween, and Boo. We wrap the rocks in either tissue paper, fabric scraps, old sheets cut into strips or reusable Halloween or clear fabric bags. We have also taken fabric markers on a white hankie to write: Happy Halloween Child’s name and decorate it with stickers and fabric markers.

I love these two sites: Green Halloween.org and Celebrate Green.net.

]]> By: Rodney North http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/13-tips-for-a-green-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Rodney North Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:41:45 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/?p=446#comment-978 Another green Halloween activity is to participate in the Reverse Trick-or-Treating campaign. Google Reverse Trick or Treating.org It is a nationwide, grassroots public education and action program designed to tackle the twin problems of forced child labor and extreme poverty amongst the world's 2,000,000 cocoa farmers - the farms that ultimately make possible all that Halloween chocolate we enjoy. The name comes from the fact that as kids go door-to-door to collect candy they also give to each household one information card that introduces the child labor problem, and the Fair Trade chocolate alternative. The card also carries a piece of organic Fair Trade chocolate. In the end neighbors teach neighbors, and children here in the U.S. and Canada help other children around the world. Another green Halloween activity is to participate in the Reverse Trick-or-Treating campaign. Google Reverse Trick or Treating.org

It is a nationwide, grassroots public education and action program designed to tackle the twin problems of forced child labor and extreme poverty amongst the world’s 2,000,000 cocoa farmers – the farms that ultimately make possible all that Halloween chocolate we enjoy.

The name comes from the fact that as kids go door-to-door to collect candy they also give to each household one information card that introduces the child labor problem, and the Fair Trade chocolate alternative. The card also carries a piece of organic Fair Trade chocolate.

In the end neighbors teach neighbors, and children here in the U.S. and Canada help other children around the world.

]]> By: Kate Greene http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/13-tips-for-a-green-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Kate Greene Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:22:10 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/?p=446#comment-780 The website, www.GreenHalloween.org has tons of great ideas for creating a healthy and eco-friendly holiday. It also has a free "kit" you can download to get your neighborhood/ school/ office on board. Also, the founder just co-athored a new book called "Celebrate Green! Creating Eco-Friendly Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family." I think it has a whole chapter on Halloween with ideas that are not on their site... The website, http://www.GreenHalloween.org has tons of great ideas for creating a healthy and eco-friendly holiday.

It also has a free “kit” you can download to get your neighborhood/ school/ office on board.

Also, the founder just co-athored a new book called “Celebrate Green! Creating Eco-Friendly Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family.”

I think it has a whole chapter on Halloween with ideas that are not on their site…

]]> By: Jamie http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/13-tips-for-a-green-halloween/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Jamie Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:22:13 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blog/?p=446#comment-772 Great tips. Considering in the US we spend $2 billion each year on Halloween candy alone, maybe we can cut back our consumption in other areas. Jamie Great tips. Considering in the US we spend $2 billion each year on Halloween candy alone, maybe we can cut back our consumption in other areas.
Jamie

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