One of the most infamous holidays is just around the corner!  Halloween is full of traditions from costumes to candy, but very few of these childhood memories are often very green.  Here are 5 fun ideas to help green your Halloween this year!

1)      Take a trip to greenhalloween.org this year to prepare yourself and your family for a fantastic night of dress-up and community.  GreenHalloween offers fun tips for parents about costume planning, party hosting, green treats, and much more; it also has several resources covering a vast array of topics and issues to cover all of your Holliday needs.

2)      Decorate with reusable options instead of the usual streamers etc.  When you focus on decorations with longevity it saves you money and cuts down on resources.  Make sure to unplug fun lanterns and lights at the end of the night.  You could always be creative and recycle things artistically that would otherwise be waste.

3)      Common household candles used for jack-o-lanterns  use paraffin wax, which produces damaging chemicals while the candle burns.  This year, make the switch to natural soy candles; they’ll be less harmful on your lungs and better for Mother Earth.  You could double up your green efforts and buy your organic pumpkins from a local farmers market!

4)      Don’t be like the other folks around!  Halloween is a huge corporate holiday – any trip to Wal-Mart will clearly identify how much money can be made by the same mass-produced plastic costumes.  Be creative, save money, and stand out by designing your own costume – you’ll be surprised what kind of recycled gems are at your local thrift store.  Most store-bought costumes are made out of plastics and vinyl’s that can’t be recycled, and let’s be honest most people don’t really wear the same thing next year despite their good intentions.

5)      Trick-or-Treating is a great opportunity to be greener than you’ve been before.  Making your children their own unique carryall for their adventures saves on plastics and can be reused – they don’t take much space to store and can be fashioned from old pillowcases for those on a budget.  On the other end of things you can promote better life choices by not providing countless calories and teeth rotting candy to the families that come to your door – there are plenty of organic and environmentally friendly treats you can distribute (many in individual packages already)!

Have a fun, green, and safe Halloween this year!  Make sure to check out Organic Bug for some of your Halloween needs from sweet treats for your loved ones to jewelry for your great costume!

Ghosts, goblins, vampires OH MY! It’s that time of year again to invest in Halloween supplies. However, this year there are many ways to make it eeeko-fashionable by making Halloween code green for the environment.

Get creative and try DIY costumes. You will be surprised at how many ideas can spring from things lying around the house whether it be objects for props or items of clothes that can be transformed. We suggest you rummage through thrift stores to get the biggest bang for your buck or ask a friend to swap costumes from last year. If you want to take it to the next level, host a Halloween costume exchange with all your friends.

If you are hosting parties try to avoid disposables- cups, napkins, plates, tablecloths.

Recycle your broken LED string lights by contacting LED.com (you’ll even receive 15% discount coupon, woot!).

Choose 100% beeswax or soy candles because candled made of paraffin wax emit over 11 toxins when lit!

Buy your pumpkin from a farmers market.

Don’t waste your pumpkin skin when you are done carving your jack-o-lantens. Turn the mush into a fabulous pumpkin soup. After using as much as the pumpkin as possible, we recommend that you compost carved pumpkins and any other leftover Halloween candy.

Hopefully these tips help you host a green Halloween for you and your friends and family to enjoy. Don’t forget to Tweet about your Halloween eeeko friendly ideas so others can enjoy a green Halloween J