Green Your Easter

Posted on Thu Mar 20 2008

By: Gloria Campos in Daily Green Tips

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Easter Clothing. It’s hard to imagine Easter without children running around in pastel colored clothing, but buying clothing for this occasion can be easy, eco-friendly and inexpensive if you know where to look. Try resale shops. Beautiful little dress and boys suits can be found at resale shops. Another option is to ask family and friends for their children’s outgrown Spring clothing.

Easter Baskets: A) Use last years Easter basket. B) Ask for Easter baskets on freecycle C) Buy Easter baskets at resale shops. D) If you are a crafty person, make your own Easter basket out of recycled material, canvas bags, newspaper, magazines, etc…. For an example of a homemade basket visit the FunRoom.

When you are no longer in need of your Easter baskets put them up in storage to use again next year, donate them back to the resale shop or give them to another family for the coming years.

Easter Basket Grass. For grass use shredded paper instead of the green plastic grass. Look for green pictures in magazines or use scrap pieces of green construction paper and shred it. There is also the option of using real grass from your lawn. Just make sure not to cut and place the clippings in the basket until Easter day so that the grass looks fresh and green. At Care2.com there are instructions for growing your own patch of Easter grass.

Eggs. Avoid using plastic eggs, but if you must use plastic eggs grab the ones from last year and use them again or fill the baskets with organic eggs from your local farm. In addition you can add fake paper mache eggs. For paper mache instructions go to Ehow.

If you choose to go with plastic eggs fill them with organic chocolates, money, stickers on recycled paper, or other environmentally friendly toys. Avoid filling them with plastic toys. These easily get lost and thrown away, even when they don’t break.

Colored Eggs. You don’t need to buy a package of artificial color dye. Instead use natural colors from everyday foods to dye the eggs. The Green Building Elements and Instructables have several natural egg dye recipes to practice with.

Animals. Yes, bunny and chicks are cute and cuddly, but that doesn’t mean they should be kept as pets. If you need something cute and cuddly for the kids opt for environmentally friendly (recycled material, organic cotton, hemp) stuffed bunny and chicks.

Misc. You can also stuff the baskets with recycled coloring books, recycled pencils, soy colors, egg shaped chalk, flower seeds, etc. instead of just filling the baskets up with candy.

Note: it helps to feed your kid before going Easter hunting so they are less tempted to stuff themselves with candy. Also treat them with organic dried fruits so that they still get to eat the sweets they are craving.

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