Greener Easter Guide: Tips For An Eco-Friendly Holiday

Easter is a great holiday to spend with the family because there are activities involved -- dying eggs, egg hunts and gift-giving.

As with anything, it's very simple to make your holiday more environmentally friendly! Here are some quick Greener Easter tips!

1. GREENER EASTER BASKETS

Just use the basket from last year -- which you saved, right? -- and fill it with cut-up newspaper and magazine clippings. It's not like that cheap plastic stuff really approximates grass, anyway! Plus, it'll be easier to clean up.

If you don't have a basket from last year, you can invest in a new one that will last. One I've seen recommended is from Longaberger. But you can also use tote bags, gift boxes and other containers that you have sitting around.

2. GREENER GOODIES

Fill the baskets with local, organic chocolates and low-impact, usable gifts that encourage green living and thinking -- like bike accessories, or solar-powered toys.

3. BETTER EASTER EGGS

Dye eggs that you'll actually eat -- cage-free, organic and all the rest -- and do it with natural dyes. EHow has a nice list of ways to make natural egg dyes and this helpful tip: If it will stain your kid's clothing, it will probably work for eggs.

4. GREENER EASTER NEXT YEAR

Put your Easter baskets in storage for next year -- and watch stoop sales and flea markets for anything you really wish you had but don't want to buy new -- like those plastic eggs, for example.

Happy Easter!

Comments

[Treehuggindirtworshiper]

Our rector has an egg hunt for the children every year. After the hunt the children open their eggs, empty them and put the plastic egg into a big bin for use in next years hunt!

[Toconnor]

Great post! Have referenced your article on www.seasonalwisdom.com.

Happy Easter!

[MalMNN]

and turn off the TV too-
http://www.gatheringhome.com/2009/04/tv-turnoff-week-april-20-26-activities-.html

[janeinmia]

I like to buy baskets that are sturdy and will then be used to store toys, diapers, or whatever.

Don't buy plastic grass, but perhaps some paper grass would look nicer than cut up magazines.

Yummy organic jelly beans!!

Less stuff but high quality durable toys that will last at least a lifetime -- this year my grandkids are getting hand-made gnomes, in hand-made fair-trade baskets.

[JnrNorman]

I prefer to get some small quail and pidgeon eggs to keep it natural.
dip em in some beet juice an your done.