Comments on: INHABITOTS GREEN HALLOWEEN CONTEST!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:41:14 +0000

Purchasing costumes from a second hand store is a great way to “be green” and then once done with them, bring them back for someone else to enjoy. Very cute giveaway!

By: Caryn B

Caryn B — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:08:23 +0000

We bought organic treats as an alternative to candy

By: Kari Wilcher

Kari Wilcher — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:13:12 +0000

My children dressed up as their favorite animal, the snail. I used an old brown bed sheet for the shell. I cut it into a long strip, stuffed it with batting, and coiled it and then sewed it to a brown shirt. We made pipe cleaner antennae and attached them to brown skull caps. I emailed pictures to the editor. Enjoy!

By: Magen

Magen — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:08:36 +0000

This year my husband decided to make my son’s halloween costume. My son wanted to be Thomas the train and we thought, wow he can make that out of old boxes and leftover supplies around the house. The costume is made out of 2 boxes, an oatmeal containr for the funnel, and the rest is cut out cardboard from other boxes. If you let me know how to submit a photo, I will and it’s great!

By: SANDY

SANDY — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:04:58 +0000

My going green ideas are easy- if you do not have an old tote bag make a huge candy bag out of an old pillowcase- let the kids decorate it and have fun and sew handles on it or you can cut ahandle out from the side.

We don’t even go to the thrift store anymore- open up closets and create- an old prom dress of mine- yep I mean old turned into a huge success with a little pinning- no sewing or gluing- just pins makes it look like a cinderella skirt .

Need blood or makeup- for a costume- hey mom look at what you have and you probably can make blood out of your blush and lipstick mixed- if you buy healthy makeup then its safe for the kids too.
Take old sheets and make mummy costumes..or old clothes and make a hobo

a funny costume one year one of my girls went as a carol burnette character- you know the the mop pushing- she wore an old dress of mine with an odd apreon, put on a bonnet and carried a mop and wore rubber gloves- easy peasy
the other thing we have done is buy solar lights we use year round but for safety after carving out our pumpkins and saving seeds and guts for pies we put them inside the pumpkin at night- alot safer too- no candles bumping over.

This year I am not handing out candy—oops I am handing out packs of seeds to plant with a tree poster and plant chart and toothbrushes with organic toothbrush- ok ..maybe not the talk of the town but kids loved what I handed out ast year and was not candy – handed out crayons and recycled coloring books wrapped together. and some got mini toys from wendys and mcdonalds..I eat too much candy and figure the kids like toys and treats too. Yep I am cheap in a way but figure its all too much these people spending mucho bucks on a costume for a few hours then may never wear again….I mean look at people talking about expensive wedding dresses- this is just as bad with some people.
Sorry but hubs does not allow me to post pics of the kids and I respect that wish.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:42:56 +0000

Oh my goodness, I have just seen the gallery and the pics are too cute for words – I love the homemade gnome!!! So adventerous and looks so good. – well done tree.

By: katia

katia — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:11:51 +0000

This halloween my daughter, Lucia, 2 1/2 years old will be a snowflake fairy. I bought the dress for $5 at a second-hand kid’s clothing shop (Chloe’s Closet in SF), obviously someone’s flower girl dress from a wedding, which I altered to fit her. The tutu and wings are borrowed from her cousins, and the wand and crown were handmade by me using recycled cardboard, gift-wrapping paper and ribbons that I had around the house. Total cost for costume: $5. Total ‘new’ resources used: 0. Total time spent on hand-making the crown and wand: Way too much. I need to get a life! I think the results are worth it though. Lucia loves her costume!

The photos of my little snowflake fairy have been sent via email.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:37:01 +0000

HI Jill,
I have sent in pics of my son and can’t find the Flickr gallery on the site – or does it go up after the competition? – I want to send the http to my pals!

By: candycane

candycane — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:10:43 +0000

We go to the library about two months before halloween and I find books on easy and cheap costumes. I let my three girls choose which one they want to be and then we start collecting things to recycle for their costume for about a month. They have been doing great with eyeing things to recycle for themselves! Boxes, styrofoam, bubblewrap, tissue paper, and anything to make it look “cooler”.

By: tree

tree — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:17:12 +0000

i submitted pictures already, but wanted to say a little something about the costume.
i created the gnome costume for my son, it was inspired by one we saw in the familyfun magazine.

The toadstool was created using recycled fabrics, and a old broken hula hoop. (plus a little duct tape!) We used some of my son’s old baby clothes for the bottom half of the gnome, and he wore his own shirt for the top half. The belt was borrowed from his father. i made the beard out of dyed wool roving and the hat was recycled from a Harry Potter birthday party last year. We always either make our costumes from things around the house, or get them used from the goodwill (my favorite store!)