Over the years, I've come up with some pretty creative costumes for my kids. We made their costumes from all kinds of stuff we had around the house or scrounged around to find at local thrift shops; it never dawned on me back then that they were "eco-friendly". It's not too late to get in on some great fun and win prizes showing off your kids' eco-friendly costume creations this year.
"This Halloween Inhabitots wants to pick your collective brains. They want to hear your brilliant eco ideas - everything from witty home-made toddler and kids costumes to special recipes for organic pumpkin cookies. Inhabitots will be giving away a bunch of fabulous prizes": 1, 2 and 3 runners up prizes! The deadline is October 31st. The winner will be announce November 3rd. Winners will be posted on their website's Flickr gallery.
Cynthia I. says:
We keep a costume trunk full of hand me downs, and I upcycle my kids' costumes from that. We also have an informal "costume exchange" with the neighbors, where we can reuse costumes over and over again!
Ken O. says:
That's great... I've been to my share of clothing swaps as well -- for everyday living -- but the problem now is I have too many clothes. Time for another clothing swap! =)