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Ecohaus presents “A Green Halloween open Haus”

October 14, 2008

Come down and visit Holli Dunn Photography this weekend at Ecohaus for a fun Green Halloween Event!! There will be activities for all the kids! I’ll be handing out cards for a free 8×10 print from your next session to every ghost, ghoul, or goblin at this event!

Saturday, October 18, from 12 pm – 3 pm

Bring the family down to ecohaus in Seattle for an afternoon of fun activities and get some tips on how to make your Halloween eco-friendly and healthy!
There will be a range of hands on activities for kids, face-painting, and great ideas for a healthy Halloween! “Green” Halloween costumes are encouraged, prizes will be awarded by Green Halloween to the most eco-friendly costumes!

ecohaus Seattle
4121 1^st Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98134

As a parent, it’s difficult sometimes to think outside the box when it comes to halloween treats – all we see when we walk into the grocery store is so much candy. Well recently I was happy to see some affordable choices for halloween at my local target and other stores.

And hey, one kids trash may be another kids treasure! I have tons of long forgotten little treasures of little toys and things received at past birthday parties etc. It may be a good time to dig down to the bottom of the toybox and find some of those items still in good shape and do a little recycling – why not!?

Here are a few ideas (taken from www.greenhalloween.org) to help get you started! Got any spare change? I remember getting pennies or nickles (or a quarter if you were lucky) in my trick or treat bag when I was a kid. I loved that!

Food items (“treats”)

Individually wrapped organic Tea for kids
Organic juice boxes
Organic apple sauce snack packs
Organic fruit leather
Bare Fruit trial size packs
Boxes of organic raisins and, where available, other organic dried fruits.
100% honey sticks DO NOT GIVE HONEY TO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWO
Individual packets of fair trade, organic Amazing Grass Chocolate SuperFood SPONSOR
Raw or roasted nuts (ask parents before giving out nuts due to allergies)
Organic Twisted Fruit
Trial size packs of dried veggie chips, like Terra Chips
Glee Gum “minis” or other individually wrapped small gums
Spooky S’mores Clif Kid’s Organic ZBar FEATURED VENDOR
Snack bars such as LARABAR, Can Do Kid, Think Bars, etc.
Organic granola/breakfast bars by Nature’s Path, Barbara’s Bakery, etc.
Trial/snack sized bags of organic cookies, crackers, or popcorn by Snikiddy or Annie’s
Individual bags of Lesser Evil popcorn and other varieties
Crunchy Munchies (individually wrapped pumpkin seed treats)
Individual “Jr” packs of organic nut butter (be sure to ask parents about possible nut allergies), such as Justin’s Nut Butter or Barney Butter
Organic licorice bars, rope, and gum, (cut into pieces), by Tundra Trading
Organic agave sticks

* Green Halloween is currently working with a number of food companies to create healthy, affordable, bite-sized versions of their snacks. As these products become available, we will post them here. Be sure to sign up for our mailing list to be the first to learn about these new products. If you have suggestions for food products you would like to see on this list, contact that company directly and let them know about Green Halloween. As more parents like you demand that the ‘treats’ we give our children are healthy, the more healthy-food companies will join in the fun.