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Go Green This Halloween

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Tip # 2 Recycle/reuse costumes. If you sew, take off the buttons, zippers, lace, netting or whatever to use later. Use pumpkins at your wedding as flower baskets. What do you do to recycle/reuse on Halloween? No kids = no money on candy = no candy wrappers in the landfill. Buy one then sell, donate or exchange it.

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How To Re-use Common Items

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We also used the 40 year old burnt orange coffee pot to make coffee that day as well as the 20 year old ice chest and 25 year old rain ponchos from the local amusement park, old plastic forks and spoons, unused condiment packages from fast food restaurant stops and plastic tablecloths used at last years wedding shower.

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