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Boo! To-Do Join the Safer Halloween Movement
Halloween can be safe, economical and eco-friendly fun. Crusader costumes remain popular this year, but with a tutu twist. Avoid long skirts or capes that can trip up children and instead recycle a princess tulle skirt from a thrift shop into a shorter frock. T-shirt tops
with a superhero logo plus a painted cardboard headpiece transforms kids into do-gooders. Homemade natural face paints are another alternative (see
Tinyurl.com/Trick-Treat- Tips).
Treats should also be eco-friendly. Equal Exchange
offers fair trade, organic and kosher low-fat chocolates from crops grown by small farmers in the Dominican Republic and Peru, shipped in a quantity big enough to split the cost with friends (
Shop.EqualExchange.coop/chocolate.html). Nut- free, homemade trail mix, wrapped in eco-friendly tissue paper or a square of cloth tied shut, provides a welcome change from sweets. In 2014, the Food Allergy Research and Education
(FARE) organization launched the Teal Pumpkin Project. Place a downloadable sign in a window to announce that non-food, Earth-friendly treats are offered at the house for kids with allergies or food sensitivities (
Tinyurl.com/Teal- HalloweenPumpkins).
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