If you're looking for an earth-friendly treat that may cause a bit of fright go with ghost lollipops. Toddlers love projects so enlist your lil ones help in wrapping each individually wrapped organic sucker in a sheet of recyclable tissue. Tie it off just under the candy with a piece of string, ribbon, twine or raffia found around the house. Then have your child use a black pen to decorate the Read more

When it comes to carting home candy, children have a lot of options — plastic bags and containers, even noise-making plush handled pumpkins or cardboard carriers. But for moms and dads that want to save money and have their wee ones get more mileage out of their treat sacks, use pillowcases. They hold more trinkets and sweets than the other options and can be slipped under your tot's head to Read more

When day turns to night, don't add to the fright. This Ecoween leave your car at home and trick-or-treat locally. If you are venturing outside of your neighborhood, lessen your family's carbon footprint by going on foot and pushing babies in their strollers or pulling wee ones too tired to walk in wagons. Beyond getting exercise, you'll teach your tots a valuable lesson in respecting Mother Read more

If you're a mom that's not too keen on candy, switch it out with EnviroKidz Organic Crispy Rice Bars on Ecoween. These low-fat, low-sodium 1-oz. bars are made from organic brown rice flower and available in Cheetah Berry, Koala Chocolate and Panda Peanut Butter varieties. A box of six costs $3 and one percent of all EnviroKidz sales are donated annually to endangered species, habitat Read more

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Make Ecoween extra decadent with some delicious fair trade treats. Endangered Species Chocolate offers kid-friendly ethically traded candy. Their organic chocolate bars ($2) feature pictures of endangered animals on their recycled wrappers and list conservation tips. For Halloween, the company that donates 10 percent of their net profits to support species, habitat and humanity has festive fun Read more

Seasonal candies create a lot of wrappers and tummy aches, so switch out traditional treats for those that give back. From healthy alternatives to organic fair trade chocolates, this week lilsugar's all about Eco-treats! Whether your tot is headed to a preschool party or you are passing out goodies for trick-or-treaters, consider Nature's candy — and I don't mean raisins. Dakota Gourmet Read more

Egg cartons are good for more than just safely carting raw eggs home. As you prepare your Halloween costumes, consider including them in your design as ears, noses, and other crafty costume parts. Use one pod and paint it pink with two black slits and attach pink ribbon to tie it around the face for a pig's nose. Paint two of them black and hot glue them on a headband for a pair of cat Read more