Green Halloween
"You were once a yellow pumpkin
sitting on a sturdy vine,
Now you are a Jack-o'-lantern,
let your little light shine."
Here at Sarah's Silks we love celebrating festivals! Halloween is a fun one that can be spent doing activities all month that are out in nature and nurturing for young children.
Wonderful ideas for a green, earth-friendly Halloween include pumpkin patch visits, followed by pumpkin carving and baking and eating pumpkin treats. Long walks gathering fall leaves and acorns. Baking bread, making candles, sitting by the fire, and of course, dressing up!
Playsilks are one of the best, most creative tools for making your own costume. We've seen children use them to become ghosts, witches, genies, flying machines, almost anything you can imagine can be created (with a bit of added magic) with a special colored Playsilk.
Adding Face Paint makes even more characters possible - think tiger stripes on cheeks paired with a tiger Playsilk.
Trick-or-treat baskets are another great earth-friendly way to stay away from plastics. Baskets are beautiful and will be used over and over in many ways.
xoxo,
Sarah
My almost 2-year-old loves the O’Reilly’s Autoparts jingle, so I think we are going to diy his costume to be an O’Reilly’s technician! Oh-oh-oh-O-Reillyyyyyyy’s – Auto Parts!
Emily on
My daughters are dressing up as a princess and an “evil queen” this year. :)
Samantha Downs Pérez on
I will use my deer silk and be mama and baby fawn with my newborn this year.
Kristen on
4-year-old Frankie: I’m gonna be a rainbow FAIRY BUTTERFLY! 🧚🏻
Mom: This year we’ll be using our adorable wrist silks, play silk wings, matching skirt and face paint!
Frankie on
My LO just wants the be a kitty again so we will likely reuse the ears and tail I fashioned from a headband, felt, and a feather boa last year. They love having a nose and whiskers drawn on their face. Easy peasy and oh, so cute!
Laura on
It is my daughter’s first Halloween! I thrifted half a flower costume for her and will be searching for some second hand tights and a long sleeve to go under the main costume. I’ll be dressing up as a bubble bee:)
Samantha on
My oldest wants to be a bat, my second a Jedi, and my baby girl a princess.
Brooke Fowl on
My kids are going to dress up as fairy and Peter Pan.
Ruth on
The grands are going to be butterflies, a mushroom & a ninja! All using the playsilks! 💖💐💖
Joanie Mimi Wiebe on
My five year old daughter is going to be a fairy princess and my two year old son is going to be a pilot! :)
Holly Hays on
A bunny, a bear, and a wizard.
Grace on
The inexplicable popularity of the “bat, bat, come under my hat” nursery rhyme means we have a little black bat for Halloween.
Claire on