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
Both my children will be Ewoks, per my husbands request. We have little bear outfits that we’ll wrap cloth around their ears and give them sticks to carry. They’ll love the sticks.
Mac on
Well… I had a dream that both my 5 and 2 year olds were going to be postmen/women but that was just a dream! My son wants to be a lightbulb and my daughter a fox! I have yet to figure out the lightbulb costume…
Paisley Mackie on
My daughter wants to be a unicorn for Halloween this year!
Kristina Estes on
I’ve been busy seeing our costumes for this Halloween. My daughter is going to be Bluey and I’m going to be a Haunted Mansion maid. My daughter trick or treats with the same cotton bag that I used through my childhood. Thank you Grandmama for saving it!
Emily Rose on
My son wants to be an astronaut. I’m putting him in a white outfit and am going to sew NASA patches on his sweater. He has a backpack that looks like a space shuttle so he’ll wear that. My kids eat a vegan diet so it’s difficult to go trick or treating but my son loves passing out treats at our home. We would live to add Sarah’s Silks pieces to our small costume collection!
Julie on
Our family of 4 are being characters from the book “Dragons Are the Worst” by Alex Willan. We are using elements that we’ve gotten from Sarah’s Silks that we already love (dragon ears and solid silks) and including other homemade elements! So excited for the final product!
Sarah S on
My little ones are going to be a tulip fairy and a racecar driver! I always hand sew costumes, and am so excited to make a little felt tulip hat🧚🏻♀️
Abby Dickson on
My daughter is going to be a “beautiful witch” and my animal obsessed son is going to be a cow!
Courtney on
Our kids are dressing up as Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and a knight!
Mary Jane Capps on
What a wonderful giveaway! My oldest is going to be the trapeze artist from the greatest showman and my youngest is going to be pippy longstocking. 🤍
Katy Biagini on
My daughter is going to be Minnie Mouse, my husband is going to be Mickey Mouse, my newborn son is going to be Donald Duck, and I’m going to be Daisy Duck.
Adrienne on
As a family, we are dressing up as Lord of the Rings! Our son is going to be Frodo!
April Shroff on