| Halloween is the one time a year when you can walk | | | | sure that the farmers who grow the cocoa beans |
| around in a ridiculous costume throwing around candy. | | | | and sugar canes are paid fair wages and the workers |
| It's the start of the holiday season. It's a great | | | | are in safe and healthy working conditions and not |
| holiday for children as well as adults to participate in | | | | working in sweatshops for ten cents a day. Avoid |
| some fall frolicking together. Let your worries about | | | | eating candy that isn't wrapped that you receive |
| the economy and the stress of everyday life fade | | | | while trick-or-treating; in addition to the germs not |
| for a night of ghoulish delight. Kick off your shoes | | | | everyone has good intentions when handing out |
| and party in style or roam the streets with your | | | | Halloween candy.o Making a Shriek Shack: Nothing |
| favorite trick-or-treaters with these green tips in | | | | says Halloween more than a pumpkin on the front |
| mind.o A Monster Bash: You can't have a Halloween | | | | porch of a house with a scary carved face. Get your |
| party without playing Michael Jackson's Thriller. Skip | | | | pumpkin from a local farmer. Use non-toxic paints to |
| the DJ and download that tune plus many others | | | | decorate your pumpkin; they're safer to use around |
| onto your iPod to blast at your party. Once you have | | | | children and pets. Use solar powered orange, green, |
| the great music it's all about the treats. Make your | | | | and white lights around the house to save energy |
| event homey with some homemade organic cookies | | | | and cash. Want to make some organic shrunken |
| shaped with Halloween themed cookie cutters. Use a | | | | heads? Take an organic apple that has been peeled |
| pumpkin cake pan to make a cake shaped like a | | | | or a mini pumpkin that's already gutted. Carve a |
| pumpkin. You can't go wrong with organic cider | | | | scary face. Take one cup of lemon juice mixed with |
| brewed by local farmers. Eco-friendly Halloween | | | | one tablespoon of salt and place your head in this |
| candy has been under the radar for years and is | | | | solution for 5-7 days to complete your shrunken |
| finally coming to the main market. Organic lollipops | | | | head. Beeswax and soy candles placed in an empty |
| made from real fruit, endangered species chocolate | | | | clean tin can poked with a nail to make holes create |
| bars which proceeds go to helping endangered | | | | a scary ambiance. Old sheets stuffed with |
| animals make you feel good while having a tasty | | | | newspapers or old clothes and tied with a rubber |
| snack. Give your party an extra boost by making it a | | | | band make ghosts; they can be placed in trees or |
| "Give Back" theme. Ask your guests to bring toys or | | | | around doorways.o A Ghoul costume: The idea of |
| money for Toys for Tots or another worthy cause | | | | going as something green is starting to catch on. A |
| in your area. Do you have a group of friends or | | | | mother nature or mother earth costume can easily |
| children who are Halloween ready with no party to | | | | be made with a peasant outfit with a few leaves and |
| go to? You might want to try calling your nearest | | | | flowers attached; make sure your hair is messy and |
| children center, senior citizen or retirement | | | | frizzy and place a twig wreath on your head to |
| community and ask if you can join in on activities.o | | | | complete. Go to your Halloween party as Al Gore; |
| Trick or Treat: It wouldn't be Halloween without | | | | put on a nice dark suit with a white shirt and a dark |
| them. But instead of giving the usual candy and | | | | colored tie. Carry a trophy with a label that says |
| cavities why not try reverse trick-or-treating? Find a | | | | Nobel Prize or a copy of An Inconvenient Truth and |
| charity or cause you like that supports kids. When | | | | you're good to go. If you don't have much money to |
| you're on your trick or treat route tell each house | | | | buy a costume making one out of things you already |
| that you would like them to give a penny, nickel, or | | | | own or going to the thrift store for cheap deals is |
| quarter to donate to this charity. Many will be happy | | | | never out of the question. Create a costume from |
| to oblige. At the end of the night you will walk away | | | | something that's big in the news right now; it will |
| with a warm heart and a bag full of change for a | | | | make your costume one of the memorable ones. Be |
| good cause. It can get dark early and quickly this | | | | balloon boy by tying wire hangers together into the |
| time of year so make sure your little one is carrying | | | | shape of the now infamous UFO and cover with |
| a LED flashlight when they leave the house. If you | | | | aluminum foil not forgetting to leave three holes for |
| are going to be the one handing out the treats you | | | | your head and arms. Octomom or Kate Gosselin can |
| might want some fair trade candy in your bucket of | | | | be done by getting eight or more baby dolls and |
| goodies. By buying fair trade candy you are making | | | | carrying them around. |