With Christmas coming around the corner, we wanted to share some green Top Ten Tips to green your holidays! We are starting this series with the Top Ten Tips to Green Christmas Decorating and in the near future we will have Top Ten Green Gifts for kids, babies, loved ones, and green gifts under $50, under $25 and much more! So check back for more great tips to Green your Christmas!
- Buy LED Christmas lights
, they use less energy, last longer, and are more sustainable than regular Christmas lights.
- Make Edible Christmas Ornaments out of Gingerbread or Chocolate!
- Check out your neighborhood, park, or a local Christmas tree lot for pine cones, holly, Christmas tree branches, or other beautiful natural decorations.
- Visit your local craft store and make your own Christmas Ornaments, Wreaths, and Decorations that you can use year after year.
- Buy Fair Trade and Eco-Friendly Decorations and Ornaments
to decorate your home.
- Buy or rent a living Christmas tree. If this does not work for you, a cut Christmas tree is second best. You can recycle them to be used for mulch.
- A used white (or any color) table cloth is perfect for a Christmas tree skirt, just cut a hole in the middle.
- Do you keep your used cans? Cut up an empty can and put in a candle, and you have a great luminary.
- You can use Christmas decorations from years past, even broken ones, to make new decorations! Put old Christmas balls (remove the tops first) in a bowl and you have a beautiful Christmas centerpiece!
- The most sustainable (and cheapest) way to Green Christmas Decorating is to just reuse Christmas decorations from years past.
We hope you enjoyed these Ten Tips to Green Christmas Decorating! Have any Green Tips to Share? Have you used any of these before? Leave a Comment!
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We saw some LED Christmas lights at Target last night. A hundred lights were $12! The non-LED lights were about $4. I wonder if it’s worth the price? How long would the pay back be from the energy savings?