On the fifth Day of Christmas, waste free wrapping.

For Christmas this year we are making holiday gift bags and wrapping paper from cloth.

We have some left over from last year and we are making more. These bags are reusable and fun! You can buy material on sale in the off season and save it up for this. You can also use non holiday themed prints to make everyday gift bags for birthdays and other gift giving occasions.

We also reuse our old cards every few years. We will save our Christmas cards and cut them out and reuse them to make new cards to send to friends and family.

Another green wrapping idea is to use newsprint and stamp or decorate the paper yourself. This way you can personalize the gifts and don't have the plastic and paper waste from the traditional wrapping paper packaging.

When you plan ahead these idea's are really simple and people love to get gifts you have made yourself and can reuse! It's easy being green and not creating waste.

Goo

When you live in a rainy city you have to find new ways to keep your little ones busy.
Today my daughter asked me to make "Goo" so we did.
The recipe is simple; 1 part corn starch, 1 part water, food colouring, mix and have fun!
We used up our old green food colouring for this project, (we don't eat this stuff anymore)
If you want to get experimental try using natural food colouring from pickled beets, turmeric or berries.
This Goo is fun to play with and clean up is easy, my four year old spent the better part of the morning playing happily with the stuff!