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Suggestions for a Cheaper, Greener, More Eco Friendly Christmas and New Year

Christmas tree homemade tree ornaments for numerous
• Rather than buying a real tree thats ideas or purchase these recycled or
been cut down, transported and then eco-friendly tree ornaments if you cant
thrown away, purchase a large potted be bothered to make them.
plant or small tree that can be used each Gifts
year as your evergreen Christmas tree. • Buy a subscription to an organisation
• You could always purchase an working to make the world a better place
artificial tree that can be reused for such as the RSPB, RSPCA or Oxfam.
many years, these range from 10 pounds to • If you are buying a present that uses
over 100 pounds. Ours actually looks batteries make sure the person you are
real! buying it for has a battery charger and
• If you buy a real tree, pay the buy rechargeable batteries.
Woodland Trust or a different • Buy a homemade present, bird table,
organization to plant one in its place! compost bin. Chocolate cakes often go
Christmas Decorations down very well!
• If you have evergreen shrubs and Gift wrap
trees - to make sure you have an annual • Collect extra photocopies or no
supply of eco-friendly Christmas longer needed papers from work for your
decorations why not do some of your children to draw on the back.
pruning just before Christmas and use the • Use colored pictures from your
choice bits for inside? If you have not childrens colouring books.
got any evergreens but have a garden ask • Use leftover pieces of fabric or
for some of these plants as Christmas wallpaper.
presents. They may take a few years to • Use recycled paper.
grow but then all you will need to do is • Put the gift inside another gift such
harvest in December and be as creative as as a decorative tin, nice wooden box etc.
you like. • Use gift wrap, gift bags and gift
• Make a homemade wreath using branches boxes, ribbon and bows from last
trimmed from your garden or somebody Christmas or previous celebrations. Leave
elses. the tags blank on the gifts you are
• Purchase handmade decor made from giving so that they can be reused.
recycled or eco-friendly materials. If Greeting cards & gift tags
possible by Fair trade as well, as they • Send an e-card.
are a great way to support the • Make a greeting card or tag from
disadvantaged. While some of these crafts scrap paper, fabric or wallpaper.
may not be from recycled materials they • Make cards or tags from pieces of
provide much needed income to needy food box.
individuals. Packing material
• Ivy is good to drape around pictures, • Use saved packing material such as
windows and the base of Christmas trees, foam or bubble wrap.
it will hide the wires of the tree • Crush up newspaper into loose balls.
lights. There is as far as I know no This is cheap, quick and lightweight!
substitute for electric fairy lights but This is our preferred method for box
as they last for years and use very filler.
little power, their impact is relatively After the New Year
low and they do look great. • Find out where you can recycle your
• One of the advantages of using real Christmas tree or Christmas cards,
natural decorations is that after local councils and supermarkets are a
Christmas they do not need to go in the good place to start. They will turn your
bin they can enter your normal garden trees into mulch for use in parks and
waste on the compost heap. public gardens.
Christmas tree ornaments • Use any wrapping paper that is no
• Make homemade ornaments from longer reusable for shelf liners or craft
(painted) pinecones, painted eggshells, projects.
crushed (colored) aluminum foil, paper • Save boxes, gift bags, wrapping,
chains, paper snowflakes, old CDs and filler, ribbons and bows for future gift
more! wrapping or craft projects. Give them
• Decorate a doll as an angel. away to friends, neighbours etc if you
• Do an online search for recycled or have too many to keep.




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