My Big Boy is now 3.5 and this is the first year he seems really into Halloween – planning for it, creating a costume (he wants to be a pirate), decorating our house and yard, etc. ( I just don’t know what will happen with trick or treating, as he may not be so ready to abstain from sugary treats and as content to just walk around looking at the houses this year!)

Last week, he was very excited when a small pumpkin came in our organic fresh food box, so last night I tried a new recipe for a spicy pumpkin/coconut/chicken stew for dinner. He ate it all up with gusto, then this morning at breakfast he even told me how much he loved his dinner last night, which is ususual! I think it must have been the pumpking factor.

But all of this interest in and talk about Halloween has got me thinking about how to “do” Halloween this year in our household. Oh, we’ve got lots of decorations from previous years to work with, but I started thinking about treats – how to hand out something healthier at the door, that’s better for the neighbourhood kids, but still fun and tasty, and that doesn’t come with too much packaging!

So I set out to write a blog post on greening your family’s Halloween, when into my inbox came a newsletter from BabyOntheWay.ca with an amazing article on Keepin’ It Green This Halloween, by Sarah Simpson. I couldn’t have said it better myself, so if you are looking for some excellent, practical tips on how to have a healthy, planet-friendly Halloween, check it out!