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Eco Friendly Kids

Everyone can play a part in helping the environment and getting kids involved and acting on eco friendly ideas when bringing up kids is good practice both for now and our future.

A good idea is to sit down and put together a guide that you should all follow. Be realistic when putting a guide together, cutting out air travel, car journeys and fast food binges is simply going to be too hard to follow for most families! Instead try to limit when these may happen and try to think of viable alternatives such as looking for eco friendly holidays or getting to your destination by walking or biking etc. It is also important to retain the kids interest in the plan by making it as much fun as you can. Consider creating a wall chart to track your familys progress.

Eco Friendly Kids and family Ideas

Recycle or reuse everything you can to help stop energy resources running out! An up to date list is available at www.recycle-pla.net Reduce air pollution by reducing our ‘carbon footprint’ by walking, cycling and using public transport where possible. Consider shopping locally and buying local produce to redue thew impact on the environment by transport services.Protect wildlife by not dropping rubbish. Encourage wildlife and birds into the garden by installing bird baths and feeders. Consider making a compost heap to recycle fruit and garden waste to help your plants and insects grow. If possible grow some of your own vegetables, it's fun to do whilst teaching important ecological lessons.Plan eco friendly kids parties. Try not to use throw-away plastic gifts in plastic party bags. Consider using traditional wooden and modern toys instead. Use a paper bag instead of a plastic bag. Make sure you purchase recyclable cutlery, cups and plates or purchase some that may be reused again and again. There are a growing number of eco friendly kids party suppliers.Play some Eco friendly kids games: Tie dying (with natural dies) organic cotton T shirts, have an eco adventure: get kids to dress up as the favourite animals and create a game about the environment and how it works, finger Painting: use eco friendly paints and recycled paper to let the kids create their own masterpieces. Fashions: use old clothing rip apart and create new ones, tends to work especially well with T-shirts. Ocean Adventure (if you live near the coast): take the kids to the sea and explain about the ocean life and tide etc. Let the kids collect seashells and other items for their paper made goodie bags! Artists: Show the kids some great masterpieces then have the children create their own art sculptures and designs from recyclable materials.Spend are much free time as you dare making organic cookies and cakes with the kids to help educate them in sustainable and organic foods.