Clean Up Australia Day 2013

The whole family can get involved.

It's time to don the gloves and get out the rubbish bags as Clean Up Australia Day is on again this Sunday.

Organiser's are hoping to top last year's effort which saw an estimated 591,400 volunteers remove 16,169 tonnes of rubbish from 7,363 Clean Up Sites across the country.

It's not too late to volunteer for this year's event at a site near you. Search in your local area by clicking here and adding your postcode.

Business Clean Up Day will be held tomorrow (Tuesday). Last year 310 businesses participated in the event. 

And Schools Clean Up Day will be held on Friday. Last year over 2,600 schools registered nationwide cleaning up the streets, school grounds, parks and waterways.

From Little Things Big Things Grow

Heading into the new year it's always great to know that from little things big things grow.

Standing 163cm tall and towering above our children is this mammoth sunflower just about in bloom.

So if you are finally starting on that dream you've always wanted or planning a fitness regime for the new year take some inspiration from nature and don't be afraid to shine!

Meanwhile we have sourced plenty more products which we will be introducing to our store in 2013 to continue our dream (which started as a seed) of providing to our customers the most eco-friendly party supplies around.

By the way our gorgeous sunflower began as a seed from our Grow Your Own Garden Party Favours.

Watching it grow and being dwarfed by the end result was a wonderful experience for the kids.

As we are a family business we would like to take this opportunity to wish all our customers and visitors to our site and blog a safe, happy and blessed new year.

Eco Friendly Christmas Decoration Ideas

If you haven’t dusted off the Christmas tree and decorations already chances are you will be in the next week.

Here are some eco friendly decoration ideas to get cracking on:

Tree decorations

·         Xmas Card Decorations - Last year’s Christmas cards can be upcycled into cute Christmas tree decorations by cutting the front off of each card, punching holes all around the edges of the picture and using string to weave through the holes. To finish add a ribbon loop for hanging.

·         Natural Ornaments - Items found in nature make great eco-friendly Christmas tree decorations and give your tree a natural look. Glue a piece of ribbon or twine to the backs of pine cones, nuts or sea shells to make natural hanging ornaments.

8 Ways to Go Green This Halloween

1)    Re-use Costumes

If last year’s costumes no longer fit or you just don’t want to wear them again trade with family or friends. Put together an original outfit with different parts of different costumes or look around for interesting pieces at op-shops and garage sales. Most important of all is to have fun.

The other alternative is to rent a costume and every good costume shop has a great selection of gruesome and scary characters.

2)    Make Your Own Make-Up

Paint your kids' faces with eco-friendly make up, like you’ll find at www.purepoppet.com.au, or make your own. Visit www.safecosmetics.org/article.php?id=233#halloween for more information.