4 Cheap Ways to Green Your Easter

This morning my wife asked me, "have you done an Easter post yet? If not, I've got a great idea for one!"

Luckily I was planning on writing this Easter post today, so her idea just added more fuel to what would already be a magnificent post (I gave up humility for Lent).

4 Ways to Green Your Easter Weekend:

Reusable Easter Bag
Instead of giving your friends, young'ns, and loved ones an Easter Basket which might get thrown out or not used again until next year, give those Easter goodies in a cheap and stylish reusable bag that can be used year round!

Gift Tip: Reusable bags are also a GREAT alternative to toxic and wasteful wrapping paper.

Give Organic Chocolate Easter Sweets
Give organic and/or Fair Trade certified chocolate treats.

Give Some Gooey Green Eggs
The famous Cadbury cream egg has gone green this year. Cadbury has reportedly packaged their legendary cream eggs in foil and not cardboard boxes this year. SmartPlanet.com says, "According to Cadbury's, this means a reduction of 75 per cent plastic and 65 per cent cardboard compared to its standard Easter eggs."

I'll take some Cadbury caramel eggs, if you're buying.

Dye Those Eggs Naturally...So You Don't Die
Artificial colors found in a great many things these days are very toxic. Instead of using chemical dyes to create your Easter Egg works of art, try some all natural dyes from Nature's Flavors. These dyes are also useful for other holidays, like the just passed St. Patrick's Day.

Easy DIY Dyes: To VERY easily make your own dyes from ingredients probably already in your kitchen, check out the natural coloring guide from Planet Green.

Are you taking any steps towards living green this Easter? If so, how?