Green Gift Giving Ideas

Since the holiday is fast approaching I wanted to share a few green gift ideas that are also economical. (Some of these are from my Holistic Mom's meeting last night).

-Rather then more "stuff" offer a certificate of your making for your time or service.
Ideas of service:
Make one dinner a week for a month that you deliver
Offer baby-sitting time
Offer a monthly lunch date with an elderly relative or friend
Offer free lessons in a sport in which you excel
Weed a friend’s garden
Offer your talents, such as photography, financial planing, or hairstyling
Offer yourself as a willing cheerful worker for a day
Put together a photo album

-Give a gift certificate to a concert, store, resturaunt, etc.

-There are thousands of ways to give small but meaningful donations in someone's name, supporting just about any cause you can think of.

-Gifts that you make. You don't have to have loads of artistic talent, monely or time to make wonderful, thoughtful homeade gifts. Finding the right idea is the hard part, but there is one out there for every person on your list. Try to recycle items and materials you already have and or use sustainable materials to craft your gifts.

A few suggestions of homeade gifts:
Create a set of spice mixes or personalized flavored coffees, put together a family photo album, make your own cookbook of favorite recipies, a set of homeade art supplies like fingerpaing and clay, soaps, and lotions.

-If you don't feel crafty or short on time support local artisians and free trade with your purchases.

-Give a plant or tree

-There are also Green Ideas for Toy Giving. Here is a great sites for fun and unique gift ideas.

18 toys you can make at home

May we have a greener Christmas this year! :)