Comments on: Simply green birthday celebrations http://www.celebrategreen.net/blog/birthdays/green-birthday1 We’re putting meaning in the greening Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:07:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Leslie C http://www.celebrategreen.net/blog/birthdays/green-birthday1/comment-page-1#comment-57 Leslie C Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:04:26 +0000 http://www.celebrategreen.net/blog/?p=172#comment-57 Love the simple party, nice to hear how children are learning simplicity and traditions make them happy. For our daughter and her friend's recent birthday party (she and a friend with a similar birthday shared the party together, very green), we had the girls bring a small monetary donation instead of a gift. The school all the girls attend sponsors children from other countries for their cost of schooling or other necessities and so we asked that the girls bring donations toward that fund. Everyone felt good about it, the parents were thrilled with the idea, and we had no stacks of ripped up wrapping paper and unneeded "toys and knick knacks" to contend with after the party. We also had the girls create their own beeswax candles , and the girls were all thrilled that each got to make their own "wish" and blow them out after singing to the birthday girls. We had games and activities planned, but we have to say that on this beautiful January day the girls had the most fun exploring the river next to our house (a dry bed right now) visiting "whimsical places" my daughter and friends had named things like "Thorny Thicket", "Viney Wood" and "SunSet Valley". Which gives me a nice green idea for our next party....can you say "treasure hunt"?! Love the simple party, nice to hear how children are learning simplicity and traditions make them happy. For our daughter and her friend’s recent birthday party (she and a friend with a similar birthday shared the party together, very green), we had the girls bring a small monetary donation instead of a gift. The school all the girls attend sponsors children from other countries for their cost of schooling or other necessities and so we asked that the girls bring donations toward that fund. Everyone felt good about it, the parents were thrilled with the idea, and we had no stacks of ripped up wrapping paper and unneeded “toys and knick knacks” to contend with after the party. We also had the girls create their own beeswax candles , and the girls were all thrilled that each got to make their own “wish” and blow them out after singing to the birthday girls.

We had games and activities planned, but we have to say that on this beautiful January day the girls had the most fun exploring the river next to our house (a dry bed right now) visiting “whimsical places” my daughter and friends had named things like “Thorny Thicket”, “Viney Wood” and “SunSet Valley”. Which gives me a nice green idea for our next party….can you say “treasure hunt”?!

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