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Halloween treat bags go green
Repurposing a pillowcase as a trick-or-treat bag on Halloween night is probably the most eco-friendly option. But if you're looking for something a little more festive but still green, consider these reusable treat bags:
 | A petite cloth treat bag (just a tad larger than a sheet of paper) with carrying slots sized for toddler/preschool hands. For the littles who only make it one block before pooping out for the night--the small bag gives them the satisfaction of a full sack of treats. (Convo the shop owner if you'd like one in a big kid size.) $4 at Love Me Ragged *Giveaway below* |
 | This smiling pirate is silkscreened onto a cloth tote that will have a long life as a book bag after the candy is gone. It can even be personalized with your child's name. See also the more sinister skull-and-cross-bones tote, available in oh-so-girly pink. $10-15 at Portland's Munchkin Designs |
 | After Halloween, this limited edition ChicoBag becomes a handy reusable shopping bag, with a 25 lb. carrying capacity and built-in stuff sack. If you don't like the idea of breaking out a Halloween-themed bag at the grocery store year-round, go for an original ChicoBag in plain black (which has the added benefit of not detracting from the kiddo's fabulous costume). $5-6 at ChicoBag |
GIVEAWAY! Love Me Ragged is giving a treat bag away to one lucky reader! To enter, leave a comment telling us what you used to collect your Halloween candy stash as a child. Congratulations to winner lilyk!
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As a small child, I had one of those hard plastic orange jack o-lanterns that I collected candy in. My father always walked with us and he carried a garbage bag so as our pumpkins filled up, he would empty them into his garbage bag. As we got older, we started to use a pillow case.
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We always used the plastic pumpkins or this white plastic ghost buckets. I think the one we used most years actually came from McDonalds!
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We used pillowcases for collecting candy in because those plastic pumpkins were too small. We covered a lot of trick or treating ground.
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We used paper bags from the grocery store. We didn't buy the plastic ones that were available.
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I used a gocery store paper bag. They were sturdier then.
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that was a long time ago, but think a paper sack.
I used either a brown paper bag or orange pumpkin bucket.
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when i was a child, i used a brown bag to hold all my candy.
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When I was little I just used a plastic grocery bag from the store to trick or treat with.
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Thanks for the chance to participate in the giveaway! As a child I didn't really go trick or treating. I make sure to take my daughter and she carries a bag with whatever her fave character is at that time. This year it's a Harry Potter bag.
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I used the same orange plastic pumpkin bucket year after year in fact my mom probably still has it in her house somewhere (she throws away NOTHING).
BTW I am 33. LOL.
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I used a plastic orange pumpkin with a black handle, too! I guess we weren't as creative in the 80s as moms are now!
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As a Small child I had a plastic pumpkin, and as I got older like 9 or 10 I began using a pillow case.
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I used a cherry patterned pillowcase every Halloween that my grandma made for me:)
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It was always a plain white pillow case that we used while trick or treating. Held lots of candy :)
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I had a plastic orange pumpkin
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I used a draw string laudry bag.
My fave way to collect treats was my Strawberry Shortcake Pillowcase!
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a hard plastic orange jack o-lantern. trinitygsd at yahoo dot com
I used those plastic pumpkins, or if I didn't have one, a plastic grocery bag..not really the best choice. :[
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I used a pillow case (in hopes of filling it to the top of course!)
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We always used our pillow cases. If they got heavy we could just throw it over our shoulder. Thanks!
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I think we used those plastic orange pumpkins to carry our loot. It's been so long that I can't seem to recall clearly!
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My family was very poor growing up. I used to trick or treat with a plastic grocery bag from Kroger. macd82 at gmail dot com
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My Dad told me he used to use Pillow Cases....how gREEN is that!!
I think we used paper bags. Thank you
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Back when I was young, we used pillowcases. My mom dyed a couple of them black for us to use! Of course, that was back then when the neighborhoods were safer and every house gave out candy and loads of it! Thanks!
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I think i mostly used the Classic Orange Pumpkin Pail
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We used pillowcases for collecting candy in because those plastic pumpkins were too small.
We used pillow cases mostly, but I remember also using a bucket that McDonald's were giving out with their kid's meals.
We used to use pillowcases when I was young.
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we used those big plastic pumpkins :)
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I used a pillow case. A few times it got really full! Thanks for the giveaway!
Pillowcases and sometimes those plastic pumpkin buckets.. Mcdonalds gave those away with their happy meals many years ago :)
I carried a plastic pumpkin and a pillowcase. I'd dump the candy in the pillowcase once the pumpkin was full and keep going lol!
We would carry a big plastic shopping bag with handles that we got from the grocery store that
was decorated for Halloween,It held
alot of candy too
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As a child, I always took a pillowcase to collect candy. That is also what most of my friends used.
I used a plastic cauldron and my backpack. I wore my backpack and when the cauldron was full i dumped my candy into it.
I used a plastic jack-o-lantern to hold Halloween candy.
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