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eco-friendly baby shower ideas?

carig63carig63 member
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Good morning,

Hoping to get some good ideas here. I'm co-hosting a baby shower for a good friend of mine. I want to make her shower as green as possible, especially because I know it's important to her. Do you have any ideas on how to green up a baby shower? Thank you! 

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  • bdschadbdschad member
    My sister made me cloth wipes and we used them as our napkins at the shower. I just returned the favor and made her wipes and used them for her shower. Everyone thought it was a really cute idea. If she is cloth diapering its a great idea. If you don't se
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  • tjkdlhbtjkdlhb member

    The biggest thing would be to use real cutlery and dishes opposed to disposable.  I'm thinking about making a banner for DD's birthday out of cloth that can be used every year...  Maybe you could do something like that out of cloth wipes as w




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  • YellowLily2013YellowLily2013 member
    1st it's super sweet to try and make it an ecofriendly shower for your friend!

    Pp had good suggestions. I'll add some other ones.

    Food: organic if you can and if that's important to her. I've seen some cute bowls made out of a w
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  • stoneycakesstoneycakes member

    imageYellowLily2013:
    1st it's super sweet to try and make it an ecofriendly shower for your friend! Pp had good suggestions. I'l
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  • tjkdlhbtjkdlhb member

    My sister did my baby shower and she bought a Curious George Saves the Earth book for the guests to sign as a guest book.  I thought that was a wonderful idea because as DD gets older we can read it and I can tell her how excited everyone was wait




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  • samiam052samiam052
    Along the organic food suggestion from the PP can you be a localvore (I love that term, haha) and buy a lot of the food from local farmer markets and such?
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  • carig63carig63 member
    Thanks! Those are great. I appreciate the help!
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  • happytotmomhappytotmom

    For birthday parties for our little guy, we started using the following 2 retailers which offer great eco-friendly products:

    EcoPartyTime is a great online retailer tha

    www.healthyhappytot.com - Healthy, non-toxic product recommendations for children from a mom who has really used them!
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  • mikimikimikimikimikimiki
    how about a peas in the pod theme, that would make your baby shower green!
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  • tmccord21tmccord21 member
    At my best friends shower her mom used nursery items as table decor. There were probably 10 tables and each one had a different colorful gift like a piggy bank, teddy bear, etc. I like the idea of doing a simple potted plant in the middle of each table in
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