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Not So Scary Stuff: How to Have a Green Halloween

inhabitots.com — It’s almost Halloween! Every kid wants to be something other than himself for Halloween, so once again eco-conscious parents are forced to find that delicate balance between creepy for kids and eerie for the environment.

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  • carabou, on 10/23/2008, -12/+32i dont want a green anything! listen if i want to spray hairspray on my kids hair i will! if i make a mask out of foam i do! none of your want to be hippies can stop me !lol
  • tiology, on 10/23/2008, -1/+13I think this 'green' meme has run it's course.
  • Kenzan, on 10/23/2008, -1/+11I'm not going to shower for a month, quit my job, smoke weed all day and grow my hair and nails.
    That's right, I'm going as an Ecco-Hippie.
  • bjs3171, on 10/23/2008, -1/+10this is such an exciting topic!
  • Fabbyfubz, on 10/23/2008, -1/+9This "Go Green" ***** is starting to annoy me
  • b9gh47q, on 10/23/2008, -3/+10"Green Halloween" has a pretty catchy ring to it!
  • TunaColada, on 10/23/2008, -0/+7What kind of parent would let their child make a Napoleon Dynamite reference in 2008? It just screams negligence.
  • fszymanski, on 10/23/2008, -0/+6For some reason I cant stop laughing at the fat kid with mask
  • abbasatpsu, on 10/23/2008, -1/+7"green halloween".... fu***** kidding me ? buried for "eco-conscious parents". ***** made-up phrase.
  • deaftly, on 10/23/2008, -0/+6I was thinking of a different green halloween, which im having anyway.
  • bjs3171, on 10/23/2008, -0/+6"And even if a kid can’t find that perfect costume at the swap, he might be excited about a costume mash-up. Up in the sky! It’s green… And it’s red… And it’s metal… It’s Iron-Spider-Hulk!"

    no. no they wouldn't.
  • crickey23, on 10/23/2008, -1/+7I think that this "green" stuff is a little out of hand. Who honestly is going to worry about the environment when it comes to picking a Halloween costume? And their claim of the costumes being thrown away after Halloween is utter *****. When I was little I kept all my costumes, and used the too-small ones for scrap fabric. My sister did the same. I also would re-use them for dress up parties or, hell, even my high school Homecoming! I'm sure there's people who sell costumes in yard sales or give them to younger children too.

    On a side note, I laughed at "eco-conscious parents" and "organic yarn"....
  • inactive, on 10/23/2008, -1/+6P/C is sucking ALL the fun out of everything. Green shmeen....I'm gonna drive my car floored every chance I get today.
  • bjs3171, on 10/23/2008, -0/+5I'm going to be John McCain, as played by Tom Cruise in Top Gun.
  • MikeChino, on 10/23/2008, -0/+4That's about the most adorable picture ever.
  • Sumtin2Say, on 10/23/2008, -0/+4Sounds like a Dennis Leary rant.
  • nickespinosa, on 10/23/2008, -0/+4!!!
  • OfficialJoe, on 10/23/2008, -1/+4I am starting to severely dislike the green movement as it reminds me of religious as well as atheist nuts who FRIGGIN keeps on SHOVING their opinions and lifestyles DOWN MY FRIGGIN throat.

    People of the world. Hear the wisdom I am about to share - it is all about FRIGGIN balance. Now grow up and dress your kid as an oil rig. Your car is doing less damage than cow burps for heaven's sake!

    /exasperated beyond belief
    //goes out and buys a hummer just to piss eco-friendly parents off (and maybe run them over)
  • hazard99, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3Lego piece with arms, legs, and head ≠ lego man
  • thestrongrope, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3Home made costumes are the best. Unless you can get Stan Winston's studio to do your makeup.
  • csl5049, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3It's funny because it's marijuana!
  • theartfuldodgr, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2Which won't make it much different than any other day for me.
  • Sumtin2Say, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2Yikes! Don't have to worry about finding a green costume if you make the greenest choice of all... abortion.
  • AtraNoxVII, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2Unless they're color blind, retarded, have horrible fashion sense, or all of the above.
  • Narcism, on 10/23/2008, -1/+3Ah yes, the-*****-you-all-I'm-the-most-important-human-being-in-the-country-everyone-should-bow-to-my-abundance-of-intellect-because-I-know-things-that-other-people-can-only-dream-of-grasping user. You must fit right into America. Are you in politics?
  • BionicAntboy, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2Green is good as long as it doesn't come with crap costumes that have nothing to do with 'scary'.

    Zombie costumes are very green too. Just tear up some old clothes you were gonna throw out anyways, splatter with blood, and apply make up. No cheap plastic costume to dispose of, just something that can be used for rags anyways, and the kid still has full visibility.

    Just no princesses, cowboys or Napoleon Dynamites.





  • Narcism, on 10/23/2008, -2/+4Buried for childhood obesity in the first pic.
  • STARTRAK4907, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1Chancho!!!!!! is time to put on stretchy pants, is for fun
  • inactive, on 10/23/2008, -10/+11Piss off with all this retarded ass green washing. Cant you damn sheeple see a zionist/corporate manufactured movement when you see one? God damn!

    I tell you what im gonna do, Im gonna keep my AC on 24/7, im going to use twice as much electricity, Im going to eat twice as much beef, and Im going to drive twice as far and twice as much.
  • AtraNoxVII, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1Seconded.
  • roddack, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1My green Halloween will be in the form of green silly string.
  • BillyB, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1I'm going to make my Halloween green this year by riding my bike, instead of driving my car.
  • JohnMcPAIN, on 10/23/2008, -1/+2Amen
  • IvanB, on 10/23/2008, -2/+3Not to mention it rhymes! :o
  • crickey23, on 10/24/2008, -0/+1Wow, you aren't kidding. Some of them are cute, like the animal tails for the very young children, I guess. However, the "organic" face paint (like regular face paint is going to melt your face...) is silly. They'll just end up being used to draw on the walls with. Also, the one with the pumpkin crayons made from old crayons....the caption read something along the lines of "grab these crayons and recycled paper for some eco-friendly fun!" I stopped reading there...

    Seriously getting out of hand....
  • werries, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1You totally have a month until halloween too!
  • inactive, on 10/23/2008, -1/+2Green Halloween same as regular Halloween. I pay enough taxes for your brats. I'm not buying them junk food as well.

    1: Turn out lights
    2: Go out for dinner.
    3: have a great Halloween!
  • phishneslo, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1I clicked on a bunch of the links, and looked at all the pictures. The written suggestions on the various websites are retarded. DO NOT listen to these, then dress your child for Halloween up as a dork who happens to come from a poor family... When did GREEN become a euphemism for CHEAP?
  • karmastic, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1wow, a simple article to encourage parents to actual craft their children's halloween costume really showed the true ugly colors of the above diggers.
    First of, there used to be no shame in (gasp) actually making a halloween costume rather than buying an overpriced piece of crappy fabric that is shaped like fireman. That's all this article was saying.
    Second, if this article receives this much adversity, I can safely bet that all the people who negatively commented are ignorant and wasteful.
    The holiday is meant for fun, which you can still have when you try to be creative and make something instead of pissing away $60 or keep complaining. Disappointing that most of the comments reflect how little people care about current environmental problems.
  • Kenzan, on 10/24/2008, -0/+13 out of 4 ain't bad. Maybe I can nag people to become a Vegan to make up for the lack of noxious odor.
  • ryanere, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1can't the kids just have fun for one night without having to worry about destroying the planet? it's just halloween.
  • Scrappy1850, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1what kind of blood? grandmother or pet?
  • sarahlarowe, on 10/23/2008, -1/+1I only dugg this 'cause of the picture of the most adorable Napoleon Dynamite ever. He's even doing the squint!
  • inactive, on 10/23/2008, -4/+4Sorry, nothing you say matters, only I matter. Run along, sport. By the way thats a very original sense of humor... quite unique, im sure you could star in a sitcom of some sort, you know, one which relies on hackneyed displays of sarcasm to conceal a complete lack of intellectual charisma.. you simply dont see many of those on tv, now do you?
  • FredFredrickson, on 10/23/2008, -1/+1Hallow... green?
  • Tyorant, on 10/23/2008, -1/+1I'm going as a Killer B.
    By that I mean i'm going to be holding a plastic knife and have a huge letter B cut out of cardboard and stuck on my front.
  • iloveobama, on 10/23/2008, -2/+2I'm all for saving the environment but all of this "go green" stuff is kind of getting out of control
  • huntermcwhite, on 10/23/2008, -0/+0How to have a lame Halloween amirite
    these are the people who hand out apples to kids.
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