Here are some great ideas for activiities and gifts that align with anti-consumerist values. Spend time together. Activities need not be exotic. A trip to the fire station, a performance, museum, art gallery, library, nature park, produce and local craft markets or a trip to an organic farm.
Encourage hobbies. Talk to the children to discover what they would like to do.
The nicest gifts are always those that have been handmade, fashioned by the hands of the giver and full of warm vibrations. Making your own need not be expensive or difficult. It just requires imagination and a little skill.
The varied ideas we have included here should start you on the absorbing and productive path.Give the most precious gift - a gift of time that will always be welcome.
I grew up thinking that a bag of broken biscuits from the grocer was a treat and you were privileged to have one pair of shoes and you got your first and only bike when you were big enough to manage...
'Green' parents try to limit the amount of exposure to harmful dyes and chemicals.Things like glue, playdough, finger paint and bubble liquid can be made mostly with items found in the home and garden.
Here we explore the possibilities of using nature for coloring and easy recipes that even the smallest child can help create.
Children love playing with boxes, bags, spoons, pots and pans and containers.Create shops from cardboard boxes and fill with old cereal boxes etc filled with newspaper and taped at opening.