Eco-friendly Halloween party bag fillers

Often party bags are filled with sweets encased in non-recyclable wrappers and cheap plastic toys that don’t last beyond the evening. Step up your Halloween party bags this year by focusing on a few high-quality items that guests will appreciate.

Useful, reusable gifts provide a lasting memento of a fun evening and help reduce the overall waste footprint of a well-attended gathering.

Halloween party bag treats

These eco-friendly gift bag ideas will help celebrate the season in authentic fashion, without adding to the horrors of environmental irresponsibility.

Edible Halloween-themed snacks

Save glass jars and ramekins from previous recipes and fill them with the dry ingredients for baked sweet treats, such as cookies or brownies.

Recipe containers can be decorated for a simple, zero-waste gift your guests can enjoy at home. Add homemade paper decorations or sprinkles for a finishing touch.

Edible party favours are always a hit with guests. You could substitute the party bag completely and package your treats in a reusable metal tin, instead of plastic food tubs and lunchboxes.

In addition, consider popping a couple sets of sustainable wooden cutlery in with the snacks so guests can enjoy them on the way home. Made from renewable resources, such as fast-growing birchwood, compostable disposable cutlery can help reduce unnecessary plastic waste.

In the same vein, a reusable bamboo straw for each guest to take home and keep allows them to refuse disposable plastic straws while out and about. Bamboo is naturally anti-microbial, long-lasting, and renewable: the same plant can be harvested repeatedly.

Toys and activities made from sustainable materials

An uptick in environmentally positive thinking has seen a return to traditional toys made from natural materials. For younger guests, simple wooden objects like yo-yos and building blocks can make long-lasting, fun gifts.

A set of wooden colouring pencils paired with an eco-friendly notebook or colouring book is another option, not to mention they can provide hours of entertainment for children and adults alike.

Whether you make them as an activity at the party or send one home with each guest, paper and cardboard masks in the shape of Halloween ghouls and ghosts are another easy zero-plastic party bag filler. Include a pack of plastic-free stickers for guests to customise their masks.

Natural jewellery and accessories

Simple keyrings are an easy gift to make by hand or source from independent retailers. A notch of wood with a carved message, a colourful piece of salvaged beach glass, or a smoothed metal fragment can result in unique gifts.

The same natural materials can also be used to make beads for jewellery or crafted into bespoke pieces themselves. Reclaiming materials saves resources from being consumed.

Natural cotton and twine can combine to make colourful friendship bracelets, personalised for each partygoer. Send the materials home for people to make their own, make one yourself for each guest, or make them together during the party.

Hair ties and bands made of cotton or bamboo are another useful sustainable gift. Metal hair clips come in all sorts of designs: from Halloween pumpkins to musical notes or autumn flowers. You could even offer a fabric headband as part of a two-piece set.

A sprinkling of tricks

Put a harmless trick in each Halloween party bag for the final touch. Find a fiendishly difficult riddle or mental puzzle for guests to wrap their brains around or a terrible Halloween-themed joke to make them groan in horror.

Then balance the ‘trick’ with a ‘treat’: e.g. a plastic-free, natural soap bar in the shape of a Halloween character. Bars of soap can be used in place of plastic dispensers, helping to reduce plastic waste at home .

Eco-friendly party bags

Once the contents are assembled, the final step is making sure the bag to hold them is also eco-friendly. A fabric tote bag with a Halloween-themed design can be kept and used as a trick-or-treat bag in years to come or incorporated into a future costume.

If fabric bags are not suitable, paper party bags are preferable to plastic. Buy ones designed for Halloween or decorate your own for a personal touch. If you do decorate, make sure to use recyclable materials and non-toxic inks so the bags can still be recycled once finished with.

Eco-friendly supplies for your Halloween party

When it comes to your Halloween party, it’s nice to know that – after putting in so much effort to create eco-friendly party favours – that the eating arrangements won’t stymie your eco-conscious intentions.

At FOOGO green, we provide a range of compostable and renewable party supplies to make serving and hosting as simple and refreshing as a seasonal autumnal breeze.

Visit our online store today to see our complete selection of eco-friendly tableware.