Get kids involved!  Whether you are preparing a dish to bring to a friends house, decorating the tree or bringing a gift to grandparents, kids can pitch in. It makes it more memorable and meaningful.  Go a step further and teach them to be green: Try to incorporate earth friendly ingredients or recycled as well as reusable items.

Here are some small ideas that will make a big difference for your kids this holiday:

• Have the kids make gifts for one and other or help you.They will learn the joy of gift giving as well as learn new skills! 
• Make cards from craft supplies or make cards from last year’s cards and wrap.
• Make cards from homemade paper and envelopes
• Make homemade cookies or breads and decorate them or fun food art
• Grow plants or herbs from seeds starting early!
• Plant small seedlings in hand painted pots or recycled pots
• Make ornaments from paper mache or lint clay and hand paint them (See Planetpals.com for the best paper mache recipes ever including lint dryer clay and play clay).
• Make origami ornaments
• Print gift wrap, using nontoxic paints and dyes on recycled (and recyclable) craft paper. Use potato prints or rubber stamps.
• Kids love making a good old-fashioned popcorn balls or popcorn tinseland it can be yummy!
• A no cost solution: Have them write a poem or story and illustrate it! Use a recycled frame, home made frame and frame it!
• Make boxes for their gifts from cereal boxes and other cardboard
• Lastly, make a Planetpals ornament for your home or tree. It's got an eco friendly theme. Free Download to print and assemble:

  

Happy Holidays from your Pals at Planetpals.com!

For more ideas before and after the holiday see the green holidays page