1. The Recycled Alien!

A colander mixed in with some recycled plastic cups and plastic plates make for an awesome recycled alien!

2. Plastic Bag Monster and his nemesis Captain Recycle Bin

These two ancient foes meet each year at Halloween to do battle, will the plastic shopping bag monster win or will Captain recycle bin prevail?

3. Newspaper Boy

Newspaper boy, he crafts his costume from all the promotional fliers and newspapers that are discarded each year.

4. Recycled Cardboard Dalek

Dr. Who would be hard pressed to battle this enemy, the cardboard box Dalek has a death ray nozzle crafted from an old toilet plunger!

5. A Cleaner Planet Lady

Armed with her eco friendly cleaning products and some tempting Halloween candy, “A Cleaner Planet Lady” can clean up and stay green.

6. Awesome-O the Sad Robot!

You may recognize Awesome-O from a popular TV cartoon, he is looking rather sad in this photo….

7. Turn it Off!

That’s right, celebrating Earth Hour all year round, Turn it Off reminds us to switch of lights when they are not required.

8. Happy Eco Astronaut

A little home crafting and we have a happy eco astronaut! This was one of our favorites.

9. Recycled Slinky Dog

Need a simple costume? Have an old slinky? You can quickly turn yourself in a recycled slinky dog.

10. Cute Viking Costume

Lots of work went into this cute viking costume including use of an old rug as a cape, recycled cardboard turned into a shield and a sword and a home made knitted chain mail along with a re-used paper helmet.

My wife (Katie) came up with a great idea, we could make creative homemade Halloween potions from our old lightbulbs! Here are a few that we made;

Creative Homemade Halloween Potions!

Here are the simple steps to follow (Please be careful when handling old lightbulbs as they may be sharp or easily broken);
1/ You will need the following materials;

• An old burned out spotlight bulb
• Some black electricians tape
• A used wine cork
• A permament marker pen

The Creative Hallowen Potion Materials

2/ Start to wrap the black electricians tape around the stem of the old lightbulb to cover the metal threaded part;

Wrapping the Recycled Light Bulb

3/ Once the metal threaded portion is covered you can add the old wine cork and continue to wrap the black tape until you have covered half of the cork;

Add the Wine Cork and Tape it to the Bulb

4/ Use your permament marker to write a spooky message on your Halloween potion! We chose labels like “Poision” or “Deadly Nightshade” but our favorite was our “Witches Potion” shown below;

Our Homemade Witches Potion!

So there you have it, get your creative side out and make a batch of creative homemade Halloween potions! You can use different sizes of spotlights to create some variation.

Our Green Halloween Potions

Do you have a creative Halloween idea? Share it with us today, we’d love to hear from you…