Green Eggs and Bunnies

So we find ourselves giving in to the consumer tradition of buying the kids egg-shaped, foil-wrapped confections and cocoa bunnies for Easter. Try explaining to a 5-year-old that you're abiding by a principle that will benefit his and future generations when he's looking quizzically at the organic grapes in his basket where jellybeans should be.

However, we did decide that we could impart a smidgen of sponsibility to our Easter celebration by looking not to the treats, but the filler, specifically that most hallowed of all holiday padding – Easter grass.

Rather than opt for a bag of that shredded neon green plastic foil we decided to get creative while keeping our commitment to finding unique ways to honor our planet. A stack of magazines reserved for recycling did the trick.

Rifling through the pubs we pulled out colorful pages (advertising for the most part) and ran them through the paper shredder. In about five minutes we had enough colorful confetti to fill three baskets. All told we shredded only around 30 pages. Of course they'll still make their way to recycling, only in the form of a bunch of slivery strips.

BTW- the baskets themselves, while purchased, were chosen with multifunctionality in mind. After Easter they'll become repositories for toiletries in the kids' bathroom. Of the three R's we managed to reuse and recycle and, by not going overboard with the sweets this year, reduce as well.

Happy Easter everyone! Don't forget to compost your egg shells...