DIY Green Living Gifts in a Jar for Easter

A gift in a jar is always fun to make and to give to someone special in your life. A special Easter gift that is created with items favored by the recipient will always be unique. Personalize the gift with ribbons in colors they like and a hand-written tag. Be creative and have fun creating a gift in a jar present.

Home-Baked Easter Cookies

Home cooking is a green living strategy as it creates natural food that is not packaged in plastics, Easter cookies are fun to make. Use pastel colored food dyes to make sugar cookies in yellow, lavender or pink. Bake brownies and add sprinkles in the colors of Easter.

Home-Baked Bread

A gift of bread is nice for any holiday. The bread can be added to a big jar as a loaf, or cut a few slices to be contained in a smaller jar. Home-made bread is free of the chemicals added to commercial bread. Any person who tries to live green will appreciate some home-cooked bread that is far healthier than bread found in grocery stores.

Donate a Tree Card

Some organizations, like Arbor Day.org, offer a card that states a tree has been donated in someone's name. This card is a great item to place in a green living gift jar.

Flower Seeds

Most people enjoy summer flower gardens. So pick out some seed packets to add to the gift jar. This gift will bring joy all summer as the flowers grow and bloom.

Tree Seeds

Gather some seeds from pine cones and put them in a small envelope. Then add the packet to the jar. This gift will grow for decades. The tree will always be a special reminder of Easter 2011.

Gift Cards or Certificates

Gift certificates or cards are a way for you to personalize the gift. Giving a gift card to someone's favorite gardening store or department store that sells green living items will bring happiness to someone who cares about the environment.

Bird Related Gifts

A small bag of bird seed is a great addition to the gift jar if the person to get the gift likes bird watching. You may also want to add a bird watching journal to the jar. Easter arrives just as spring is bursting into bloom. Thus it is a great time to get outside and look at the birds.

Add an Invitation to a Pre-Holiday Gathering

It is fun to get together with friends as the holiday approaches. This gives everyone a chance to relax and socialize before the holiday chaos begins. If you plan to give the gift jar to someone before the holiday, this is a chance to include an invitation to a get together. Country Living suggests making copies of a vintage postcard to use as a party invitation.

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Personal experience and ideas.

Country Living