With the 4th of July fast approaching, we’re in full summer party swing! There are so many ways to help green your BBQ, family reunion, or summer birthday outdoor extravaganza - and it’s easy and more affordable than you think! This week, I’m focusing on parties with kids. After my daughters received a plastic pail filled with plastic toys that have already been broken and thrown away, I was really discouraged. There are so many alternatives out there to make cleaner, greener party planning decisions.
Here’s a great place to begin. Think of Green Planet Parties as your eco-party planner, from table decor to goodie bags. You can outfit your entire shindig right here - from the tablecloth and reusable decorations, to plates and napkins, right to the little extra something sent home with the kids.
I love GPPs “Party in a Bag” - a generous set of plates, napkins, and utensils to make your celebration table chic and eco. Choose from Sugarcane Bagasse plates in white, or a more textured palm leaf plate, which has a great background story. These leaves come from India, where local villagers gather palm leaves that fall to the ground naturally. They are then thermoformed (heated and formed) and finished into a plate shape. No trees are harmed to make either plate, and both sets of plates are fully biodegradable and compostable after use, meaning they’ll return to the earth from which they came.
Each Party in a Bag contains:
25 - 7″ Earthenware Palm Leaf plates or 6″ Sugarcane Bagasse Plates
50 - plush napkins made from 100% recycled and 40% post-consumer materials
25 - 9oz cold cups made from PLA corn
75 - 25 each of spoons, forks, knives PLA corn based cutlery
1 - complimentary oxo-degradable garbage bag for clean-up
1 - complimentary reusable cotton bag for everyday use
Attention green party planners everywhere! Green Planet Parties is generously donating a “Party in a Bag” giveaway set for one party-giver (retail value $36.75 for palm leaf and $32.95 for sugarcane)! The rules are simple - visit Green Planet Parties, and leave a comment here with an answer to this: What item from Green Planet Parties will give your summer celebration the green kick it needs? It can be for the kids, for your table or an upcoming wedding. This giveaway will be open through next Tuesday, July 7th, at midnight PST. The giveaway is open to US residents only, the winner will be chosen at random. Good luck, and happy summer!
Comments
I think the reusable cloth table cloth with the felt embellishments would kick up my party.
I’m planning two kid parties for August. The Forget-Me-Not Flower Seed Eco-Boxes look great for favors!
I love the Modern Floral Necklace Party Package. The necklaces are such great party favors. I know my daughter and her friends would love them! Infinitely nicer (and greener!!!) than the typical junk candy and plastic trinkets so often given as favors. Thanks!
I love the party decorations in a bag! They would be a great addition to any party!
The felt party crown for my son would be fun!
The Blue Spuce Tree In A Box will make a great gift at the baby shower my sister is attending soon. It makes for a great conversation starter.
I’m planning a joint B-day party for a 4yo boy and 8yo girl. I love that a lot of the goodie bag ideas are gender neutral and eco-friendly. Def. interested in the pencils or crayons!
Definitely the beeswax candles! We have lots of summer birthdays in the office and those would be perfect!
The YummyEarth Organic Lollipops would be perfect treats for our baby nephew’s first birthday party. 
I really liked the Cloth Birthday Banners. It will be my little one’s first birthday soon and that would be soo cute!
My brother is getting married in December, and I think the Baby Tree Seedlings would be such a great favor, especially that it’s a blue spruce, which is fitting for a Christmas wedding. They have so many other great things too.
I love the tablecloths and the cloth runner. I love to throw parties and believe that you have to have an impressive table to wow the guests. Great site. I love the fact that these products are green. I am trying to move toward using green prodcuts and what better place to start then with party supplies! Excellent site.
The Enamelware 12 oz Cups would be great for when all the kids are partying here!
I LOVE all the Goodie prizes for the goodie bags for the 7+ ages!
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I really like the Earthen Palm Leaf Plates.
i could definitely use a new tablecloth!
The YummyEarth Organic Lollipops would be great for the kids.
i think the cloth goodie bags are an excellent idea for kids birthday parties!
This is exactly what I am trying to teach my 5 year old twins! Saving “mother earth” CAN BE COOL! all the composting and recyclying helps make great party supplies unlike those dollar store junk that break on the car ride home!!!!
Hey, I like summer parties, And i am really enjoying summer with different parties.
Nice post..
The Modern Floral Necklace Party Package would be PERFECT for my niece’s upcoming 7th birthday party…thanks!
The Felt Birthday Garland would be great for my son’s upcoming birthday!
The plates look very cool and would be so much nicer to use than disposable paper at our upcoming softball team party.
My son and his friends would LOVE those yo-yos!!
I am always concerned about putting down silverware or anything on a table. I think that the reusable table cover would be the best thing for me and my family. I have little nephews that want to celebrate their mother’s birthday on July 4th but with the stuff that gets on tables I get a bit worried.
I love the PLA cold cups!!
It would be great to use all the tableware, but the not “plastic” cups made a huge impression on me..just toss them in the compost pile & we’re good!
thanks for the giveaway!!
I think my son and his friends would like to dance to Bobs & Lolo Sea Notes CD.
I have shopped at green planet parties before & love their stuff. They have new fabrics since I last checked their site, so I would love to have a Spring Fun banner flag.
I like the Cloth Birthday Banners which can be used over and over for many years for family parties. This is a great giveaway and I would love to win because we are having a house warming party in August.
I would like to use some of the tablecloths.
I’d love the “Boy Goody Bag” items for my son’s birthday party!
I love the Tree in a Box item! There are not enough Blue Spruce, or for that matter, pine trees of all kinds, here in Michigan. It’s a great gift to give at a party and to our own Earth! Recently, I had a falling-out with my sisters. Would you believe it was about planting two trees in memory of our parents? It would be nice to “try again” and plant those trees together at a nice family party reunion.
Tree in A Box would make a fantastic and very green end to a great party.
What a fabulous site! I love the tablecloth selection, and am totally on board with the philosophy of the company. Thanks for the chance to win.
i am going to say the party crowns from the goody bag favor section thanks for the chance to win
I love the yo-yos!
I would opt for the reusable tablecloth with felt embellishments-really nice.
/we just bought a house with a wonderful big screened pocrh and I’m trying to make an escape out there this would really help
I want to win.
The 3 to 6 year old goodie bags look great. Thanks.
like the Cloth Birthday Banners
I have an upcoming wedding and think the Forget-Me-Not Flower Seed Eco-Box would make a great green party favor!
Anything re-usable and/or biodegradable would be perfect for summertime events.
I love the Boy’s First Wallet—would be perfect for our little guy. Thanks for the giveaway!
i love the stainless straws
I would definately like the Party in a (Reusable) Bag ~ because it would make it so much simplier than my “normal” tablewear and eco friendly too.
I would choose the earthenware palmleaf plates and bowls
The Boy Goody Bag!
I like the Beeswax Party Candles. Thanks
The felt garland would be awesome!
I like the wooden cutlery, we always seem to run out and have to wash mid-party.
I love the Cloth Birthday Banners, they would definitely liven up the place for my daughters’ birthday parties and I can see using them for years to come!
I love the Calafant Tree House! It would be a perfect idea to keep the kids busy while the food is on the grill and afterwards, would make a great table decoration and party favor. With a small pot of flowers inside, it would look great.
The party in a bag would be perfect for our summer fun. We are always at the beach or park. I like the idea of being able to grab a bag of plates, cups, and utensils and hit the road.
The Baby Shower Plantable Ducks or the Baby Tree Seedlings would be perfect for the baby shower I’m throwing!
The stainless steel straws would be awesome. We already have cloth napkins, goodie bags, and fabric pennants.
Wow. I’m so excited about green parties. I use all of my own glass and china to keep from using plastic. I just love the palm plates. They are beautiful and add an earthy theme. I look forward to helping more of my friends become aware and more environmentally responsible.
This is awesome… I am planning my wedding celebration (a camping, outdoors bbq sort of thing) and didn’t even think about this aspect of “greening” the party…I know it’s obvious but I want to use Party in a (Reusable) Bag. I’d love to try it out!
It’s original and responsible, great post!
