Whether your child will be trick-or-treating or attending a church or neighborhood harvest party, they will most likely need some place to put all the good stuff. There are lots of options from traditional plastic jack-o-lanterns to fleecy treat bags to decorated pillowcases to paper sacks (think Charlie Brown).

The Countdown to Christmas Challenge for today is to begin to think about what your child will use for all that tooth-decaying loot. You don’t want to wait until the last minute to realize that your child really will have to use a paper sack. Consider a treat bag that is convenient to carry, light, and light-reflective. A family craft session might be a great excuse to produce something festive and original.

Visit the 100 Days to Christmas Facebook page and tell us what your children use to carry their Halloween loot.

The holidays produce a tremendous amount of waste through wrapping paper.  Imagine if children opened their presents and then the wrapping was simply folded up and used for the next Christmas.  Today is the last day to enter to win a set of 4 reusable fabric gift bags from Living Ethos (value $28).

You have several ways to enter to win:

1) leave a comment here and tell us how us which pattern or color is your favorite,

2) tell your friends & followers about 100 Days to Christmas on Twitter (it’s easy to do with our share buttons below) and leave a comment here linking to your Twitter handle (be sure to follow @100Days on Twitter, too),

3) subscribe to 100 Days to Christmas‘ RSS feed using a reader or by email (and get our daily posts delivered straight to your inbox) and leave a comment here,

4) blog about 100 Days to Christmas, then leave a comment here linking to your post.

5) follow our page on Facebook and tell our entire community that you are going to participate in this week’s giveaway by leaving the following message on our Facebook wall, “I’d like to do my part to reduce paper waste this Christmas.  I’m entering to win some reusable gift bags from http://100DaystoChristmas.com!”

One of each of these per day please. You have until today, Friday, October 14 at 6 pm EST to enter.

Halloween is a night to send out your own little Strawberry Shortcake and Spiderman to knock on doors in search of goodies, but unless you live in an isolated location, you will more than likely find trick-or-treaters knocking on your door as well.

The Countdown to Christmas Challenge for today is to add candy or novelty items to your shopping list so that you will have them ready when Halloween night arrives (just over two weeks away now). Be sure you have a large bowl, tub, or container to put them in. AND DON’T EAT THEM UP BEFORE HALLOWEEN!

• List of Non-Traditional Halloween Treat Ideas

Visit the 100 Days to Christmas Facebook page and tell us your favorite trick-or-TREAT!

The holidays produce a tremendous amount of waste through wrapping paper.  Imagine if children opened their presents and then the wrapping was simply folded up and used for the next Christmas.  This week, enter to win a set of 4 reusable fabric gift bags from Living Ethos (value $28).

You have several ways to enter to win:

1) leave a comment here and tell us how us which pattern or color is your favorite,

2) tell your friends & followers about 100 Days to Christmas on Twitter (it’s easy to do with our share buttons below) and leave a comment here linking to your Twitter handle (be sure to follow @100Days on Twitter, too),

3) subscribe to 100 Days to Christmas‘ RSS feed using a reader or by email (and get our daily posts delivered straight to your inbox) and leave a comment here,

4) blog about 100 Days to Christmas, then leave a comment here linking to your post.

5) follow our page on Facebook and tell our entire community that you are going to participate in this week’s giveaway by leaving the following message on our Facebook wall, “I’d like to do my part to reduce paper waste this Christmas.  I’m entering to win some reusable gift bags from http://100DaystoChristmas.com!”

One of each of these per day please. You have until Friday, October 14 at 6 pm EST to enter.