Since green is the main color of St. Patrick's Day and Earth Day, you can go green by combining these themes to have an eco-friendly St.Patrick's Day celebration at home. This is a good idea if your loved one's birthday falls on St. Patrick's Day and who is passionate about green living. You can create eco-friendly St. Patrick's day decorations in various ways. For example, take some coffee filters and create shamrocks out of them. Once you do this you can take some green paint that the paint salesperson messed up and sold at discount prices and paint the homemade shamrocks. Then paste the shamrocks on the party tables in the the living room. You can find other ideas for St. Patrick's Day decorations by reading crafts magazines.

Vegan Foods for St. Patrick's Day

Another way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in an eco-friendly way is to have a vegan meal on the holiday. Hold a potluck supper where you have guests bring their favorite vegetarian dish to the party along with some green beer and organic wines. Some meal ideas include tomato-eggplant lasagna, spinach and quinoa salad, navy beans and brown rice, tofu salad, kale and cabbage soup and roasted red bell peppers with whole grain crackers.

Other Decor Ideas

For other ideas on St. Patrick's Day decorations, you can take some leftover blank green construction paper and create St. Patrick's Day homemade cards with the kids. This teaches the kids how to reuse their old art supplies to create new crafts, which is eco-friendly. Another idea is to take some plain green T-shirts that you don't wear often and create party favor bags with them by folding the bottom parts of the shirts and sewing them to create the effect of a bag.

Where to Find Recycled Party Supplies

You can find recycled party supplies for your eco-friendly St. Patrick's Day celebrations by visiting the local recycling centers to get a few of them. Another idea is to visit school supplies stores and ask the manager if he has inventory that he doesn't plan to sell that you can have free supplies to make decorations with.

Have The Guests Come Dressed in Outfits They Have in Their Closets


To further the importance of going green at the St. Patrick's Day party, you can request that the guests arrive to the party dressed in an outfit that they did not buy at the store but instead they can wear outfits that came out of their closets.

To give an Irish look and feel to your home during St. Patrick's day, there are a number of decorative ideas available to pick and choose. There are exciting green accents and beautiful Celtic patterns that would give an Irish touch to your home. You can go through the different St. Patrick's day decorations given here and choose an option that fits your style.

Bowl or Vase Filled with Green Apples

You can place a bowl or as vase on the living room table or the bedroom make up table containing real green apples or artificial green apples. You can also use it a center piece on the dining table or place it on the book shelf.

Decorative Candle Wrapped in a Green Ribbon

Golden or a yellow colored decorative round candle can be wrapped with a green ribbon to give that green Irish flavor. Decorative pins can be used to pin the green ribbon to the candle. When the candle is lit, sufficient care should be taken in protecting the ribbon from the heat of the flame.

Dressing Table Decoration

Your dressing table can be made to wear an Irish look by having shades of green paint at specific sections of the dressing table. You can also place a large sized leaf made out of vinyl paper in one of the drawers of the dresser.

Turning your Windows Green

You can add a dash of green color to your living room windows by tying green ribbons to the center of the window curtains. To make it more attractive, a bow can be attached to the end of the ribbon.

Plastic Flower Pot with an Irish Touch

If you have a plastic flower pot, you can give the required Irish touch to the pot by attaching a green tape around the pot. You can make it more attractive by adding attractive designs to the green tape. You can place a bunch of artificial green flowers in the plastic flower pot to make it more realistic. The same flower pot can be converted in to a Pot O' Luck by planting Oxalis (Shamrock) in the pot. If you don't have flower pots, you can make use of the cups and bowls available in your home as the container for Oxalis (Shamrock) plants.

You can create that Irish atmosphere in the different rooms of your home by using creative pieces of work other than using the tried and test Oxalis (Shamrock) plants. You can do this by covering all the books in your show case with a layer of green cover. You can use the glass bowls or vases available in your living room show cases and give a coat of green paint to give that Irish touch. A clear glass vase containing green ornaments can be used a dressing table center piece.

You can also use votive candles to give that rustic Irish look and feel. The votive candle can be placed in an earthen clay pot and placed on the living room table. Some stones can be placed by side of this clay pot containing the votive candles.

With so many options available for St. Patrick's day decorations you would have a tough time in picking the right option from the list described here.

It seems like it is impossible to celebrate a holiday without decorating your house, and Easter is no exception. Decorating for this wonderful holiday is a perfect way to welcome spring into your home. Pastel colors, adorable little bunnies, and floral scents represent Easter perfectly and are commonly used in Easter decor. You must have noticed that Easter decorations are not complicated and terribly fancy like most other holiday decor items. You do not need to spend hours fastening little bunny-shaped lights to your roof, set up an Easter tree, or buy expensive costumes. All you require is an eye for details. Choose some tasteful pieces to add some festive flavor to your house. There are countless ways to spruce up your house for this joyful season, but listed below are some ideas that might grab your some appreciation from your friends and family.

1. Add some Colorful Flowers

Putting an attractive vase full of spring blooms on the dining table is a remarkably simple way of decorating for Easter. Mostly people prefer pastel colored vases with cheerful designs. Tulips and daffodils are two ideal flower choices for Easter decor.

2. Make an Indoor Bunny Garden

Indoor bunny gardens are extremely easy to set up. Plush bunnies are available everywhere throughout the year and so is the fake grass. You can make this decor idea cost-effective by purchasing plush bunnies before the commencement of Easter season and making your own grass patch.

3. Purchase Easter Linens

Laying out a tea towel or dish cloth featuring Easter themed images, such as painted eggs, flowers, bunnies and chicks is another delightful way to decorate for this holiday. Always search for festive cloth napkins and tablecloths. If you are a person who likes subtlety, opt for linens with floral prints.

4. Fill a Basket with Easter Eggs

Can Easter be complete without Easter eggs? The answer is definitely a "No." Even if you do not have kids, you still can include Easter baskets to your Easter decor theme. Plastic eggs are inexpensive and perhaps the easiest to find. For those who like sophistication, porcelain or wooden Easter eggs are also available. Arrange the eggs in a wicker basket to give a classic appearance.

5. Light Up your Life this Spring with Decorative Candles

Turn those ordinary pillar candles into a perfect Easter decorations by adding Easter candy or jellybeans around the base, preferably when the candles are placed on a table or other similar flat surface. You can also fill the bottom half of your hurricane vase with attractively colored pebbles, Easter candy, or marbles. Set a pillar candle on top of such arrangement and enjoy the charm it creates.

6. Bring the Easter Outside

Whether it is an outdoor egg hunt you are planning or an outdoor get together, placing a few Easter decor items outside will keep the celebratory vibe going. Welcome your guests with colorful Easter wreaths on your front door. Easter wreaths are available in every style, from evergreen wreaths embellished with Easter eggs to stunning ribbon-wrapped wreaths. Moreover, dress up your turf with Easter signs, preferably those made out of wood to make your Easter perfect.