What to Do with Holiday Evergreens
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craftyHappy Boxing Day! For many folks, today is when they take down the Christmas tree, wreaths, garlands, and other holiday decorations. Cut evergreens or other natural materials can be repurposed in many ways.
For one popular example, you can turn a Christmas tree into a wildlife feeder. See some ideas for that in the previous post "Holiday Tree for the Birds." If you still have holiday guests, then repurposing your greenery can make for a fun family craft activity. Here are some other ideas...
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Did you plant a live potted or ball-and-burlap tree for the holidays? You can use cut evergreens to mulch around it, they like that. If you don't have such leftovers, your friends or neighbors almost certainly do, so just ask around. This also works if your craft ideas exceed your supply of greenery.
For one popular example, you can turn a Christmas tree into a wildlife feeder. See some ideas for that in the previous post "Holiday Tree for the Birds." If you still have holiday guests, then repurposing your greenery can make for a fun family craft activity. Here are some other ideas...
8 Sustainable Ways to Recycle your Christmas Tree
10 Clever Ideas For Repurposing an Old Christmas Tree
Create Homemade Tree Blocks -- Natural STEM Toy
Gardening: Live holiday decor can be repurposed to provide shelter to wildlife this winter
Gardening: Reduce your carbon footprint by recycling Christmas trees, decorations
How To Make Tree Cookies -- ThoughtCo
How to recycle: Real Christmas Trees have a second life
What to Do With an Old Christmas Tree
WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR WREATH AFTER CHRISTMAS
Did you plant a live potted or ball-and-burlap tree for the holidays? You can use cut evergreens to mulch around it, they like that. If you don't have such leftovers, your friends or neighbors almost certainly do, so just ask around. This also works if your craft ideas exceed your supply of greenery.
