17/02/2026
Hosting a party soon? Here are some tips to having a lower waste party:
🎈Rethink decorations: are they needed? What can be reused? Can you decorate with items you already have?
🍿Try serving finger foods like sandwiches, veggies etc. that do not require utensils.
🍽️ Make yourself a reusable party kit with washable plates, bowls, cups, utensils etc. sometimes we also just pull from our regular rotation of dishes and utensils to use for an event.
🧁Serving cupcakes eliminates the need for additional forks and plates. Also saves time for cutting/serving!
🎁 It’s ok to put gift parameters on invitations. Often we will indicate no gifts required, preloved gifts, preloved books etc.
🧸 Party favours often are just small plastic trinkets from the dollar store that aren’t played with end up in the trash. There is no rule that you have to give out party favours. If you’d like to, consider less impactful things like colouring books, preloved children’s books from your own collection or thrift stores, etc. This party, we stole our friend’s idea and washed up a ton of stuffies we had an each kid got to adopt a stuffie. Every kid was happy and it helped us clear out over 20 stuffies!!
Remember, all the little steps matter and it’s not about perfection!
Have other tips? Leave them in a comment below!