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With Halloween three solid weeks away, we’re far from being in panic mode, but it’s certainly close enough that we can start planning costumes. A great way to find new costumes for the year is to survey what kinds of goodies your friends and family already have at a costume swap. We’re always looking for ways to be green and creative, and if we can get a party out of it, so much the better!

National Costume Swap Day is Saturday, October 8, but if you and your friends/family/neighbours want to get organized for another date, you go right ahead.

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Costume swaps are green and fun, and Bunch is doing one on October 9

Wil Wheaton in a Darth Vader costume

At Bunchland, we don’t believe in throwing something away when it could be loved and enjoyed by someone else. And this goes for Halloween costumes. Junking your kid’s old DJ Lance costume just because he grew out of it doesn’t make sense. Maybe there’s a kid on your block who it would fit just right.

And that’s why we’re totally behind National Costume Swap Day. On October 9, communities all over the place will be holding their own swaps (you can search for one happening in your city here). The idea is that families come to a designated location bringing their used costumes and trade them in for someone else’s used costume. It’s a fun way to score a free costume and maybe some new friends.  Even better, it’s totally green, as buying a brand-spanking new costume means more waste, more plastic packaging, more overflowing landfills. According to the folks behind Swap Day, if half of the world’s Halloween costumes were swapped, it would reduce landfill waste by a weight equal to 2,500 cars!  Read more...