Many people are taking reusable cloth bags to the stores these days; the only problem is remembering to take them from your car to the store! You can get these bags from most stores for less than $1 but they generally carry the stores advertising. An alternative is to create your own bags, kids love to do this! Buy a bag from your local craft store and give the kids fabric paint or paint pens to create your very own ‘special’ bag. The benefits are that the kids have more ownership in the whole shopping process and may even help by reminding you to take their bag(s) to the stores and it helps teach the children about taking care of the environment. These are great gifts for grandparents too.
And don’t forget, if you do get some of those pesky plastic bags- recycle them (keep a cloth bag somewhere handy (mine is hanging in the garage) and stuff this with the plastic bags when it is full take it with you to the recycle bin at the store; you recycle and have your handy cloth bag with you).
Elaine
