Beautiful Sweets is a completely green sweets company. They use only 100% USDA certified organic and local ingredients for their organic cookies and brownies. Packaging is 100% eco-friendly, from the recycled boxes to the organic cotton ribbons. The best news – they’ll ship their pretty, hand-decorated organic Valentine’s Day cookies anywhere in the U.S.
Kids Konserve. The brand name for this waste-free lunch kit designed for kids is like an oxymoron. Kids waste. They leave the fridge open when searching for snacks, they never remember to turn off the light when leaving their bedrooms, and regardless of what Barney sings, when they’re brushing their teeth and having so much fun, they always let the water run. True? Well, maybe not always.
Green Goody examines The Environmental Cost of Your Jeans. Inspired to green your kid’s jean regime? Check out Love Is organic denim.
Crafting a Green World explains how Felt Crafting Helps Close the Recycling Loop and introduces readers to eco-friendly felt and three starter projects.
Design Mom directs readers to a cool Milk Carton Wallet how-to craft kids are sure to love.
Project Nursery highlights a beautifully decorated nursery created out of recycled and renewed materials found throughout the home.
The folks at Fat Tie want you to have an easy time getting your little boy to wear a tie. Their hip, organic line of T-shirts makes mini-moguls out of formerly messy, mischief makers! Whether you’re taking your son to a dressy occasion and you pair his Fat Tie tee with a jacket, or he just wants to look smart for his first day of kindergarten, these tees will have him looking style savvy and adorable, minus the “No’s!” and the knots.
PUR Flavor Options proposes a solution to the juice vs. water battle waged on playgrounds and in family kitchens on a daily basis. In an attempt to get an edge in the faucet-filter market, PUR filters now offers an option that allows parents to add zesty juice flavoring to their kids boring filtered water.
Modern-Twist carries the best selection of minimalist placemats for your home, and now they’ve got something extra special for kids. Modern-Twist ready to color placemats are made from hand silk-screened, food-safe, easy to clean, silicone, and they feature fun, bold designs. Perfect for meals out or in; these reusable placemats, along with some non-toxic washable markers (which wipe off with a wet cloth) will keep your kids entertained before mealtime.
Millions of people tune in to watch the hit TLC show John and Kate plus 8, and the Discovery Channel’s The Duggars (Anna Duggar just had her 18th child). America is amazed by how these families do it, but never have they had to take care of more than six infants at once. Now, not only are people all over the globe shocked by the recent multiple births headline, but the medical world is blown away by what appears to be the first successful birth of octuplets. What I find most fascinating and inspiring, is that their amazing mother will be breastfeeding all eight of her newborn infants.
You can whip up this play kitchen in no time with Anna Wulick’s recipe/design plans available at her Etsy shop, Fortytworoads. She’ll email you her fourteen page instruction kit as a PDF file, and you’ll be on your way to fashioning this sturdy kiddie kitchen out of recycled cardboard, wire hangars, and odds and ends found around your house. No nails, screws or glue are required… just a dash of …
Nostrils and liquids generally don’t mix. Add a kid to the equation and you’re messing with a volatile cocktail. Somewhere early on in the evolutionary process, we lost our gills and developed a very effective and lifesaving drowning reflex. It’s an innate reaction akin to sneezing and coughing. It is something even newborn humans posses. Which makes Neti Pots (products designed to flush the nasal passage with saline solution) all the more curious.
Babyccino is thrilled to have found the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Babybjorn Eat and Play Smock, perfect for painting or dabbling with messy arts and crafts.
Enviromom has a simple yet savvy eco tip: bring your own durables to restaurants to pack your leftovers in reusable take-out containers. They add that since moms always have so much to remember, put one of your kids in charge …
Most little ones go through a dinosaur addiction phase, and now you can help foster their penchant for prehistoric pals with the ultra fun, eco-friendly, POP CORK – Dinosaur Chair by design savvy La Maison de Lena. There’s nothing overly bold about this dino; with his modern design of clustered, unfettered, cork, he’ll fit in just fine, no matter what your decor style is. What do you think? Wouldn’t your child go nuts for this hip dino chair?
When my daughter was an infant, I used a purchased stretchy wrap baby carrier exclusively. After she outgrew that wrap, we used a sling that was great, but lately I’ve felt the need to be able to carry her on my back, especially when she’s feeling clingy and I need both of my hands free to do something. Before purchasing a lovely but expensive woven wrap, I did a little research, and was delighted by how easy wrap carriers are to make! Use the following instructions to make your own wrap baby carrier.
It’s never too early to green your ride! This hip, green organic onesie from the always adorable Zoe & Sprout organic line, is just the thing for your earth-lovin’ baby. Available in long or short sleeves, it’s made in India in a fair labor environment, and GOTS certified. Also available in white, but come on, you know that green is the new black.
Step aside Billy the Kid, the Wild West just got a tad bit tamer with Hand Over Fist’s smart, hand-screened bandanas. Each bandana, decorated with the lower half of an animal’s face, gives the impression that its wearer is hiding a sinister smirk behind the folded cotton square. But Marissa Corwin’s gentle illustrations, which call to mind the work contained in Maurice Sendak’s ‘The Nutshell Library‘, never venture into scary territory.
When my kids were babies, they used to spend more time playing with the boxes their toys came in than they did playing with the actual toys! By the same token, many babies also enjoy the labels on their plush toys just as much, if not more, than they enjoy the toys themselves. With this in mind, Keptin-Jr. created Blankiez, a 100% organic cotton, terry toweling, eco-friendly toy blanket that has multicolored labels around all four edges.
EcoLeeko Organic Terry Bath Buddy Hand Mittens are a sustainable choice for bath time fun. Made of hand dyed organic cotton French Terrycloth, sewn with organic cotton thread, and packaged in printed recycled paper sleeves, these pals are perfect to have on hand while getting baby squeaky clean.
We know that choosing Thinkbaby bottles is a no brainer, as they are among the safest, most non-toxic baby bottles available. Now you can continue with safe, BPA free feeding well into the toddler years and beyond with Thinkbaby’s spiffy, new Complete BPA Free Feeding System.
This beautifully boxed Take Me Home Gift Set by Serena & Lily is the perfect way to welcome a little one into the world, featuring a newborn gown, hat and swaddling blanket with contrast trim and adorable tassels all in 100% organic cotton. We love that this is two wonderful gifts in one: the gift box doubles as a newborn keepsake box.
Tiny Decor Blog showcases eight aesthetically appealing, eco-friendly toy storage bookcase combos for every budget.
Green Treehouse points out a pair of the perfect hand me down tights from Trumpette’s organic line. Hop on over and check out these super cute accessories that remind kids to “recycle.”
The Soft Landing gives us the lowdown on a new crop of glass baby bottle …
Kata Golda‘s framed felt patches are sweet and cheerful decor that brighten up baby’s nursery. Each Kata Golda hand-stitched felt patch design is showcased in a rustic frame made from recycled barn wood. You may create your own custom felt patch by choosing from various features, resulting in charming, child-friendly art.
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