Organic Jill Doll with Moses Basket Helps Older Siblings Welcome New Baby

by , 10/31/09

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The Organic Jill Doll and Moses Basket Set is an ideal gift for a big sister or brother, as she helps your firstborn mimic attachment parenting in a calm, fun manner. Organic Jill is crafted under Fair Trade conditions by Under the Nile with 100% Organic Egyptian Cotton and colored with natural, non-toxic, child-safe dyes. Jill comes equipped with an extra set of clothes, so when you change your newborn your older child can change Jill as well. The adorable toy Moses Basket includes two pillows and a sweet bedding set made with 100% Organic Cotton. The perfect way to get your firstborn on board to welcome the new baby to the family!

+ Organic Jill Doll and Moses Basket Set $70.00

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Vintage, Organic Duck Baby Rattles by SewnNatural

by , 10/31/09

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SewnNatural has their ducks in a row when it comes to savvy, green designs for kids. Their proud, one-of-a-kind feathered friends hold their heads high because each is hand embroidered and handcrafted from organic and vintage cottons (dating from the 1930′s-1950′s) and stuffed with luxuriously soft wool. Finishing touches include an organic velvet beak and feet and an airtight rattle that emits a gentle sound. Ducks are just one offering in an entire collection of SewnNatural’s green toys, which also includes lions, elephants, zebras, an octopus and more!

+ Baby Rattle Ducks $28

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Inhabitots Link Roundup of the Week: Last Minute Halloween Fun!

by , 10/30/09

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Instructables helps you brush up on your photography skills by telling you how to photograph Halloween costumes. The sweet little frog above is an entry to Inhabitots Green Halloween contest — follow suit and upload your favorite snapshot of your child to enter the contest too!

Ecorazzi gives us a front row seat to this year’s brilliant Village of Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Blaze.

Design Mom highlights a totally apropos costume for moms: Mrs. Incredible!

Little Nummies for Little Tummies whips up some adorable monsters on a stick — a great way to ‘trick’ kids into eating fruits and veggies!

Babyology features free printable Halloweenies paper dolls. Print them out on recycled paper and let the dress up fun begin!

Purple Petunia Life brings acorns to life– crafting spooky acorn little people figures: witches, pumpkins, ghosts and mummies that are too cute for words!

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3 DAYS LEFT to Enter Inhabitots Green Halloween Contest!

by , 10/30/09

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Halloween is tomorrow! Before or after all the tricks have been pulled and the treats have been collected, take a photograph of your kids in their fantastic, eco-friendly, DIY costumes and submit them to Inhabitots Green Halloween contest to win a slew of fabulous prizes! We know you’ll be taking tons of photos anyway, so simply upload your best photo here and let the fun continue!

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Toy Store by Oeuf, Chic & Eco-Friendly Storage for Kids

Toy Store by Oeuf, Chic & Eco-Friendly Storage for Kids

Oeuf‘s Toy Store storage system is an organizational piece of furniture that will grow with your child in function and style, seamlessly adapting to their changing tastes and storage needs. The Toy Store features removable bin dividers that allow kids to showcase toys of varying sizes in an orderly fashion — from small building blocks, to larger stuffed …

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Recycled Flatpak Cardboard Toys, Furniture by Krooom

Recycled Flatpak Cardboard Toys, Furniture by Krooom

Oh cardboard, is there anything you can’t do? Krooom’s flatpak cardboard constructions, which require no tools to assemble, are surprisingly sturdy—a single bench is said to hold up to 242 pounds!—and utilitarian without being staid. Based in Israel, the three-year-old company sustainably engineers its wares from 60% post-consumer recycled cardboard, which it prints with cheery graphics and then laminates to protect against accidental spills and splashes.



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ENTER TODAY! Inhabitots Green Halloween Contest!

ENTER TODAY! Inhabitots Green Halloween Contest!

Halloween is lurking right around the corner — and it’s time to capture photographs of your little ones in their green costumes and upload their spooky or sweet, getups to our Green Halloween contest! There are many spooktacular prizes to be awarded to the greenest of them all! Prizes include a solar-powered BoGolight flashlight, a $100 gift certificate to …

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Beware of Lead and other Toxins in Face Paints this Halloween

Beware of Lead and other Toxins in Face Paints this Halloween

The last thing that should frightening this Halloween is the toxicity level of any aspect of your child’s costume. But recent findings by The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics with regard to the toxins found in children’s face paints are downright chilling. 10 out of 10 of the face paint products the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics sent to independent labs for testing contained low levels of the dreaded and extremely damaging neurotoxin lead (there is no safe level of lead exposure for children), and 6 out of 10 of the face paints tested included nickel, cobalt and chromium, all of which may cause lifelong skin sensitization. Scarier still, one of the products was labeled non-toxic and hypoallergenic, but actually contained some of the highest levels of lead, nickel and cobalt. Read on for safer face paint alternatives.

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Walt Disney Company Issues Refunds for Baby Einstein Videos

Walt Disney Company Issues Refunds for Baby Einstein Videos

As parents, we’re used to being alerted to all kinds of product recalls. These usually stem from new discoveries about the use of unsafe chemicals in paint, potentially toxic source materials or the risk of bodily harm. But Disney’s recall of their line of famous (or infamous) Baby Einstein videos is something altogether different. The recall (or refund) statement issued by Disney and reported last …

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Leander Convertible Crib is Five Beds in One

Leander Convertible Crib is Five Beds in One

Think of the Leander Bed as the Optimus Prime of baby cribs. The oft-coveted yet incredibly elusive Scandinavian import isn’t your typical crib-to-toddler-bed twofer: Leander’s molded European beech bed can be configured in five different ways, growing as your own baby grows — and then some.


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OOTS! Lunchbox Deluxe Stacks Up to a Healthy Meal

OOTS! Lunchbox Deluxe Stacks Up to a Healthy Meal

OOTS! Lunchbox Deluxe is the perfectly stacked lunchbox, designed to be fun, playful, and easy for kids to manage. These slick, contemporary lunchboxes come in eye-popping blue, green and orange color combos. The deluxe version comes with everything you need to pack a healthy lunch — four small containers and one large container fit neatly inside the colorful box — which means food stays put and stays fresh. All …

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NEW! BabyBjorn Organic Cotton Baby Carriers and Babysitter

NEW! BabyBjorn Organic Cotton Baby Carriers and Babysitter

The BabyBjorn Active Carrier made our Inhabitots favorite baby carriers list for winning us over with its ergonomically correct design that provides great support for both wearer and baby. We were equally impressed with their Oeko-Tex, Eco-certified fabrics and manufacturing methods, but we are thrilled to learn that they recently debuted their BabyBjorn organic line — which includes the BabyBjorn Baby Carrier Original, the BabyBjorn Baby Active Carrier, and the Babysitter Balance.



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Cate & Levi Eco-Friendly Hand Puppets

Cate & Levi Eco-Friendly Hand Puppets

Crafted by an eco-conscious father who designs animal inspired toys that “leave the softest possible pawprint on the planet,” the charming Cate & Levi children’s toy collection includes these sweet 12 inch Hand Puppets that will provide hours of warm and cozy imaginative fun for autumn and winter indoor playtime. Handmade in Toronto, Canada from locally sourced reclaimed wool, each puppet is one-of-a-kind, …

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REMINDER! Enter Inhabitots Green Halloween Contest!

REMINDER! Enter Inhabitots Green Halloween Contest!

Halloween is this Saturday! We know you and your green ghouls and boys are gearing up for the big day, and you can get a jumpstart on the celebration by getting all suited up and entering the Inhabitots Green Halloween contest! Have your kids do a dress rehearsal in their clever, homemade Halloween costumes, snap some photos and upload …

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Kaspa Eco-Friendly Ghost Lamp Reveals What Goes Bump in the Night

Kaspa Eco-Friendly Ghost Lamp Reveals What Goes Bump in the Night

Just call it Kaspa, the Eco-Friendly Ghost. Designed by Ilsa Parry, the winner of Phillipe Starck’s Design for Life reality TV show, the glow-in-the-dark Kaspa Ghost Lamp can be perched on a table or hung from the ceiling to function as a nightlight, without the use of electricity, for 20 minutes while your child drifts off to sleep.


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Chloe in Style’s Custom Eco-Friendly Rag Dolls

Chloe in Style’s Custom Eco-Friendly Rag Dolls

Your little ragamuffin is hardly cookie-cutter, so why should his or her doll be? At Chloe in Style, you can customize a doll to resemble your child by picking your choice of eye color, skin tone, hair color and length, and the presence (or absence) of freckles. Made with a blend of bamboo and organic cotton, then stuffed with 100% Northern Ontario wool, …

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Maple Wood 10 Pin Bowling Set for Kids

Maple Wood 10 Pin Bowling Set for Kids

The Organic SKITTLES 10 Pin Retro Wooden Bowling Developmental Set is a hearty wooden alternative to plastic bowling sets for kids. The pins are handcrafted from natural maple by Little Sapling Toys, and the set comes with two, 2 inch hardwood balls. All components are sanded …

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NEW! Sckoon Organic Cotton Plush & Knit Animal Friends

NEW! Sckoon Organic Cotton Plush & Knit Animal Friends

Just in time for early holiday shopping, Sckoon Organics has introduced an adorable collection of huggable, soft, organic plush and organic knit pals. Each Sckoon organic animal friend (rabbit, dog, elephant or baby lion) is made with 100% certified organic cotton inside and out, and is dyed naturally with soothing color dyes that are low impact, metal-free, and eco-friendly. …

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Franny & June’s Eco Felt Halloween Baby Shoes

Franny & June’s Eco Felt Halloween Baby Shoes

Baby may not be quite ready to take to the streets for trick or treating adventures, but she can still get in on all the creeping and crawling action of Halloween in Franny & June’s festive baby shoes. Designed for infants and pre-walkers, these spooky or sweet slip-ons …

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Inhabitots Link Roundup of the Week: Halloween Crafts for Kids!

Inhabitots Link Roundup of the Week: Halloween Crafts for Kids!

Little Lovely scares up a sweet Halloween town crafted from milk cartons, newspaper and candy!

Make and Takes revisits past Halloween crafts to deliver a bounty of festive ideas from creeeeepy candy houses to pointy witch hats.

Sarah Jane Studios features adorable homemade Halloween decor ideas kids will love: spooky portraits, butterfly floral arrangements, and bats in the doorway!

LilSugar shows us how to …

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