PTeq USB Pregnancy Test Analyzes Your Hormones

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NEW! Apple Park’s Picnic Pals in Beanies & Booties

From the moment Apple Park introduced their first organic plush toys, we loved the eco-friendly gang of Picnic Pals. Now, your kids can dress up as their favorite furry characters from Apple Park with eco-friendly Picnic Pal Beanies and Booties made from organic cotton, soy, hemp and silk. Choose a pair of eco-friendly feet and a beanie — we dare you to choose a mix-and-match combo! They’re available in lamby, bunny, ducky, cubby and …

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Welcome Spring with Upcycled Felted Wool Birds

 

 

Now that we've sprung forward and freezing temps are starting to ease, you can feel that Spring is in the air! As you start hearing birds chirp outside, bring some upcycled felted wool birds into your home. For My Darling's sweet, eco-friendly creations are perfectly sized for little hands to hold. They're a perfect present to fill an Easter basket and equally fun to use for decorating a newborns nursery. Each plush bird is made form wool materials that the designer collects from flea markets and then felts in her washing machine to bring it a renewed look and life.

 

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Chewbeads: Jewelry For Moms, Non-Toxic Teethers for Babes

If you’re a mom of an infant, you’ve probably stopped wearing delicate jewelry and you sport a perma-ponytail so your wee one doesn’t pull your hair out by the fistful all the live-long day. Or is this just me? You may not be rocking your bling anytime soon, but in the meantime, tuck away those tresses and don some …

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Positively Organic Onesies Brighten Baby’s Wardrobe

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Rug Bug Launches New Green Play Program, CD & Eco-Instrument Line

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NEW! Build-A-Robot from Plan Toys

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HOW TO: Bake Organic Soft Pretzels

 

 

My family loves hot soft pretzels, who's doesn't? There is just something delicious about a treat that is a little sweet, a little salty and a lot chewy. However, store bought frozen pretzels (nor street vendor pretzels) taste as delicious as a hot organic pretzel fresh from the oven. And what's even better -- making your own organic soft pretzels is easy and a super-fun activity to share with your children. So grab your children and their aprons, and then read on to learn how to bake organic soft pretzels that you and your family will enjoy.

 

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NEW! Blabla Kids’ Hand-Knit Dolls Spring Collection

Hop to it! Spring is on its way, and Easter and May Day baskets await sweet fillings. Blabla Kids‘ new spring collection of personable, hand-knit dolls punctuate the sunny season with their warmth and charm — and they are sure to delight little ones looking for a friend to cuddle. Coinciding with the Year of the Rabbit, Blabla is unveiling an entire bevy of bunnies including, Balthazar the Magician, Mirabelle his comely Assistant, and Fleur and Pierre from the meadow.

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Lady Gaga Sues Over Baby Gaga Breast Milk Ice Cream

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7 Unique Ways to Show Off Your Child’s Artwork

 

 

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NEW Oliver + S: Little Things to Sew Book

If you’re looking for easy-to-follow sewing patterns from a contemporary, yet classically sensible, kids’ design shop, then you must check out Oliver + S. The shop’s new book Oliver + S Little Things to Sew: 20 Classic Accessories and Toys for Children is delightful with its charming paper doll inspired packaging. All of the projects are fun and colorful and will surely entice you to pull out your sewing machine. This book includes patterns …

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HOW TO: Make Recycled Lead-Free Children’s Jewelry

 

 

Even though its fun for dress up, much of children's jewelry contains lead and cadmium -- which are neither fun or beautiful. However, kids don't need store-bought jewels to feel fancy? You can make simple, safe kids jewelry to using found objects lurking around your home and in the recycling bin. From bracelets, to necklaces to dangling earrings, you can help your child make unique jewelry that's age-appropriate and free of toxic metals. Read on to see how you can make a bracelet, necklace and pair of earrings in any size or shape that you wish. Since adult-only tools and skill are required for this recycled kids jewelry how to, you may want to appoint your child the jewelry designer and you can be the jewelry crafter. And the best part, if they ruin or lose a piece, it doesn't matter!

 

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TEN Upcycles IKEA Trofast Box Into Kids Ride-On Toy

IKEA surely has a its charms and genius ideas, but some of their furniture isn’t as long-lasting as we would like. So we love to see designers who come up with new uses for old IKEA stuff like this new ride-on toy idea for the IKEA Trofast storage system. The different sized drawers of Trofast, available in a variety of color combinations, have made this storage piece popular for kids bedrooms and play rooms, but what do you do with all those boxes when they are no longer required? Do they go to waste or get stacked away in the cupboard never to be used again?

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Even BPA-Free Plastics May Release Harmful Chemicals

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According to a new study in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) most plastics, even BPA-free plastics, may contain chemicals with estrogenic activity (EA). EA simply means a chemical mimics the sex hormone estrogen. Researchers found that almost all the commercially available plastic products they tested leached chemicals with detectable levels of EA, including plastic products advertised as BPA-free. The study even notes that some BPA-free products ended up releasing more EA chemicals than BPA-containing products.

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