From the category archives:

Eco Toys

Fun First Aid Felted Wool Basket

August 11, 2010

I don’t know if you remember the DIY doctor’s kit post, but I just found a super sweet felt box that would be perfect if you’re considering making this for your child. This wonderful First Aid Basket, made of eco-friendly wool felt is made by the always amazing En Gry og Sif, a company started [...]

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Natural Hardwood Ramp Blocks ‘Wedges’ for Eco-Friendly Toy Cars

August 3, 2010

As the eco-minded mama of a little boy, you know what’s annoying? All those plastic pieces of car tracks and ramps around the house! Five years ago when my son was still REALLY into hot wheels it was hard to find anything but plastic ramps. Sure, we’d make homemade ramps with recycled goods, but a [...]

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Amazing Eco-Friendly Felt Food Fun for Kids

July 5, 2010

Felt food pretty much rocks. It’s safe for little ones, easy to handle and play with and a lot of felt is eco-friendly to boot. Felt food makes a great addition to your child’s play kitchen. Below are some great places to pick up eco-friendly felt food. Twinkle Kids handcrafts all products from the finest [...]

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Green Toy Review: The Shuttle Imagination Cardboard Rocket by KidsCraft

June 6, 2010

Review summary: This fun cardboard playhouse is semi-easy to build, even without instructions, is bigger than you’d expect and appears to be well made and long lasting for a cardboard toy. Also, we’re near the end of our KidsCraft Playhouse giveaway here at Growing a Green Family so enter today. Product: The Shuttle Imagination made [...]

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20 DIY Eco-Friendly Summer Toys

June 6, 2010

You don’t have to spend a lot of green on cool eco-friendly summer toys. You, along with your kids can make a whole slew of eco-friendly toys all on your own, with low-cost eco-friendly or recycled materials. Following are 20 eco-fun, summer toy projects. Really neat rock dominoes (shown above) – one of those I [...]

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DIY pretend doctor set

June 2, 2010

Kids love to play doctor and vet pretend games. Sadly, for kids who like to pretend there aren’t many play doctor kits available. Or at least there are few made of non-plastic materials AND I’ve never seen a pretend vet set made with eco-friendly materials. I know of two decent doctor kits if your kiddo [...]

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Tegu Wooden Blocks Discount Code

June 1, 2010

I recently posted a review of Tegu magnetic, eco-friendly wooden blocks. I liked these blocks, but felt the price was a bit high, so here’s some good news. For a limited time, Tegu is offering Growing a Green Family readers a free shipping coupon code for any Tegu product. Simply use the code TEGUTOYGGF at [...]

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Green Toy Review: Tegu Magnetic Wooden Blocks

May 28, 2010

Review summary: When Tegu blocks first hit the toy market (back in 2009) the small company received a warm welcome from parents looking for eco-friendly toys (good) but couldn’t keep up with demand (not so good). They closed up shop to regroup and the wait list for their blocks grew to 2000+. Now Tegu is [...]

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KidsCraft Playhouses for Summer Fun

May 26, 2010

KidsCraft Playhouses are award winning playhouses that are not only fun but made with 100% recycled cardboard materials and each playhouse is 100% post-play recyclable as well. Playhouse stats: KidsCraft playhouses come in two current flavors – an adorable little Creation Cottage and The Shuttle Imagination; perfect for little adventurers. The cottage measure 42.25″L x [...]

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10 Amazing & Inexpensive Outdoor Nature Toys for Summer

May 20, 2010

Hey all. I’ve got a wedding to attend this week plus I caught some icky old stomach bug so don’t expect another post until Friday or Saturday. What I will leave you with is a quick round-up of outdoor summer-ready, eco-friendly toys that are all under $40. Soon we’ll look at some cool green summer [...]