Eco Toys

Eco-Friendly Play Kitchen Accessory – Wooden Vegetable Set

March 10, 2011

Look at this gorgeous Wooden Vegetable Set! It’s the perfect accessory for your child’s eco-friendly play kitchen. Made by Just Hatched, these beautiful wooden vegetables are handmade with poplar, sanded smooth and colored with certified AP Nontoxic watercolor paints. All the gorgeous details are wood-burned and then each piece is finished with a natural homemade [...]

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The Best Green Gift for the 2010 Holiday Season…

December 9, 2010

If you’re going to spend more $ on a holiday gift, then an eco-friendly skateboard is your best bet for fun and value. It’ll cost you about $80 – $200 for a decent eco-friendly skateboard set-up, however, a good board will last you years. Everyone at my house has a skateboard and we get hours [...]

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Adorable felt sweets for the holidays

December 8, 2010

I just saw the cutest little felt play sets at Baby Gardner. These would go great with an eco-friendly play kitchen set. My favorite set is the Animal Crackers Felt Play Set… This adorable treat is a Baby Gardner exclusive and comes with five pretty little stitched felt animal crackers hand, including giraffe, pig, elephant, [...]

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Rocking & Zooming Green Holiday Gifts for Young Children

October 21, 2010

When it comes to bikes (or other zooming gifts) one of the best eco-choices is to go used. So long as you use common sense and get a new helmet, a used bike can save you cash and help reduce the amount of resources used. That said, sometimes, on Christmas morning a new bike or [...]

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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 [...]