Growing a Green Family

Design a quick last-minute eco-friendly and healthier Easter basket

If you’ve been slacking on Easter prep you may be thinking, “Hey, I guess I can just go buy one of those pre-made Easter baskets.” It’s true, you can, but know that those plastic-wrapped, pre-made baskets are usually packed with chemicals, plastic toys, food coloring, child-labor produced chocolates and more icky stuff. Not a very [...]

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Affordable PlanToys Green Play Kitchen Center

I recently posted about the new, more affordable PlanToys, but I wanted to single both their new dollhouse and this play kitchen center out because they’re not only amazingly cute, but both are an excellent low-priced deal. The PlanActivity Kitchen Center is an all-in-one kitchen center, perfect for toddlers or younger children not ready for a [...]

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Upcoming Book Title: 200 Best Ice Pop Recipes

I recently posted 8 Cool Popsicle Recipe Books for Year-round Organic Ice Pop Fun. As you can tell from the number 8, there aren’t that many popsicle recipe books around. I did just see this recent upcoming title though… 200 Best Ice Pop Recipes It looks fairly decent, though it does seem slim on images [...]

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PlanToys New Affordable Fold & Go Play House for Dolls

I recently posted about the new, more affordable PlanToys, but I wanted to single this dollhouse out because it’s an amazing deal. The new PlanToys Play House is not only one of the most adorable new green dollhouses on the market, but it’s also so affordable, you won’t believe it. For under $65 dollars you can [...]

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Attacking Whole Foods is not the answer people

So, right after Whole Foods Market announced their commitment to label GMO foods a rash of criticizing articles and statements on Facebook started appearing. Mainly because people think Whole Foods should… Should work faster and have GMOs labeled by 2015 vs. 2018. Should get anything labeled “Natural” out of their stores. Should ban all GMO food from their stores. And on [...]

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Eco-friendly and Affordable PlanWood Toys Hit the Market

PlanToys has a newly updated website, new materials and some awesome new lower prices on some nifty new eco-friendly toys. That’s a lot of new goodies. Read my PlanToys company review What’s new in materials? For years, PlanToys has utilized clean, natural rubberwood from rubber trees which no longer produce latex to make their toys. [...]

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Send a real Easter egg full of fortune or love in the mail

Here’s a quick little tutorial for a special Easter egg fortune you can send in the mail or place in your child’s Easter basket. Very sweet and fun right?! This is a nice idea if you have nieces, nephews or other kids you love living far away. If you’re vegan and don’t use real eggs, you [...]

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Beautiful eco-pins of the week

In case you didn’t know, Growing a Green Family is on Pinterest – or more accurately, I’m on Pinterest. That said, I use my Pinterest boards to post really cool eco-friendly goods, green wedding items, sustainable architecture and design treats, green kid ideas, vegan and organic recipes and much, much more. So, if you like that sort of [...]

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Eco-friendly Natural Play Wooden Dollhouse

This lovely little dollhouse is very cute, simple so kids can use their imagination and fairly affordable too. This cute dollhouse is handmade by Etsy shop HighlandWood. The house is made with 1/2″ Baltic Birch plywood, a durable and more safe than typical plywood for your child and it’s very easy to put together. The entire [...]

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Crafty Kit for Making Organic Garden Seed Cookies

This adorable retro-minded craft kit allows your child to whip up a tasty (okay, not tasty, but useful) batch of organic garden seed “cookies.” The Garden Cookie craft kit comes with organic soil, organic clay, plant recipe cards, clay, soil, muslin bags, oil cloth, (all Made in USA), cookie cutters and rolling pin (Made in China). [...]