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Inexpensive Green Stocking Stuffers for Kids – $10 or Less Stocking Stuffers

December 5, 2011

There’s no reason to spend a lot of money on stocking stuffers, even if you want to go green this holiday season. There are plenty of delightful green stocking stuffers for teens and younger kids that are $10 or less. STOCKING STUFFERS FOR BABIES Dandelion Soft Shaker Bear Toy - This cute rattle is stuffed with [...]

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Find an Affordable Green Dollhouse That Fits Your Budget

November 16, 2011

PlanToys is an entirely eco-friendly and ethical company who offers some amazing green dollhouses. All of PlanToys dollhouses, from very affordable, to more expensive sets are made without heavy metals or lead, with natural rubberwood from rubber trees which no longer produce latex. None of the wood is chemically treated. Zero fertilizer is added to the [...]

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Eco-Friendly Plywood-free Play Kitchen Sets at Etsy

November 14, 2011

Every year I update my Ultimate Eco-Friendly Play Kitchen Guide for the holidays. This year readers have noted that they aren’t interested in seeing any kitchens containing ply-wood, even if the outer wood is solid. That said, the offerings are more limited this year. This is for a few reasons: Companies lie (or exaggerate) and say [...]

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2011 Green Family Holiday Gift Guide

November 4, 2011

Whether you’re looking for homemade eco-gifts, affordable green gifts, zooming green gifts for kids, the perfect green book or a stunning green play kitchen or eco-friendly dollhouse – you’re 100% covered with this eco-friendly holiday gift guide. Keep this page bookmarked, as I’ll be adding some new treats to it throughout this holiday season. Green [...]

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Camden Rose Eco-friendly Wooden Play Kitchen Sets

November 3, 2011

Camden Rose is a collective of designers, artists, teachers, musicians, craftspeople and parents who design and sell awesome products for children. From non-toxic rattles to wooden musical instruments to old-fashioned games and blocks, Camden Rose has almost everything you need to outfit a super playroom, including some 100% amazing play kitchen sets. Camden Rose kitchen [...]

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Grinch & Angel Awards of the Week

December 20, 2010

This week I’ve got a round up of Grinch-minded rants and also some people who deserve angel awards for their good holiday deeds. The Grinch awards go to… 1. Parents who act like dopes and make the holidays all about money and stuff – I’ve seen a lot of lame parent behavior this season, but [...]

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DIY Less Expensive & Eco-Friendly Day Before Gift Baskets

December 15, 2010

Green gift baskets make excellent holiday gifts. I think it’s better to shop early (if you do give gifts) because early shoppers tend to be more savvy about green criteria and price. Anytime people are crunched for time and hit the stores, it seems like they buy more than they mean to. However, sometimes you [...]

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Can You Have a $250 Eco-Friendly Christmas?

December 14, 2010

Currently I’m running an experiment here at Growing a Green Family. Can the average family of four save $50,000 in five years simply by living green? With this in mind, I decided to see how much you can save by celebrating a less consumer Christmas. Can you really spend just $250 on Christmas? That’s a [...]

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Organic & Natural Stocking Stuffer Treats

December 12, 2010

The other day when I was talking about chemical food dyes, it made me realize that we haven’t looked at edible (safe) stocking stuffers yet this year. If you’re looking for decent companies to buy holiday edible treats from, the list below can help. Remember, if it’s organic, there’s zero fake food dye in it. [...]

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Green holiday gifts with a bit more bling

December 9, 2010

I think it’s insane to spend a lot of cash on green holiday gifts, mainly because you don’t have to. Also, it kind of takes away from the whole, buy less, spend time not money attitude I think families should embrace. With this in mind, I recently posted some gift guides with many very nice [...]

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