eco gifts

Eco-Friendly Cooking & Baking Gifts for Kids

November 22, 2010

Play cooking is super fun for kids, but it doesn’t usually beat the real deal. Most kids love to cook with their parents and cooking is an excellent way to teach green living skills. If you’re looking for long-lasting and useful gifts for the holiday season, cooking and baking gifts can’t be beat. I love [...]

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Eco-Friendly Winter Holiday Gift Guide

November 20, 2010

Whether you’re looking for homemade 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. My number one green holiday gift pick for 2010. Totally last minute green gifts you can give. Day-before green [...]

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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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Homemade Valentine’s Day Gifts

January 20, 2010

Homemade Valentine’s Day gifts often look, well, homemade. However, there are a number of really nice gifts you can make that both look professional and keep your eco-friendly ethics in mind. Organic Lavender Vanilla Sugar Scrub – print out professional looking labels for the container on your computer. Heart Shaped Valentine Pin Cushion Make a [...]

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Green Valentine’s Day Cards

January 16, 2010

Your greenest choice when it comes to Valentine’s Day cards is to make cards yourself using recycled materials you have around the house already. This is a more resourceful and more fun and creative choice. However, if you’re having a party, need a massive amount of cards, or don’t keep a bunch of art materials [...]

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Homemade Eco-Friendly Valentines

January 16, 2010

For Valentine’s Day you and the kids can make oodles of green-minded Valentines with recycled materials. It’s almost always better to make cards than purchase new because obviously it saves resources, but also it’s a lot more fun and it’s way more special for the recipient to get a personally made card. Note, while not [...]

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10 Green Gifts Under $10

December 10, 2009

Following are ten simple green gifts for $10 or less. Even at this low price all are pretty darn nice. 1. Down To Earth Cookie Cutter Set – Celestial – cute set of planetary-inspired foodgrade stainless steel cookie cutters. BPA-free, safe and sturdy, can be used for real cookie dough or used as a toy [...]

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39 Homemade Green Holiday Gifts That Rock

December 6, 2009

Some homemade gifts REALLY look homemade and don’t make as big an impression. However, there are plenty of very cool eco-friendly holiday gifts you can easily make that are useful, look great, and will make everyone’s holiday more cheerful. Following are 39 fab homemade gift ideas. Make sure you choose homemade gifts soon though; making [...]

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Eco-friendly Stocking Stuffers

December 6, 2009

Nowadays there are plenty of eco-friendly stocking stuffers available. If you need an actual stocking first to stuff, check out 7 great eco-friendly Christmas stocking choices. BABY & TODDLER STOCKING STUFFERS Organic Frog Rattle Educo Little Auto Green & Yellow Set Odd Ducks Slim by Boon BPA and toxin free. Organic Turtle from Foundlings Rainbow [...]

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Green Holiday Gift – Ultimate Green Dollhouse Guide

December 2, 2009

*UPDATED FOR THE 2011 HOLIDAY SEASON Safety Update: Each year, as I update this green dollhouse guide and my ultimate green play kitchen guide I get tons of questions from readers surrounding materials used to make the products I share. Most readers say they want zero plywood and zero lead in products – even if the rest [...]