green gifts

More than 100 homemade gift ideas that don’t suck

Not all homemade holiday gifts are that great. While there are almost always some benefits to giving homemade gifts, there are also downsides to giving poorly thought out gifts, such as… People won’t use them – thus wasting resources. Your time could be better spent. Your money could be better spent. Good homemade gifts inspire [...]

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Special Tegu Discount for Growing a Green Family Readers

I just reviewed the brand new Tegu Pocket Pouch Prism (shown below), and if you’re intrigued, or think your kids will be delighted with these hyper cool magnetic blocks, I have a special deal just for Growing a Green Family readers. When I first reviewed Tegu blocks, a number of GAGF readers mentioned that the blocks looked [...]

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

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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2011 Eco-friendly Holiday Greeting Cards

The best and greenest way to go when it comes to holiday greeting cards is to skip the store-bought paper cards and send e-cards or make homemade cards with recycled paper and other art supplies you already have on hand. However, since the holidays are quickly approaching, and since some people do green store-bought cards, here [...]

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Find an Affordable Green Dollhouse That Fits Your Budget

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

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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Celebrate Buy Nothing Day 2011 Instead of Black Friday

I’ve been celebrating Buy Nothing Day for years. This year, I’m even more encouraged to celebrate, because Buy Nothing Day falls on November 25th, my birthday. Buy Nothing Day was originally launched by the folks at Adbusters, and it’s pretty simple to participate. Buy Nothing Day encourages people to skip the Black Friday madness and [...]

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2011 Green Family Holiday Gift Guide

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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How to choose a safe and eco-friendly play kitchen set or dollhouse

Each year, around the winter holiday season, I try to update both my Ultimate Green Dollhouse Guide and my Ultimate Eco-Friendly Play Kitchen Guide. Also each year I get a ton of questions regarding which dollhouses and play kitchens are actually 100% plywood-free, lead-free and overall non-toxic. That said, this year I’m going to attempt to [...]

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Grinch & Angel Awards of the Week

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 [...]