green gifts

Green Book Review: How to Plant a Tree

April 18, 2010

Review summary: How to Plant a Tree is a great gift for Arbor Day, Earth Day or another special event. The book is beautifully designed, packed with interesting tree facts and has few cons. Although one con is significant – I’d overall recommend this book for tree lovers or anyone interested in keeping the planet [...]

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New Eco Recycling Game by Plan Toys

April 5, 2010

Plan Toys has a really neat new game available – Eco Recycling Game that will help you open up the recycling discussion with little ones ages 4+. Totally cute right!? This wooden recycling game set includes a dice, a canvas game mat, 4 recycled bins, 4 figures, and 16 pieces of recyclable waste tokens. To [...]

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Eight Tips for an Eco-Friendly Easter Basket

March 21, 2010

With so much going on I forgot that Easter is almost here. Dang. In any case, it’s not too late to green your Easter baskets. Here’s how in eight easy steps… 1. Use recycled baskets – use real baskets not plastic toss away baskets. You can pick up old, but still like-new baskets at thrift [...]

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Great Green Giveaways for Mamas & Kids

March 16, 2010

Right now at two other websites I work for I’ve got some amazing giveaways going on. I figure it’s nice to share the love – i.e. if you’re interested scoot over and enter these fab giveaways… The first is an amazing organic gift set from BABYBEARSHOP. This adorable gift set comes with organic and natural [...]

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Adorable & Reusable Valentine’s Day Treat Bags!

January 23, 2010

I just saw these Drawstring Bags over at My Bella Love’s Etsy shop and they’re so flipping swoon worthy. These tiny drawstring bags are the perfect thing for Valentine’s Day treats, birthday favor bags, and so much more. Plus of course you can reuse them over and over. AND these are totally affordable. It was [...]

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Green Product Review: YummyEarth Organic Gummy Bears

January 22, 2010

With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, you may be looking for eco-friendly treats. My family recently sampled some YummyEarth gummy candy, and here’s what we think… PRODUCT: YummyEarth Organic Gummy Bears and Organic Gummy Worms from YummyEarth. Gummy Bear flavors include; Pomegranate Pucker, Sour Apple Tart and Strawberry Smash. Gummy Worm flavors include; Pomegranate Pucker, Sour [...]

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Adorable Heart Shaped Natural Teething Toy

January 21, 2010

Little Teething Toys from the very cool Little Sapling Toys make great gifts for babies and they even have one design that’s ideal for Valentine’s Day. All Little Teething Toys, like the Little Heart Teething Toy shown above, are perfect for teething babies to grasp and chew. Each Heart is sanded satin smooth, left unfinished [...]

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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 [...]