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Posts tagged “eco friendly”

My Toxic Baby: Safe, Sane & Affordable Solutions

Does being green make you part of the eco-elite? What happens when you can't afford to eat all organic all the time? How far am I willing to take it? Should I have my children's toys tested to see i...

Elimination Communication: Babies That Are Diaper Free

When we talk about diapers, we're usually bringing the latest news on cloth, kinda-cloth or eco-friendly disposable options. But what if you never needed to buy diapers? Elimination Communication i...

Eco Friendly: Ma Me Pa Turtle Pull Toys

We have a serious love for pull toys. Maybe it just fits with our bossy nature and always wanting to be the pack leader of a group, but either way, these eco-friendly string-along turtles could be ...

Found: High Flying Cable Cars

It's not often a toy stops us in our tracks and has us wishing we had one when we were younger. When it comes to these wooden cable cars, all we could think about was the "mountains" they would cl...

Dandelion Dinnerware Made From Corn

Growing up and living in the Midwest gives us a strong appreciation for the use of the natural resources we're surrounded by. Dandelion dinnerware is a plastic that's made from corn pellets and is a...

How To: Make Your Kids Rooms Smell Better Naturally

It doesn't matter if your kids keep their rooms 100% spotless (we should all be so lucky) there's still a few bad smell offenders that can get the best of any child. There's bound to be some smelly ...

Collapsible Platypus Water Bottle

We've always been enamored by big things that take up little space. Quite honestly, we blame Inspector Gadget and his pop out helicopters, roller skates and the like. So when we came across this ri...

Mini-Mello Bamboo Seating

We've always been big fans of multi-tasking furniture in our spaces. They carry with them the ability to solve more than one design delima down the road. Curious to see what these eco-friendly Mini...

PecanPals: Eco Friendly Art Toys

PecanPals are made from the typically discarded wood of rubber trees. These "non-vinyl toys" have names, adventures, articulated parts and are all crated and hand painted from the team over at Nofer...

Zerofootprint: Helping Kids Track Their Family's Footprint

We ran across a fun website recently that helps kids track the carbon footprint of their family. It's easy to use and the results are calculated in terms they will understand such as how many trees,...

Cheeky Wipes: Eco Friendly Reuseable Baby Wipes

Baby wipes are just a fact of life for those still in diapers and sure we've told you how to make your own (using old receiving blankets and from paper towels), but what if you aren't the DIY kinda p...