Nanchen makes the most adorable little soft and cuddly dolls with natural materials, and in my opinion, the tiny Pumpkin Rattle Doll below is the perfect Halloween treat for babies who are still too young this year for candy treats.

Nanchen dolls are manufactured mainly with organic cotton and stuffed with Bioland pure new wool. All dolls are the perfect size and shape for your baby to hold and have sweet expressions painted on their tiny faces. The pumpkin above has a slight rattling sound. Nanchen only uses raw materials stemming from permanently controlled bio-cultivation and products conform to European safety …read more

As a green blogger, it’s frustrating because I work for more than one green client. Sometimes I’ll post something elsewhere that I KNOW Tree Hugging Readers would adore. That happened today, but since I think you’ll be interested, I’m going to send you away for the day.

The review is of Citiblocs – a totally green, super fun, and best of all, affordable green building toy. Cedar loved them, and if you’ve got little ones, this item is a must consider toy for the upcoming holiday season. Seriously, kits start at just $15 and are a cool family activity. Plus they …read more

Remember the very cool Green Toy Giveaway we had here last year? Well, Green Toys just introduced their new spring line, and they’ve got some great new toys available. I like the new line a lot because it really encourages your kids to get outside with fun toys like a jump rope with recycled handles and a recycled ecosaucer flying disc.

Like all Green Toys, this new collection is made with recycled milk jugs. Other new toys include a recycling truck, dump truck, and adorable play tool set. Go see all of them. Oh, and speaking of giveaways, we’ve got one …read more

Right now we’re running our Green Toys giveaway, and have been looking at the toys offered. So far we’ve seen the Cookware & Dining Set and the Indoor Gardening Kit. We’re going to look at the last two toys today, and then later this week learn a little more about the actual Green Toys company.
Sand Play Set – super cute and includes a shovel, hand rake, cool sand castle mold, and of course a bucket. Perfect for summer beach fun.

Last, but not least, the adorable Tea Set. I really like this set. If you were setting up a kitchen play …read more

You know, I was going to do a Green Toys focus yesterday and plum forgot. I thought it might be nice, since I already posted about how to garden with toddler and gardening tools for kids – to showcase one of our prizes in our Green Toys contest. A prize that fits the whole children gardening theme.
In our current Green Toys giveaway, one of the prizes up for grabs is the very cool Indoor Gardening Kit.

I LOVE this set. It comes with the most adorable pea pod shaped planting tray, 3 planting pots, a trowel, soil, and organic Teddy Bear …read more

Since we’ve got all four sets of Green Toys available to win in our summer fun contest, I wanted to take a closer look at each over the next few weeks.
My favorite toy set is the Cookware & Dining Set. As a kid, I had a toy kitchen and it was one of my favorite toys ever. I played that toy to death. It encouraged me to do all sorts of other things like create pretend menus with old magazines, open pretend restaurants with my siblings, and bake up fancy clay cakes. Really I think every kid needs a toy …read more

I’ve actually liked this toy forever. Still, I’ve never posted it here.
Pandabo from Bamboo Collection
Pandabo, an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award winning game is made of quick growing bamboo and decorated with water-based paint. The perfect little game for ages four years and up; Pandabo helps to develop fine motor and problem solving skills as children attempt to add sticks atop the wobbly panda bear. Plus, it’s just the best looking game ever – what child won’t want to play with this. Lastly, it’s also inexpensive at under $15.

Included:
- 1 wiggly panda
- 6 round sticks
- 8 square sticks
- 10 …read more

These eco-friendly rubberwood wooden tree puzzles rock. I’m enthralled. Cool to solve and look great when completed. Hand painted with non-toxic paints. Comes in a 9 piece Majestic Oak or 7 piece Juniper. Also Fair Trade. Just great toys all around. Safe for ages 3+ and available at the always neat Acacia.