Green Category Archive
Mini Bee Houses
The bad news – the bumble bee is becoming endangered due to habitat destruction and pesticide use. The good news – you can do something to help. By putting a Mini Bee House ($31) in your backyard or garden, you can provide shelter for homeless bumble bees. Bumble bees hardly [More]
staSAFE All Natural Hand Sanitizer & Protector
Germs – they’re everywhere your child wants to go. At the playground, on the shopping cart, on other kids’ toys. Now you can fight back. staSAFE All Natural Hand Sanitizer & Protector actively kills germs for hours while working with your body’s natural oils. [More]
Roost Recycled Rover
Looking for the perfect pet? Look no more! The Roost Recycled Rover ($128) doesn’t bark, chew your favorite shoes or need to be walked. He’s also eco-friendly – each cheerful canine is fashioned from twisted and woven newspaper with wooden nose and eyes. With perky ears [More]
Super Solar Racing Car
If there’s one energy source more inexhaustible than your child, it’s the sun. The Super Solar Racing Car ($11) takes full advantage of this free and abundant power, converting it into fuel for the high performance engine in this tiny, yet shockingly fast, car. You have to [More]
Plan Toys Balancing Cactus
You’ll need a steady hand more than a green thumb to make this Plan Toys Balancing Cactus ($25) grow to its full potential. Arrange the pieces of various sizes so that the weights are evenly distributed to avoid toppling the base. Fun for individual play, or as a game for up to 4 [More]
Organic Building Blocks
Beautiful in their simplicity, the only decoration on these Organic Building Blocks ($15) is their natural woodgrain. The use of maple, walnut, and cherry wood lends a variety of hues to this set of 12 cubes. Sanded until satiny smooth and finished with local beeswax and organic jojoba [More]
Green Toys Tool Set
For tackling projects big and small, make sure they have this Green Toys Tool Set ($18) handy to get the job done. Like all products from this company, these tools are made in the USA of recycled milk jugs, and ship in fully recyclable packaging. In this 15 piece set, little builders [More]
HaPe International E-Racer Le Mans
Built for speed, and minimal environmental impact, the HaPe International E-Racer Le Mans ($17) features aerodynamic styling, and roll-bars to keep the imaginary driver safe. Big wheels ensure a smooth ride over floors and carpets for great racing action anywhere. Made from sustainable [More]
Plan Toy Breakfast Menu
Serve up a hefty helping of the most important meal of the day with the Plan Toys Breakfast Menu ($23). Whether you like your eggs fried or boiled, with bacon or sausage on the side, there are plenty of options, and since everything is made of organic recycled rubber wood, there’s [More]
Noah’s Ark Playset
Up the ramp, two by two, an amazing variety of animals climb aboard this Noah’s Ark Playset ($105). Each piece is handcrafted and hand painted with special details that distinguish the male and female of every species. Noah and his wife are included to care for the animals, and [More]
Green Toys Blocks
Ever wonder what happens to all those plastic milk jugs you recycle? Some of them are lucky enough to earn a second life as these Green Toys Blocks ($25). You get 18 blocks in several different shapes, perfect for building all kinds of structures, but with no BPA, PVC, or other toxic [More]
Water Blocks
These wooden Water Blocks ($40) provide more than just traditional stacking fun. The acrylic window in each one is partially filled with mesmerizing colored water, with enough air space for shaking, sloshing, and making waves. With each of the primary colors represented, kids can [More]
Mamman Whale Tote Bag
Sometimes it’s nice to have a bag with a special little pocket for every item, and then sometimes you’re in a hurry and just need to cram in everything in sight and go. That’s when a great tote like this Mamman Whale Tote Bag ($12) comes in handy. Made of 100% recycled [More]
Fuel Cell Car and Experiment Kit
Whether or not we will really have full-sized cars that run on water and sunlight in the near future is still up for debate, but the time may very well come when our kids live in a world without a gas station on every corner. The Fuel Cell Car and Experiment Kit ($150) is a fun and [More]
Out & About Bottles
Add a little color to your lunch box, or jazz up your daily walk with these Out & About Bottles ($22). Made of stainless steel, and decorated with drawings by Shinzi Katoh, these bottles are better by far for the environment than all those plastic water bottles that get thrown away, [More]
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