Even More Ethical Products for Kids

The idea of buying ethical toys and products for our kids is so important that I thought I would do one more blog about some of the products I have found that help save the environment.

One interesting item I found that is also a great gift for the adult in your life is a yo yo created from sustainable harvested wood. The yo yo is made from two sliced coins of wood with the bark left on it and everything.

One of the cutest of eco-friendly kid's toys I have run across is a stuffed Earth globe. These are made by a company called Hugg-A-Planet and they help little one's learn about how to read a map. The plush toy is made out of 100% recycled materials.

If you and your kids like chocolate you might want to buy Eco-Friendly Candy. You can buy sustainable, fair trade eating chocolate from companies like Eco-Choco. However when you do buy this slightly pricier chocolate remember that you are supporting environmentally friendly practices and the protection of wild-life in the forests of Brazil.

Another cute eco-toy is the Wheel and Seal umbrella. This is an umbrella with a sponge seal with happy faces embedded on it. When it is wet you can drag it through a puddle and the printed rolls with leave a detailed design behind them.

Do you want to help another mom in the world? Now you can buy prenatal vitamins that have a one-for-one program that benefits moms in disadvantaged countries. The vitamin company that is known for this is Build Nutrition. This company, founded in 2010, donates one bottle of prenatal vitamins to a woman in need for every body you buy and then keeps replacing the vitaminms during the length of her pregnancy. Furthermore the vitamin bottles themselves can be reused and recycled. The vitamins themselves consist of a physician formulated blend of 17 ingredients that are crucial to the healthy growth of a baby.

Josh Rubin and Gabriel D'Amico-Mazza are the brilliant visionaries behind Build Nutrition. Their aim is to bridge the gap between non-profits and for-profits by offering a socially innovative product that gives just as much as it sells. There are 30 million undernourished babies are born each year and 190 million children have poor vision due to a vitamin A deficiency. The true eco-product for moms is one that keeps on giving to those less fortunate than you!

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More Ethical Products for Kids

Imagine how much money you would have to spend if you had to buy a crib, raised cot, daybed a junior bed and a longer bed while your kid grows. However, this is exactly what most of us do as our kids are growing.

One of the niftiest and greenest pieces of furniture to come along for kids in a long time is The Leander Bed. This is a functional bed that can be taken apart and put together again to turn into several different types of sleeping platforms including a full crib with rails and a long formal bed.
Another nifty gadget that has been around for a while are Color-Changing Eco Lamps. These are soft little plastic 'ghosts' that you plug into a wall. If you press the ghosts belly and it turns green then you have switched it on for an hour. If it is orange then you have switched it on for over four hours and if it is red you have switched it on for over eight hours. I like this product because it teaches your kids about conserving energy and timing energy usage. It is made by a company called Tio and it is not much more expensive than a night light.

One of the messiest baby accessories to deal with are plastic baby bibs. Finally a company is making biodegradable baby bibs. Cocoboheme's bib feature big beautiful pictures of chickens, pigs, frogs and other animals. They are made out of potato starch and are solvent free. This means that your baby can suck on the bib without you having to worry about he or she eating chemicals. You can use them more than a couple of times before you have to throw them out and after you do they do not leave a big stubborn carbon foot print like typical plastic baby bibs.

Did you know there are companies out there that are now making eco-dough, eco-fingerpaint and eco-puzzles? Eco Kids, which is a family based company based out of California is now making all of these things out of plant and fruit extracts. The play dough and paint is made without toxic metals, dyes or chemicals.

All of the containers the toys come in are biodegradable and the puzzles are made out of Radiata Pine which is a wood that is sustainably forested in New Zealand.

It is nice to buy products for your children that do not have you feeling guilty about a thing.

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