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In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday yesterday, I discovered these green farm animals.These are the greenest and pig that I’ve ever seen!  Perhaps these will inspire the next generation’s Dr. Seuss to go green.

They are called Bock Bock chicken and Wiggly Woo Piggly.  They are hand made by Ecoleeko.  These toys are made with soft all natural materials that are hand dyed with care.  The fabric is a bamboo fleece, the stuffing is kapok fibers and ground walnut shells and it’s even sewn with organic cotton thread!!  Talk about eco-friendly kids toys.  This is probably about as green as it gets!

Ecoleeko has a whole range of stuffed animals, bean bags, rattles, balls, bath puppets and tagged blankets made with the same sorts of all natural materials as seen in Mr. Bock Bock.  The owner even details how the paperwork involved in invoicing and receipts is recycled, as well as the packaging. 

This is definitely a company owner that you know you can trust your children’s safety with.  In recent years there have been so many scary recalls on children’s toys and cloths that have parents wondering what exactly is safe.  Check out Ecoleeko for gifts and baby essentials instead of a big box store where items are made overseas under dubious safety regulations.  Handmade supports local businesses and shows companies that we are concerned about child and planet safety!!

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As a mother of two, I know that musical instruments are one of children’s favorite kinds of toys.  These awesome wood instruments from Plan Toys are sturdy enough to withstand the playdates my house hosts on a regular basis and be handed down to generations of music lovers to come!

Check out this drum kit — two drums, a cymbal and a ridged surface to create some fantastic sound effects with.  The kids could definitely get their rock out with this set.  Headache??  Sure but kids definitely need an understanding of music.  It helps with learning math through pattern recognition and is a great resource to help them express themselves and their creativity.  That’s definitely worth popping a Tylenol or two, right??

The banjo from Plan Toys immediately conjures up sounds of dueling banjos in my head.  I can automatically picture kids strumming away with a look of pure joy and discovery on their faces.  Imagine how much fun a group of kids could have rocking out with a range of these instruments.

The best part of these instruments, in my opinion, is the company’s plan to be sustainable.  Their toys are made with organic rubberwood trees which no longer produce latex.  This is extremely important because it means no fertilizers of pesticides were used on this wood for at least 3 years.  You won’t have to worry about any chemical safety of these toys!  The wood is then kiln dried using a chemical free process to strengthen the wood.

What about the paint?  We’ve all heard about hazardous chemicals being found in the paint in kids toys lately and it’s enough to scare parents silly!  Plan Toys only uses safe water based non toxic dyes on all of their products.  They do not use dyes containing lead or any other heavy metals.  The heavy metal is saved for the kids to make and rock out to with the instruments!  Can you imagine a group of 3 year olds playing Metallica!! lol

The company uses a special non-formaldehyde, non-toxic E-Zero glue to assemble the pieces of their toys.  They also are heavily involved in recycling and use soy or water-based inks on all of their printed materials.

They have a huge range of toys for all age ranges from baby to large scale kids toys.  I definitely would recommend checking out their website for the huge range of safe toys.  They also have a list of online retailers that the toys can be purchased from separated by country.

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Valentine’s Day has come and gone but this rattle will suit the next big holiday too — St. Patrick’s day!  St. Patty’s day is all about going green, right?  Green beer and green baby toys.  Okay, maybe not but this organic soft rattle does fit into the theme of both Valentine’s and St. Patrick’s day with four hearts forming a four leaf clover shape.

It is made from 100% organic fox fibre colourgrown cotton plush and terry cloth and stuffed with pure white wool.  Super cute, eco-friendly, chemical free, natural and safe toy for baby.  Check it out at a great online toystore from the UK called Toys to You that carries a ton of green toys for kids of every age.

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