Green Options » natural dyes http://greenoptions.com/tag/natural-dyes Posts tagged 'natural dyes' Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Easy Eco Easter Ideas http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/03/10/easy-eco-easter-ideas/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/03/10/easy-eco-easter-ideas/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:18:01 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/03/10/easy-eco-easter-ideas/ easterbasket.jpgWhether you are Christian or not, children love to hunt for a basket full of goodies on the springtime holiday of Easter, which this year falls very close to the spring equinox. My childhood memories of Easter are filled with fake, green plastic grass, gross gooey marshmallow bunnies, and of course, the ubiquitous chocolate bunny. My children’s Easter gifts are a much more eco-friendly than those of my youth. Here are a few ideas I have come across this year for an eco-friendly Easter:

  • Green Gift Ideas: Stubby Pencil Studio is now carrying wooden toys. The Spinny Speller is great for teaching children phonemic awareness and reminds me of the homemade phonics mediators my grandmother used to make for her first graders. The Made By Me wooden kits are perfect for little hands to decorate and assemble. Both toys are made in the USA. Stubby Pencil recycled cards and eco-art supplies also make nice additions to your child’s Easter basket. The cards now come in eco-friendly packaging consisting of a custom button/string tie envelope made from 30% post consumer recycled paper and green seal certified.

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