Items tagged “Eco-friendly”

Kids are ever-changing, and that includes their personal sense of style. From baby to tween, they’ll go through several different favorite colors, animals, etc. Their bedrooms will reflect that, but repainting walls every year can be a hassle. Tempaper makes it easy with their self-adhesive, repositionable, removable wallpaper! Adding even more options to choose from, Tempaper is excited to announce the ALL NEW juvenile line: Tempaper Tots by P’kolino. Tempaper Tots by P’kolino is a collaboration between Tempaper’s state-of-the-art and eco-friendly materials with P’kolino’s playfully stylish prints.

During his early September visit to villages in Leogane, Haiti, DriButts founder Michael Wahl distributed 720 reusable DriButts Diapers to 360 rural area families. Each family received just two diapers —- enough to last an infant for two years. The specially-made long-lasting diapers are manufactured with the help of Slingshot® Product Development Group. Each diaper includes a super absorbent bamboo cloth liner with natural anti-microbial properties.

Depending on where you are in the world, maybe the climate isn’t making you think of swimwear. But winter trips to tropical climates and upcoming spring break fashion needs will have you clamoring for the latest suits to let your customers set their kids on the beach in style. Move on from simple colors and basic one-pieces and dive into patterns and suits with designs intricate enough for ball gowns. With dressy options from Froufrou & Company and Isobella & Chloe, plus practical sun protection from Little Red Fish and Platypus Australia, you are sure to assemble the collection that will please all your discerning buyers and make you the one-stop-shop before the beach.

Shoppers go gaga over handcrafted wooden toys, remembering the hours of playtime pleasure they enjoyed way back when. A Summer Afternoon offers a host of natural wooden toys made from top quality hardwoods that are elegantly simple in design with oodles of play value. A Summer Afternoon is a family affair helmed by the Nuland family with “assistance” from five — count ‘em — sons as well as Erin’s Dad and a nephew who drop in to lend a hand when orders pile up.

Every year, the flu and cold season seems to get worse and worse with new nasty versions of viruses or bacteria popping up. Now parents can arm their kids with an extra boost to beat the blustery cold and flu season, without giving them all the junk or sugar that hides in the usual “kid vitamins.” KidzSprinkles is a genius doctor mom invention that gives parents a sugar-free way to get important vitamins and probiotics into little tummies. Works for adults too. Simply sprinkle on any food or drink and get a boost of vitamins, enzymes, minerals and probiotics.

While us adults are always telling kids how good they have it, little ones have a big world to learn their way around. Bombarded with scary and inexplicable events on television and online, intense emotions can be frightening and difficult to cope with. One way Andi Green dealt with those scary feelings was through art. Her drawings created a lifeline to express the complicated monsters in her head. And by personifying the emotions, she was empowered and began to share her creations. And so our world has been gifted with The WorryWoo Monsters, an award-winning series of books and plush dolls written and illustrated by Green.

No matter how parents choose to feed a baby, weaning them and getting them to the table is a big milestone. And that’s when it gets interesting. After parents invest in carpet cleaners and plastic tarps, help them out by offering dining accessories to make table time fun and semi-contained. Kids will want to stay hydrated with Bottle Buds from KidKusion and the pinwheel perfection of the Sip & Spin Cup from nuSpin Kids. To keep kids at the table, KidsFunwares has made a game of mealtime while NUK is keeping its name and reputation safe with new products for all phases of eaters.

The Indian city of Mumbai is a bustling metropolis with a long and fascinating history. Growing up in the city in the 1970’s, when it was still known as Bombay, was an exciting experience for Rekha Iyer, founder of children’s clothing line Bouton Kids. Rekha had an eye for fashion early on and her childhood memories involving clothing helped inspire her to create the designs that would lead to the launch of Bouton Kids. Now living in London, Iyer is watching her dream become a reality. Her sister, Sunita Iyer, a New York-based textile designer, introduced the brand to the United States in 2010, making Bouton a truly international company.

If you’re familiar with inventor’s lingo, you’ve probably heard the term  “Pet Rock idea”. This refers to an idea unassuming in its simplicity that goes on to garner mass appeal because of its quirky charm or ability to fill a need people didn’t even know they had. Named after the famous 1970’s toy craze, a “Pet Rock idea” is one that most product creators dream of. After all, who wouldn’t want to make a living in such an a fun and easy way with a product that brings happiness to so many people? Sari Wiaz is lucky enough to have stumbled upon such an idea with her product Baby Paper.

Playtime New York - Manhattan, (8/1/15 - 8/3/15)

For those in North America, the Playtime New York show is the one of the biggest events of the year where designers, toy-makers and retailers all come together to display their latest creations and network with others in the business. This year, Playtime New York took place August 1st-3rd at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan. As always, Playtime featured well-established businesses as well as new arrivals from around the world. Finkelstein’s, Ultra Violet, tinycottons and Oli & Carol are among the notable companies that were in attendance at this season’s show.

When you offer customers American-made goods you are sending a message and doing your bit to make our country better in many ways. Money spent on American goods translates into American jobs. We’re slowly climbing back but need to work harder. When you sell American-made you are helping move the economy forward; It’s a patriotic move as well as an economic one. The Giggle Guide® salutes four companies, CookieCutterKingdom, Peas and Queues, Tickle Toes and Dakota Leaf, all of which produce their goods right here in the U.S. These folks are doing their bit: the next move is up to you.

Nearly everyone knows that sunscreen is one of the best ways to prevent burns, damage and skin cancer, but finding the right sunscreen isn’t always easy. Many parents nowadays are discriminating consumers when it comes to personal care products for their babies and children; they’re concerned about the chemicals and additives in many mass marketed sunscreens and want natural alternatives. Unfortunately, many of those natural sunscreens, while gentle and safe, don’t always do the best job of filtering out harmful rays. California Baby is known for its high-quality, effective natural sunscreen and other personal care products.

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