Lunchbox Treat: Hearts & Stars

Lunchbox Treat: Hearts & Stars By Cheryl Tallman, www.FreshBaby.com Strawberries have a wonderful heart shape with the nutritional value that lives up to its shape. That's right - they're heart healthy! Starfruit's cookie cutter "star" shape offers instant fun and a … [Read more...]

5 Green Products: Mama K’s Aromatic Play Clay, Joe Reilly, Love Crunch, Bambo Training Pants, Blessing Bank

1. Mama K's Aromatic Play Clay Unless you have a Celiac child or family member, you may not realize how sensitive to gluten these individuals are even to topical applications. My father got sick from hanging wallpaper with wheat paste, for example. Play dough is another … [Read more...]

Hard Boiled Eggs Disaster: Natural Dyes for Natural Easter Egg Hunts

[slideshow] With Earth Day and Easter falling so close together this year, as well as the bad news on artificial food dyes, natural Easter egg dyeing has never been more popular. When I was younger and more ambitious, I used to spin wool and [amazon_link id="0486226883" … [Read more...]

5 Tips to Avoid Artificial Food Dyes this Easter

This weekend, children will be hunting for food colored eggs and candies full of artificial food dyes. Bright pink marshmallow bunnies, blue dyed eggs, multi-colored jelly beans...it's an overload of these petroleum-based colorants. We first reported about the concerns of food … [Read more...]

5 Green Products: Woodsy Words, Smens, Little Looster, Maty’s Quiet Relief Cough Syrup, Goodbyn Bynto Lunchbox

1. Woodsy Words Game Woodsy Words is an eco-friendly take on the classic children's game of [amazon_link id="B000INOXM0" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]pick up sticks[/amazon_link]. Just like the original, you drop all of the sticks, then try to pick one up … [Read more...]