Earth Month - Echo's Toybox Review

Every little boy needs a dog, right?

When we received this little sweetie pie from Echo's Toy Box, I wasn't sure which boy (or girl) would nab him.  I mean, look at him!  What's not to love?  

I should have guessed it would be whoever saw it first!  In this case, that would be Stinky.

I showed the puppy to Stinky and he grabbed it right away and started kissing it.  He drug it around all afternoon, and by bedtime it was his new best buddy.  

This little puppy is so well made!  Each piece is stitched on with extreme care.  The ears are exactly the right amount of floppy.  The tail is perfectly curly.  The stuffing is just enough to be huggable without being too soft.  The nose?  Perfectly kissable.  The eyes are stitched on strongly enough to hold up to tugging, which is very important!

Including the tail, this guy's about 10 inches long and 4 inches tall.  He's the perfect size for snuggling!

I absolutely adore this little guy from Echo's Toy Box, and so does Stinky!  (He doesn't have a name yet, but he will.  We'll let Stinky decide.)

You'll want to check out all of the animals at Echo's Toy Box!  They run around $10-15, but they're well worth it!  (And rumor has it, she's got a whole new line of crocheted items coming very soon!)

Earth Month - Little Picklepotamus

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Remember my love for Etsy?  One thing I love about Etsy is how may eco-friendly products I can find there.  Another thing I love?  There's something for everyone, including Little Lou!  As I was dancing my way through Etsy shops a few weeks ago, I tiptoed across a sweet little felt shop, Little Picklepotamus.

Little Picklepotamus tickles my fancy for toys as well as my tastebuds!  The felt toys Mindy makes are absolutely delicious...both in looks and in quality!

We received the Deluxe Breakfast set to review.

In person, it looks exactly like the picture!

Mindy's felt is made from recycled plastic bottles, which I love!  The craftsmanship is amazing.  The foods are adorable and life-like!  And the true test?  The kids love playing with them!

Little Lou loved them straight out of the package.

She mixed them in with her new green toys dishes, and made a breakfast fit for a king!  (Or her baby brother, who, in her eyes, is pretty much royalty.)

They even had strawberry smoothies for dessert!

(The strawberries are my favorite part.)

Even now, nearly a month into using them, they still look {almost} brand new!  The felt still looks perfect, but since they take them outside to the playhouse sometimes, or try feeding pancakes to the dog, or drool on them, they're a little dirty on the edges.  (I haven't tried washing them.)  The stitches are all still perfect, and they're all still the exact right shapes!

You can find a whole line of felt food (and other things) at Little Picklepotamus!  The prices are fantastic, and you will fall in love with the quality of the realistic looking food!

OR 

You can win a $22 gift code for Little Picklepotamus right here!

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Earth Month - Green Toys Review and Giveaway

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Bugsy and Little Lou are feeling a little left out.  This whole "review" thing is kind of getting to them.  They are super excited when the package man comes or the mailman makes a special stop at our front door, but dismayed each time a package contains a new diaper or a detergent sample or something else that only Stinky gets to use.  Today, however...today is about Little Lou.  Yep.  It's her day to shine!  Today we feature products for which she got to be the "tester" and she was sooo excited!

Have you ever heard of green toys?  

If you're in the "eco-friendly" community, I'm sure you have.  green toys are amazing plastic toys made of recycled milk jugs!  Yep, you read that right.  Milk jugs.  6,139,327 as of the time I type this.  If I could, I'd save my milk jugs and send them straight to green toys!  In fact, now that I think about it, I'll write to them and see if that's a possibility.  I'd love to support them directly!

We were sent the green toys Cookware and Dining Set to review.

This awesome 27 piece set is perfect for any little girl's pretend dinner party!  Little Lou loved the colors right away.  (She also loved that they were hers!)  I love how sturdy the pieces are!  I have to be honest, I was expecting something a bit more flimsy.  These are the absolute sturdiest toy dishes we have...and we have a lot!  In fact, I am planning to get rid of some of the old ones to make way for these.  They're perfect!

Little Lou set to work immediately, dragging the play kitchen outside to the play house, setting up her work area, and cooking dinner.

She even made a little house for her {brother's} stuffed dog, Rover, out of the box!

The green toys are a hit at my house.  Stinky LOVES the silverware.  He'll crawl around clutching a plastic spoon or fork - no knives, the big kids won't let him have them - and scream if we try to take it away!  I love that even when he chews on them, they don't bend or break.  You can't even see the marks from his two tiny teeth!  (He also loves sitting at the table "eating" with the big kids.  He really does pretend to eat.) 

We're sold on green toys.  Totally sold.  Little Lou and Bugsy both have birthdays coming up.  I've got my eye on the Tea Set for Little Lou and Fire Truck for Bugs.  

You can buy green toys for your own kids directly from green toys, or from a myriad of other online retailers. You won't regret your purchase!  They're fun, great quality, eco-friendly toys!

OR 

You can win the Cookware and Dining Set just like Little Lou's here on my blog! 

(Conest will end and a winner will be drawn May 3, 2011 at 11:59am EST.)

Oh yeah...in case you're wondering...they're up to 6,139,288 jugs now.

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