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Category: Toy Safety

My Picks For Safer Toys This Holiday Season

Posted on: Dec 2, 2011

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Happy December 2nd! Shopping is in full swing! I’m not nearly done and I’m sure some of you are right there with me. I pubished this years picks for safer toys in case you need some suggestions for gifts for the kids. I planned on having this out sooner (and I did give a sneak [...]

Lullaby Organics Cyber Monday Giveaway!

Posted on: Nov 28, 2011

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It’s no secret that I love Lullaby Organics or that I love to support small businesses when possible. So when I was invited to participate in Lullaby Organics 12 Days of Holi-Daily Deals I was totally on board! Starting on November 25th and ending on December 6th, they will have a deal of the day [...]

Green Toys Pizza Parlor

Posted on: Oct 21, 2011

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I’m not going to even mention the H word around here until after Halloween (the other H word… the one I’m talking about rhymes with Shmolidaze). But I am going to start posting some reviews of toys that will most likely appear on my Safer Toy Guide for this year. I always include something from [...]

City Planner Blocks from Pure Play Kids (Giveaway!)

Posted on: Jul 8, 2011

Filed Under Healthy Home, Product Recalls, Toy Safety | 181 Comments

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I was looking around my house not long ago and wondering how I ended up with so many plastic toys. It shows up and it accumulates. My biggest peeve with most plastic toys is not that it may not be recyclable or clog up a landfill, but that many times the plastic stuff only entertains them for [...]

Eco-Friendly Castle Tower Craft by Imagination Box Co. (Giveaway!)

Posted on: Jan 28, 2011

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During these long winter days, snow days, stuck inside days (not here in Florida though, sorry!) I can only imagine that finding things to keep the kids busy becomes a challenge without resorting to television. When the boredom of crayons and play dough sets in, I start to panic and start reading through DIY websites [...]

Toy Guide Highlight: Dandelion Baby Organic Toddler Doll

Posted on: Dec 9, 2010

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I really love the products that Dandelion makes and have admired their work over the past year or so. They already had a great line of dishes (made with corn rather than petroleum) and organic teethers and toys. But this year they have outdid themselves and expanded to other items. One being their new Organic [...]

Toy Guide Highlight: Haba Doctor’s Suitcase Kit

Posted on: Dec 7, 2010

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One of my favorite items from my SafeMama Toy Guide is the Doctor’s Suitcase by Haba. I’ve seen several Doctor kits at various stores and I was always hesitant to buy them despite thinking it would be a fun toy for my son who is big into pretend right now. Back during the “year of [...]

Toy Guide Highlight: Melissa & Doug Wooden Workbench from GummyLump(& Giveaway!)

Posted on: Nov 22, 2010

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One of the items I chose for this years Holiday Toy Guide was the Melissa & Doug wooden Workbench. GummyLump is a great online source for wooden toys, carrying a variety of wood toy making brands like Melissa & Doug, Haba and KidCraft. I really like that they have an entire section dedicated to special [...]

What’s That Smell? Toxic Toys R Us

Posted on: Nov 11, 2010

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Toxic Toys R Us is a project developed by a collection of environmental justice organizations, consumer advocates, public health professionals, parents, children’s health activists, and workers. They are trying to raise awareness regarding toys sold at Toys R Us that still contain toxic PVC. They use the term “contamination” to describe it and I think [...]

SafeMama’s 2010 Safer Holiday Toy Guide

Posted on: Nov 10, 2010

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It’s that time of year! As much as I tried to avoid the holiday shopping madness and excessive Christmas decorations at Target it came anyway. “It’s not even Thanksgiving yet!“… I know I know. But we’re all thinking about it even if we haven’t started shopping yet. Last year I was home with a new [...]