Green gift guide for your MINI ENVIRONMENTALIST

Gifts for your little ones! We’ve hand picked these special items and think the babies in your life will have an excellent start with these all-natural and fun toys and games. Happy holidays!

Sckoon Fat Rabbit doll: This super cute little item is 100% organic cotton inside and out, and dyed with metal free dyes, making it safe for babes. It’s 9” of cuddly goodness.

Bum Bum Balm, rated one of the safest and best natural diaper creams available, is handmade by Dimpleskins Natural Body Care just outside Vancouver. With ingredients such as coconut oil, pure beeswax, organic jojoba, apricot kernel and calendula oils, this product is a must for every diaper bag. Dimpleskins is proud of their 3Rs policy throughout their business, implementing the practices wherever they can.

UNICEF board books make excellent gifts for baby. Make early learning fun with colours, numbers and animals. Every gift you buy from Unicef helps a child in need.

Babies have very sensitive skin so it’s important that everything that comes into contact with it be as pure as possible. Wrapped in a reusable organic cotton pouch, Hankettes Natural Baby Bath Gift Bag contains an organic cotton bath mitt, three organic cotton baby wipes, calendula baby soap and chamomile baby powder.

Rawganique stocks great organic cotton toys that come in six styles and five colours. These plush dolls are handcrafted with careful attention to detail, with stitched eyes and no fluff or fumes to inhale. Made by Egyptian women who use their earnings to support their families.

Vancouver based Green Bean Baby has a perfect gift set for a newborn: a 100% organic cotton velour knotted hat, bib and bootie set; chemical free and cozy. Preserve Jr endangered species toothbrush.

The Preserve Jr’s unique life cycle is a fun way to teach kids the importance of good oral health and efforts that preserve our earth and its endangered species. The handle is made from repurposed plastic from yogurt cups and is completely recyclable. Introduce your child to endangered animals such as the African elephant, Karner Blue butterfly, Utah prairie dog, cheetah, koala and grizzly bear.

Earth Book for Kids: Activities to Help Heal the Environment. Filled with ideas for arts and crafts projects, experiments and experiences that encourage children to enjoy and heal the environment, teach your children about acid rain, endangered wildlife, pesticides, energy, recycling, pollution, landfills, rain forests and water conservation with fun and creativity.

Make a big splash with this all-natural latex rubber ducky. That’s right - natural, herbicide-free rubber that has been sustainably-harvested by tapping the sap of Hevea brasiliensis (the common rubber tree).

Time to go to market! With their wool felt veggie set, children can shop for carrots, tomatoes, cauliflower, green onions, corn and eggplant. These toys are warm, soft and great to chew on for teething babies. Wet felted by skill artisans in Nepal, these are beautiful, durable and all natural fair trade toys.

Crafted in Germany by a company that places a high standard on environmental responsibility, Haba wooden toys – we like the klapperwurm! - are a safe and healthy alternative to plastics, especially for teething babies. Their bright colours and innovative designs are created with non-toxic, water based painted and lacquers. Using indigenous maple and beech woods that are kiln dried for strength and durability, these high quality toys can withstand generations of creative play.

From Vancouver-based Bamboobino comes an organic bamboo hooded enclosed wrap for baby which is snuggly and absorbent, perfect for bath time.

Hand knit and fairly traded, these wooly whimsical little creatures are made from wool home spun from local sheep and then left natural or plant dyed. Ecologically sustainable materials have been used in old-world traditional methods – you will feel a sense of joy when you read the tiny tag with the signature of the woman who has knit your little creature. The sale of these unique creations helps to support farming communities in Kenya.