Kidbean Toy Review and Giveaway
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i like the elces and angels wooden dollhouse!
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Kidbean is a "Green" Vegan, Earth-Friendly, Labor-friendly boutique offering the finest quality Vegan baby and childrens products. They have a fantastic selection, I didn't realize that there were so many Vegan friendly products out on the market. They carry Toys, Bedding, Diapers Foorwear and much much more. At Kidbean they take their research very seriously. They not only look for Vegan and earth-freindly products, because you can honestly find alot of those products out there, they even sell some organic clothing at Walmart now adays. What kidbean does differently is they also make sure that the labor used in creating the items they sell were treated fairly, meaning no child labor and decent wages. They check to see what type of organic certification (GOTS,CU etc.). They look for the impact of the packaging as well, is there plastic used in the packaging, chemicals etc. Lastly are all the ingreients safe for consumers, especially are little ones who we all know put thing in their mouths. After reasearching this company I am thouroughly impressed with what they have to offer and the ammount of work that obviously goes into their selection on products. These days organic is getting more and more popular and easier to find, but how many stores can you find that offer all that Kidbean does? Not many.
What makes Kidbean Green?
Reduce: We print on both sides of the paper whenever possible
Reduce: We print using our printer's draft/low-quality setting in black ink only for most of our printing
Reduce: We use Energy Star certified computers and office machines
Reuse: We save junk mail and print on the other side
Reuse: We make regular trips to our local health food store and/or other local businesses to pick up boxes to use for shipping our orders
Reuse: We reuse all boxes from our incoming shipments to ship out orders
Reuse: We reuse all packing material from our incoming shipments to pack orders
Reuse: We reuse wrapping paper after winter holidays as packing material
Reuse: We reuse the backs of our shipping labels as packing material in some orders
Reuse: We compost food scraps
Recycle: We recycle all paper and cardboard that cannot be reused
Recycle: We recycle all ink cartridges
Recycle: We recycle plastic, glass, and aluminum
Recover: We use only 100% post-consumer waste (PCW) paper for all in-house printing
Recover: When we do buy mailers and boxes we buy those with the highest content of post-consumer-waste we can find
Recover: We buy remanufactured ink cartridges
Recover: We buy recycled office supplies whenever possible
With these efforts, Kidbean have consistently been able to keep our business's trash output to less than a single 13-gallon trash can each month. WOW that is simply AMAZING!!!!
I had the opportunity to test two wonderfuly unique and fun toys from Kidbean. Different Drummer Workshop Unfinished Holey Roller Wooden Pull Toy for ages 1 and up. This toy is Handcrafted from soild unfinished pine. The neat thing about this pull toy is that its designed to be upright no matter what position its in, which is sooo cool because other pull toys my children have always seem to tumble over after they pull it a few feet, causing them to get super frustraited. This one is always upright no matter how they pull it, so your child never gets frustraited, what a neat idea, must have been a parent who thought of this product ;-). It's rather funny because my children are 2 and 4 and they both still had an amazingly fun time playing with this toy. While I must say it didn't keep their attention as long as it probobly would a child of 1 or 2 which it is more designed for they still had fun pulling it around the house. This toy retails for $14.00 but is currently on clearance for $10.50 which is a fantastic deal for a Vegan organic toy, better snatch this one up before it sells out. This would be a great Christmas present for that little one in your life or a shower gift for an expectant mother.
I also had the opportunity to test out another great push toy called the Mossy Creek Woodworks Unfinished Wooden Pushalong car/massager. This toy is intended for toddlers who love to push things, it also makes a great massager for older kids, pregnant women and jsut about anyone who likes a decent massage. This toy is handmade from solid hardwood cherry and was inspired by traditional American folk toys and are made from rural Arkansas. Both my children simply LOVED pushing this car aroun d, especially my two year old daughter, although my 4 year old son keeps comendearing it to add to his collection of matchbox cars, LOL He loves ALL cars, no matter size,shape, color. So we have had a few brawls over this toy, I might have to go online and order a second if I want to get some sanity restored to my household. My family has enjoyed playing with these toys for the past few weeks and I know they will enjoy them from years to come. The pull toy is a bit young for my children so I've decided to donate it to a needy family that cannot afford their own toys this year. They have a 1 year old little girl and I think this toy would be a perfect match. It makes me feel amazing not only to be able to help someone but to know they are getting the very best quality product out there.
I cannot say enough about the toys we received and about this fantastic company I have discovered. They have so many quality items to choose from at affordable prices. They even have a large selection of sale and clearance items.
Kidbean has graciously offered these same toys to two lucky readers of Medicated Mama. I will choose via random.org two winners, each will win one of these two fantastic toys.
To Buy these great toys visit Kidbean. Free Shipping thru 12/18/2009! Just enter coupon code happyholidays2009. They are also offering 25% on all Nature's Paradise products thru the month of December!
To Win one of these great toys visit Kidbean and tell me another fantastic item you would like to own and why. (This is mandatory or no other entries will count) Contest ends Dec 19th at 11:59pm.
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Thanks and Good Luck!
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I would love the Uncle Goose Wooden Groovie Blocks
I think the Elves and Angels Wooden Toy Fairy Tale Castle is really great! Thank you!
I follow on Twitter and tweeted
http://twitter.com/kewpiedoll04/status/6433915503
I'd like to try the hemp fingerpaint! Thanks! amythomas at gmail dot com
Following via email
Following on twitter and tweet http://twitter.com/atrane/status/6437975931
I love their cute collection of baby onsies - they're too funny and cute.
eod_army_wife04(at)yahoo(dot)com
I like the Different Drummer Workshop Wooden Toy Sailboat because I don't have to worry about it growing moldy like my plastic bath toys
I love the Wooden Toy Sailboat, because my son doesn't have any bathtoys!
I love the Honeysuckle Dreams Organic Cotton Bunny! So sweet!
Thanks for such a great giveaway!
h4schaffer at gmail dot com
I'm a new follower on Google Connect!
h4schaffer at gmail dot com
Ohhh....I love the Elves and Angels Wooden Walker's Wagon! So cute. My son would love it. Thanks for the chance to win of of the two toys. :0)
bekki1820cb at gmail
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My son would flip for the Mossy Creek Woodworks Unfinished Wooden Train Whistle. I would love to have that for him.
jessmy13@yahoo.com
I like the Uncle Goose Wooden ABC Flyer Wagon with Blocks. Great stuff!
I like the flower dresses for babies, esp. these:
http://www.kidbean.com/lapsaky-organic-cotton-flower-baby-dress.html
ananemone(at)gmail(dot)com
I like the Elves and Angels Wooden Cottage.
i like the heart of vermont organic cotton futons... affordable sleep surfaces without all the chemicals!!!
heatheranya at hotmail dot com
The Elves and Angels Anna's Wooden Dollhouse is simply divine. I can imagine all the fantastic play this dolls house will inspire. Beautiful!!
marypres@gmail.com
Love the different drummer wooden sailboat silenttributary(at)yahoo(dot)com
love: Can You Dig It Earthy Brown Mud Pie Long Sleeve Organic Baby Boy Tee Shirt
The Mossy Creek Woodworks Unfinished Baby Rattle is the one I would like to own. I like that its unfinished wood so when the baby pops it in their mouth, I don't have to feel guilty about what they are sucking on.
I would also like to get my son the Uncle Goose Wooden Bug Blocks. Thanks for the giveaway.
maryDOTavingerATgmailDOTcom
Elves and Angels Sturdy Wooden Step Stool because it looks soooo cute :)
Different Drummer Workshop Wooden Toy Sailboat looks fun!
Uncle Goose Braille and Sign Language Wooden Blocks would be my choice; I really like the notion of multimodal communication, starting as young as possible
I subscribed via e-mail, too
I would like to have the Easy to Love Large Handmade Wooden Steam Train Toy
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I subscribe via e-mail
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I follow on twitter @sgrant2005 and tweet:
http://twitter.com/sgrant2005/status/6635438675
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I blogged #1
http://thegrantsgiveaways.blogspot.com/2009/12/medicated-mama-two-natural-wooden-toys.html
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I blogged #2
http://thegrantsgiveaways.blogspot.com/2009/12/medicated-mama-two-natural-wooden-toys.html
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I blogged #3
http://thegrantsgiveaways.blogspot.com/2009/12/medicated-mama-two-natural-wooden-toys.html
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I love the Unfinished Wooden Tug Boat Toy - it would be great to get my nephew a bath toy that isn't plastic!
urchiken at gmail dot com
I also like Uncle Goose Wooden ABC Blocks
kerriekg@yahoo.com
I follow your blog!
kerriekg@yahoo.com
I also like the Lapsaky Giraffe Organic Cotton Preemie Swaddle/Newborn Receiving Blanket.
SamneneD@aol.com
I love the Wooden Fire Engine.
xmeliss182x (at) yahoo (dot) com
i like the elces and angels wooden dollhouse!
heidilynndonahue@gmail.com
i follow your blog
heidilynndonahue@gmail.com
I'd love everything, quite seriously. :-) BUT since I must pick...I'd like the Swaddlebees Organic Cotton Velour Fitted Newborn Diaper...and a bunch of them! Due June 30, I need to gather a newborn stash as my current stash doesn't include that tiny size.
rachel.east08 at houghton.edu
Thanks, mama!
I like the wooden toy sailboat
zachsgran1 at yahoo dot com
I'm a follower
zachsgran1 at yahoo dot com
I love the sailboat thanks for the chance to win. Ian jeimbigner
charlestonchew@live.com
I like the uncle goose wooden blocks
tmc480 at yahoo dot com
I love the wooden dollhouse it is amazing. thanks for the chance to win.
I like the hemp fingerpaint
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I'm a follower
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