Kicky Pants: Sustainable Bamboo Clothing For Kids

We love bamboo fabrics — and the designs from Kicky Pants for kids and moms alike are making us giddy inside. There’s an incredibly wide selection (something picky moms will definitely appreciate) — but what I dig most is how darn comfortable everything looks. How about some Kicky Pants for dad? Here’s a bit more about [...]

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Recycled-Bottles Spaceframe Kit A Treat For Young Builders

Sure, wooden building blocks are fun — but if you’ve got a little archeitect with larger aspirations, this Spaceframe kit from Offi might just rock their world. Sporting rigid felt-like forms made from recycled plastic bottles, the Spaceframe is a modular system that leaves endless possibilities for building. How about a fort? Or a rocket ship? [...]

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Australian Kids Build Greenhouse From Recycled Plastic Bottles

There appears to be popping up an almost limitless amount of creative uses for used plastic bottles — the latest of which was the Plastiki Boat project getting ready to set sail next month. Now, some schoolkids from Australia have created an entire greenhouse from the containers; some 1652 two-litre and 1.25-litre bottles in all. [...]

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Recycled Fleece Peekaru Lets You Recreate That Scene From “Aliens”

I love the idea behind the Peekaru — which essentially keeps your baby bundled up while exposing only their head. It fits over all sorts of standard baby carriers using a zip. Of course, in certain positions, it also looks like they’re sticking out your stomach — throwing me back to that scene in Aliens [...]

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