Articles tagged “Toys”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Detox Your Home: Detect, Remove Lead Paint By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 10 2007 Sorry, parental units, but discovering traces of lead in your kids' toys is the least of your problems with this neurotoxin. Wash and wipe down surfaces: Meanwhile, wet-mop floors and wipe windows and other contaminated surfaces with trisodium phosphate or another high-phosphate detergent-note, however, that although... + READ MORE

Enjoy a Zero-Sum Holiday Season By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Dec 10 2007 Many of us have a relative or friend who insists on gifting the same thing each year. To make it a little easier, it doesn't have to apply to every gift you get; consumables that you'll use up and one-of-a-kind gifts that don't replace anything you already have don't have trade spots with something you've already got. + READ MORE

Throw an Eco-Friendly Baby Shower, Celebrity Style By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 6 2007 For Sheryl Crow's July 2007 baby shower, in honor of her baby son Wyatt, party planner Traci Phillips designed an eco-friendly shindig anyone can replicate. To welcome guests, Phillips strung a clothesline pinned with baby clothes and toys above the front door. ::Wee Generation Fore more advice and inspiration, click... + READ MORE

Take Inventory of Your Pantry and Donate the Duplicates By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Nov 28 2007 It's awfully easy to get overwhelmed with stuff-decorations, food, gifts, and more-around the holidays, and if you're not careful, too much stuff can become more and more clutter. And though holidays are typically donation centers' busiest time of year, this exercise should be repeated several times throughout the year; + READ MORE

Find Lead-Free, U.S.-Made Toys By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 5 2007 For parents who've been wringing their hands over the lead-paint-in-toys fiasco, The Daily Green has four tips on buying domestically made toys that adhere to far stricter manufacturing guidelines. Shop local independent retailers: Big-box retailers don't have the time or interest in stocking many of these kinds of... + READ MORE

Buy Fewer Toys By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Aug 20 2007 If you live in the U.S. and have a life experience similar to mine, you've probably spent at least a bit of time in a house or two where the children's toys have literally taken over the entire place. In the interests of full disclosure, and with a significant number of nephews, one niece, some cousins, and even a few... + READ MORE