$10-$30 – Sprig toys are battery-free, eco-friendly, paint-free, kid-powered toys made with Sprigwood, a child-safe bio-composite of recycled wood and reclaimed plastic that smells like pine and has visible wood flecks. Sprig makes adventure play sets, trucks, sand and water toys, and much more. AND only one item they sell clocks in at over $40 – all other products can be had from about $10-$30.

$28.99 – Eco-Friendly Tea Set from Green Toys – made with recycled milk cartons AND comes gift ready wrapped for free.

$25.00 – Organic Joobles from Fair Indigo are made of soft organic yarns and eco-friendly dyes and come in many adorable characters from penguins to bears to lions and more.

$20.00 – Eco Playdough all natural, made with plant, fruit and veggie extracts with no chemicals, artificial dyes or metals. Containers are made from cornstarch and are 100% compostable and colors include orange, yellow, green, and pink.

$19.99 – Imaginarium Green Triangle Activity Center – made with eco-friendly rubberwood and non-toxic paint.

$25.00 – Eco-Friendly Tool Set – made by Green Toys with recycled milk cartons.

$24.99 – Cardboard treehouse – totally creative, fun, and 100% recyclable. Comes in unpainted cardboard so kids can paint it however they like.

$38.90 - Plan Toys – Water Blocks made with eco-friendly rubberwood and non-toxic finishes.

$24.95 – Earth-opoly is a game made with all easily recyclable paper, soy inks, and game pieces are made made by nature or completely recyclable. Plus this game celebrates the Earth one turn at a time. “Players buy properties, collect Carbon Credits and trade them for Clean Air. As they travel the board visiting each impressive land form, they will learn about the planet and pick up Go Green tips from each deed card. Learn about Earth and how to care for it as you play. There is Traditional Play or One Hour Version.“

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Nine inexpensive green gifts for kids

For your mom: You don’t always talk to your mom about green living, so the Change Starter Kit is a great place to start. The set starts with a reusable grocery tote that comes packed with green-minded goodies – a great intro to green living.

For your dad: Knobstoppers Golf Ball Wine Stopper – made with an actual vintage golf ball; a great way to stop up that organic wine for the holidays.

For your best guy friend: If your best guy friend likes to grill the natural World Flavor Gift Set will help him grill better. Recycled packaging too.

For your grandma: Recycled Paper Candy Dish – Made from 100% recycled paper and hand crafted by Artisans.

For your active pal: The new water bottle that’s all the rage – The hydration vessel, by Kor Water, features an ergonomically designed spout and a pop top lid for easy opening with one hand. Made with totally BPA-free plastic and is perfectly hip for folks with an active lifestyle. Proceeds from the sale of the Green vessel will benefit the Wetlands Initiative. Comes in four color choices.

For the party host: Bamboo Grow Box Gift – Chocolate Amaryllis – beauty and sustainable. Components of the lovely bulb grow boxes unite contemporary design with good stewardship of the earth’s resources. Each box is hand-crafted and full-on usable. The lacquered lid elegantly becomes the drainage saucer for the leak-proof reusable grow box. Lacquer is hand-applied and  all-natural. Even the ribbon is sustainable, made from recycled plastic bottles. There’s also a paperwhite version.

For your best girlfriend: Flip-Top Clutch made with all recycled soda pop tabs. Fun.

For your female significant other:: Literally anything from FaniSong Jewelry – a gorgeous eco-friendly store with amazing recycled glass nature photo jewelry. This is one of my favorite online eco-jewelers and really inexpensive too.

For your male significant other: vedaDUDE Glide – Pretty much the best shaving gel ever created. Smells amazing and made with organic aloe leaf juice, bilberry extract and organic orange fruit extract.

For your sexy significant other: A great holiday deal romantically wrapped in a starry organza bag …with organic rosebuds and a sprinkling of tissue hearts on Yes certified organic lubricants. In fact this is such a great deal that you could throw in a sexy organic soy Love Machine candle from Dirt, and STILL the whole gift would come in at under $40. Nice.

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Ten Green & Inexpensive Holiday Gifts

Well, not exactly.

See, The Nature Conservancy is now offering people the option of giving a green gift. With this one, you can give the gift of helping the earth. You can opt to help keep the coral reefs safe. You can opt to make sure that this piece of land in this rainforest remains green and healthy. Or you can also choose to have a tree planted somewhere. Whatever it is that you choose, this will be the gift you will be giving your loved one because it will be in honor of them.

And yeah. The e-card that is sent to your recipient to let them know that they have such a green gift from you is sent to the recipient right on the day that you specify. So if you’d like them to receive it on Christmas, then on Christmas it is.

Source: The Nature Conservancy
Image source: FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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The Green Gift