How often do you make or buy homemade Halloween costumes that are used only once because they are too scratchy and uncomfortable to ever wear again? Too often I would imagine. Are you left with a pile of pirates, princesses, and various ghouls and ghosties with no little kiddy to make them come alive once the candy has been consumed and the pumpkins have been turned into pie?

If you'd rather your kids could make use of those homemade Halloween costumes and their imaginations year round let me introduce Sarah's Silks. Sarah's Silks is a company started by Sarah and Mike Lee from Sonoma California who are dedicated to helping create a better world through imaginative play.

Sarah's Silks offer a large selection of delicately delightful "quality play silks, toys and dress-ups for boys and girls between the ages of 3-10, that ignite the imagination, and capture the magical soul that lives in young children."

How are Sarah's Silks Homemade Halloween Costumes Made?

Silk is a natural fiber and renewable resource so it falls into that eco-friendly pile of playthings we so love here at Earth Friendly Goodies. Besides the eco-friendly nature of silk all the handmade dress-up silks use non-toxic vinegar-based dyes and are hand made by home based seamstresses in Shanghai China then shipped to Sonoma California where a group of women working in their homes finish sewing, ironing and packaging them.

Our daughters love playing dress-up year round and will break out the princess costumes any time day or night (princes need kissing and dragons need slaying at all hours it seems).

If you are looking for a unique fairy tale themed Halloween costume or a Halloween costume you can make at home Sarah's Silks has several homemade Halloween costumes and silky accessories to choose from including dragons, unicorns, knights, mermaids, and of course princesses and fairies. Not only does Sarah's Silks sell completed costumes they also sell many fun flavors of play silks that you can use however you like to make your own homemade Halloween costumes.

Find a large selection of Sarah's Silks homemade Halloween costumes for sale at Amazon as well as individual play silks for your own creative play below.

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Sarah's Silks Rainbow Streamer List Price: $16.95 Sale Price: $10.95 You save: $6.00 (35%)   Eligible for free shipping!

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But where can I find BPA Free unbreakable dishes for kids?

Just today she handed me a torn out page of a Parents magazine in which they had a little blurb about Kidishes - BPA free dishes for kids, drinking glasses, bowls and plates that are made out of Duralex tempered glass. I know you are thinking give glass dishes to my kids - yeah right! The thing is these Tempered glass dishes are supposed to be 4 to 5 times stronger than standard glass because they are made through extreme heating and rapid cooling, thus quite nearly unbreakable dishes!

You can find Duralex unbreakable dishes for sale at Amazon. The Kidishes often sell out fast on Amazon but I did find one source where you can buy Kidishes as well as a fun video showing off the seemingly indestructible nature of these dishes. Take a peek at the vid and then go to ZoeB Organic to check out these kid friendly 100% recyclable, dishwasher safe, microwaveable, BPA free Duralex unbreakable dishes for kids (whew that was a mouthful)

You can also find a good deal on Duralex unbreakable dishes for sale on eBay with a few Kidishes on there from time to time as well.

This Post on BPA free unbreakable dishes for kids shared on Real Food Wednesday and Fight Back Friday

If you are looking for another non plastic option for school lunch containers check out our post on LunchBots - unbreakable dishes, or rather lunch containers made from stainless steel. Well ok, stainless steel isn't usually associated with unbreakable dishes but that was my theme here so I'm sticking with it.

BPA Free Dishes for Kids – Unbreakable and Tough as Nails is a post from: Earth Friendly Goodies

They are made in the USA with fair labor, and use fabrics that far exceed the Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety. In other words they are good for you, your baby and the ‘ol ground we walk on. Read more about how two mothers Libby and Laura created IsaBooties.

For your buying pleasure you can find many varieties of IsaBooties for sale below (tell them Earth Friendly Goodies sent you and well, they’ll take your money with a smile that’s about it, but it doesn’t hurt to try):

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Hello internet land, it is a glorious sunny Sunday with birds signing and the smell of Spring tickling my nose hairs. Um, what, too much information you say? And too spunky for this early on a Sunday morning too? Well, maybe I shouldn't have had that St. John's Wort brownie before breakfast.

Regardless of the your level of morning spunkitude it is a fine day to celebrate my nieces 1st birthday, and what better way then telling you about a new eco-friendly store I found last week. Twin Cities Green, was recently voted Best Baby Goods Store in the Twin Cities by City Pages magazine (that's in uptown Minneapolis, MN).

I wasn't familiar with them either so I decided to peek at their 'ol web site. Well here's the low down. They not only have baby goods but:

furniture, gifts, home decor, items for the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room, dining room, garden, personal accessories, toys, games, baby gear, bedding, green lifestyle enhancements, gadgets, pet supplies and more!

Yowza! So if you dig living green take a look at Twin Cities Green, they research all their products to make sure they are, well green. Enough said.

Have a mighty fine funky fresh Sunday, from EFG.

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