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Highly Commended Best Eco Toy 2012 - Eco Town
By Junior Design Awards on 20/05/2012 14:43:00
Inventive, inspirational and kind to the environment too
A brilliant board game where players construct a town with trees, recycling and rain water tanks. Edutainment at its best. Eco Town £20 by WonderworldFind out... Which fabulous toy won our Best Eco Toy category
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Highly Commended Best Eco Toy 2012 - Soft Toy Tots
By Junior Design Awards on 20/05/2012 14:44:00
Inventive, inspirational and kind to the environment too
Made entirely from recycled and recyclable materials, these handmade rag dolls are just the right size for a toddler’s clothes.Soft Toy Tots £40 by Oobicoo Find out... Which fabulous toy won our Best Eco Toy categoryPlus Junior takes a look at dolls
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Best Eco Toy - Wishbone Flip
By Junior Design Awards on 20/01/2013 14:45:00
Our Junior Design Award winner 2012 is Inventive, inspirational and kind to the environment too
Stylish good looks certainly don’t equal any compromise on the fun factor of this ingenious three-in-one wooden toy that starts life as a rocker, then a push toy and ride-on, ensuring enduring longevity. Wishbone are totally committed
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Two for joy
By Catherine Hudson on 27/02/2012 11:18:15
Mini Magpie leads the way in cool, upcycled clothing for children
The fashionably ethical trend for upcycling, converting old into new, clothing is set to grow in 2012 and leading the way is adorable childrenswear label Mini Magpie. Using second hand cashmere and wool jumpers designer Kimberley Golding makes cute
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Aquatic adventures in fashion
By Zoe Dickens on 21/12/2011 10:15:47
PUMA's new capsule collection for children puts the fun back into ethical, educational fashion
. As well as starring in the collection, Marmo will also appear on a plush toy and in a children's book, 'Marmo Saves Our Seas', which aims to educate children as to the importance of preserving our oceans. We love the fashion collection's rain poncho, which
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CPH Kids Autumn/Winter 2012/13
By Linda McLean on 07/02/2012 11:12:52
Junior reports from CPH Kids tradeshow in Copenhagen
to their already established design ethics with little changing except new colourways and graphic details. There are plenty of prints around with woodland influences, leaf and floral prints still. Animals are used for portrait prints on T-shirts and as abstract
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CPH Kids Copenhagen Fashion Fair Report for Summer 2011
By Linda McLean on 18/08/2010 14:26:52
Copenhagen hosts its second annual children's fashion trade fair on August 12–15 2010
labels seem to be concentrating on a consolidation of their signature styles, refining and editing collections to the items that sell and work well for the current market, introducing small changes rather than full-scale trend changes each season.Ethical
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Turn the page on owl picture book A Bit Lost
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 10/04/2012 11:10:51
Chris Haughton's gentle tale stars an owl who goes AWOL
in the direction of Little Owl’s real mother, who is overjoyed to be reunited with her lost owlet.A keen supporter of ethical trade, Chris has had his blue and pink Little Owl made into a toy by a Fairtrade craft collective he knows in Nepal. “I was talking to some
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Girl Power: 10 rules for raising successful daughters
By Catherine O'Dolan on 22/02/2011 12:12:11
They might say it's a man's world, but girls can be bright and brilliant too!
the smartest) Help your daughters understand that they don't need to be the smartest to feel smart, but assure them that you believe they are intelligent.4. View your daughters are intelligent, good thinkers, and problem solvers Value work. A work ethic and a
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Your dream green holiday
By Junior on 18/08/2011 14:22:12
With tipis, tree houses and wildlife projects, ethical travelling has never been so much fun
. Escorted by a marine biologist, children can observe sea turtles at various stages of their developmen, and there are environmental talks that give tips on recycling. Children can make Indian necklaces and toys using scrap material and recycled paper
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