designer profile: eco-kids

editor’s note: you may have seen that our Eco-Easter Eggstravaganza Play Date  features EcoKids Eco Eggs. We thought you might like to learn a little bit more about this company — and why we love them! Today, play guru Claudia Towles gives us the 411!

Made in the USA and family owned, eco-kids believes in creative play the natural way. They produce all natural art supplies, including the eco-eggs dye we will be using at our upcoming play date: eco easter eggstavaganza. As with many great companies the concept came from their passion to create products from natural ingredients that are more likely to be found at a farmers market than a pharmacy.  Literally, initial batches of eco-kids raw materials were grown in a backyard garden. All recipes are developed but Kip and Cammie with the help of their kids [and product testers] Jack, Maggie and Gus.

The eco-eggs dye is made of a variety of fruit and vegetable blends, producing what they refer to as eco-kids primaries: orange, blue and purple. Using their color chart you can create a whole series of colors.

We’ve had the pleasure of knowing the eco-kids family for a few years now and can honestly say there are few business as committed and passionate about delivering the very best to consumers.  Using non-toxic, natural ingredients Kip and Cammie developed their staple product eco-dough which is rich in color, soft in texture and has a delicate aroma that adds to the play experience.

Eco-kids has also created gluten free versions of their popular products for those with specific allergies going as far as producing a single modified batch for a customer with a unique allergy.

Check out their website for more information on their products (especially their eco eggs!). You can also download some of their fun activity sheets here.

Author Description

claudia

Claudia is known around Charm City as the "Toy Lady." As the co-owner of aMuse Toys, she is constantly on the look out for creative, inventive and engaging playthings that celebrate childhood and bring families [closer] together. Claudia lives life loudly, has a thing for take out from Ban Thai, loves strolling along the waterfront, and obsessively takes photos -- mostly of her 'guys' (husband Tom and son, Sebastian) and pug, Olive. Her theme song? Rise, by H. Alpert.