Last Christmas I decided to make my kids some felt food. I thought they would love it and it would give me something to whittle away at while I watched TV on those cold winter nights. I went to the craft store and stocked up on a plethora of felt and thread and a million ideas of what to make. Around came Christmas eve and I had made… a carrot. Granted it was a beautiful carrot but I was not sure that the hours of work and pain in my hands (among other places) was worth the end result. Well my kids loved the carrot and I went on a search for some suitable additions to our more than lacking veggie collection.
Saplings is a Canadian company that specializes in fun, safe, and sustainable decor and toys for kids. Sounds good, eh? What sounded better to me at the time was the veggie crate by Under the Nile. It comes complete with a carrot friend for my masterpiece, some beans, a tomato, and what appears to be a giant Portobello. The veggies are made from 100% organic Egyptian cotton which automatically gives them a head up over my felt creation because there are no little felt fuzzies falling off. Which leads me to my next point of praise: they are totally safe for babies (or adults for that matter) to mouth and chew and “pretend” to eat. The veggies wash up great (just threw mine in the washing machine) and they come properly packed in a small wooden crate which doubles nicely as a time-out spot for Barbie.
The veggies I received from Saplings come adorned with cute little veggie faces which magically transform your play food into a community of food people and hours upon hours of fun. The imaginative play that has resulted from these four tiny vegetables is incredible and the kids have yet to tire of them after months of use.
The Under the Nile veggie crate from Saplings is a toy that you really should buy for any mini chef in your life. They stood up to the test of my children and impressed me with little more than some cotton and thread. I guess I could continue to make my kids felt food but after playing with these veggies I really can’t think of one reason why.
WIN IT: Win a $50 gift certificate to Saplings so you can pick your own prize! Simply check out www.saplings.ca and then go to the Contests section of Wundermums’ forums and tell us what you would spend your $50 on. Contest closes June 15th, 2009. Good Luck!
Reviewed by Melanie Morgan for Wundermums. All rights reserved.
0 responses so far ↓
There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below.