Make natural, healthy, non-toxic playdough with this easy recipe using kitchen cupboard ingredients and colored with spices, fruits and vegetables.
DIY Playdough with Natural Dyes
Making playdough can be fun no matter what your age.
Ingredients
2 cups …

Why not consider some “citizen philantropy” this holiday season? DonorsChoose.org combines a valuable cause — helping teachers get supplies for classroom projects–with wonderful results. You give to any classroom project request you want, DonorsChoose.org …

Back in the day, Halloween was different. It was a time to create, be imaginative, and it was a low-budget holiday. I still remember the countless decorations and costumes that were made out of old …

I won’t lie. I loved my juice boxes, pudding cups and classic cream-stuffed snack cakes as a school kid — but they were all wrapped in plastic destined for the lunchroom garbage can (not to …

A new report by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, “Pretty Scary, reveals that some children’s face paints contain lead, a neurotoxin, as well as nickel, cobalt and chromium, which can cause lifelong skin sensitization and …

Wowza, check out the inspiring poem, art and eco-music created by the 2009 fifth grade class at the Marin County Day School class in northern California. The lyrics were created by fifth graders and music …

With UK pediatricians asking parents to stop feeding their children food with artificial dyes because the dyes are neurotoxic and can cause behavioral problems, it seems completely appropriate for parents to look for candy that …

The Ecology Center launches HealthysTuff.org, a site with data on over 900 common products tested for toxic chemicals including lead, cadmium, mercury, bromine, chlorine (PVC) and arsenic.
Using an XRF analyzer, researchers at the Ecology …

Dear Annie,
I have two children under three years old and am worried about whether or not their toys are healthy because they are almost all plastic! I can’t afford handmade wooden toys. At least all …