CARING Companies

We love these guys!

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We trust and believe that these caring and considerate companies follow exceedingly high standards in manufacturing products that are safe, not only for our children, but also for our environment. 
Most often you will also find that they help others, people and or animals, through charitable organizations.

The images or logos you see here, as well as the information given,  is just a small representation of the compassionate companies that we have chosen to support. On our website, under various categories you will find more!  Or click on their name to access their website.

3 Sprouts

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Designing products that fit your life and leave you with a smile. 3 sprouts guarentees 100% certified organic cotton, which means no pesticides or chemicals have been used in its cultivation. The fabrics at 3 sproutsare treated with low impact dies and use nickle-free snapes and zippers.
Also, all workers contributing to creating 3 sprout products are treated with humanity and dignity.

A+ Playdough

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A+ Playdough 100% Organic, Natural & Kosher Ingredients Playdough has always been one of children’s most popular activities.
A+ Playdough now offers families who are committed to providing their children with the best in healthy all natural learning products. It is made with certified organic flour, organic vegetable oil, kosher salt and natural plant extract colours. It is specially formulated to be soft, smooth, and won’t stick or crumble.
A+ Playdough comes in 6 natural colours and one with "no-colour";
The “no-colour” offers children who are sensitive to plant dyes a safe alternative and it can be mixed with the “caramel brown” to promote multi-ethnic use.
100% ALL NATURAL • ECO-FRIENDLY • ETHNIC-FRIENDLY

Anamalz

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Elephant
Anamalz are made from maple wood that comes from plantation forests and is FSC approved.
Water based paint, azo dye and formaldehyde free glue and minimal packaging.
Even the waste wood is used on a farm to grow mushrooms.

Angel Bear Yoga

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Play Deck
Angel Bear Yoga™ Is Green Themed Yoga For Kids! Helping kids become compassionate and knowledgeable about their world – as they learn to love themselves and their animal friends! Angel Bear Yoga™ was created as a way to nurture the spirit of a child and foster a sense of wonder for the natural world using yoga as the tool.
Angel Bear Yoga™ was designed for anyone to use!

Artemis

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Modelling Beeswax
These high beeswax sheets include soft tints of primary and secondary colors. Colors include green, transparent, pink, brown, yellow, carmine, orange, dark blue. These beautiful beeswax sheets have been colored by natural plant extract from buckthorn berries, madder root, indigo plant, weld leaves, lac-dye, coreopsis flowers, and catechu acacia. Imported from Denmark.
All Natural Beeswax, Fun for Modelling, Plant Dyed Colors

Auspen

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Refillable marker pens: turn one white board marker into twenty. Using an Auspen refillable marker pen and ink saves you and your environment the price of 20 ordinary marker pens. Just one of our refillable marker pens, with its small refill bottle, replaces those 20 ordinary marker pens that would usually end up as landfill.

Bamboo Collection

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E-Racer Red
Bamboo combines lightness with stability and is flexible but very strong and once cut, bamboo grows back completely in a mere three years. The bamboo grain has a wonderful tactile feel and is enhanced with a bright water-based paint. After years of research, extensive testing and a worldwide design workshop, HaPe International is proud to offer the Bamboo Collection, the world's first collection of bamboo toys.

Beleduc Wooden Puzzles

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Layer Puzzle - Boy
Children should have the chance to learn during their playing and we try to help them with games of high educational standard. Our solution is to combine creativity, imagination & fun. All our products show the CE-sign and comply with the European standards.

Blue Orange Games

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Blue Orange Launches a Unique New Campaign to Preserve The Environment

At Blue Orange Games, we cherish our natural environment and understand the need to preserve our planet. Therefore, we at Blue Orange have committed to plant two trees for every tree used to create our games.

Ecojot

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Ecojot Journal
Ecojot® is a beautiful range of Canadian made 100% post-consumer recycled paper products which are perfect for today’s eco savvy user.
  •  We use acid-free, processed chlorine free paper & board.
  •  All our inks & glues are vegetable based, therefore bio-degradable.
  •  No new trees are used to make our paper & the paper mill is powered by biogas harnessed from a nearby landfill.
  •  All our protective packaging is corn-based. Furthermore, we try and use as much locally made raw material as possible.

Educo

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Educo is part of Hape International. HaPe is a German company with a wholly-owned manufacturing facility in China under uncompromising quality controls. Educo toys, as with all HaPe toys, conform to the heavy metal (toxicology) testing as required by the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) for US and Canada. Beleduc toys also meet all industry standards including the EN 71 (European Standards) and proudly bears the CE mark. No heavy metals such as lead and cadmium or phthalates are used. They are child-safe and completely non-toxic.

Envirosax

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Planet Green Series
Chic, inexpensive and compact, Envirosax® environmentally friendly shopping bags carry the message of re-use to a world ready to embrace a brighter ecological future.

Faber Castell - Creativity for Kids

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We feel an obligation and commitment towards people and the environment.  We practice our social responsibility within the company, with business partners and in the community.  We prioritize and continuously search for environmental friendly processes and materials to contribute to planet preservation. 
Creativity for Kids kits packaging is made of recycled cardboard, soy-based inks are used for printing, and our instructions are printed on recycled paper.  We recently eliminated the use of shrink wrap on all of our packaging which significantly reduced our use of plastics.  We continue to investigate ways to leave a smaller footprint on the environment.
Faber-Castell has been a world leader in environmental stewardship. 

Fair Trade Sports, Inc.

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Soccer Balls
Fair Trade Sports, Inc is the first sports equipment company in the US to launch a full line of eco-certified Fair Trade sports balls, ensuring fair wages and healthy working conditions for our adult workers and is committed to donate all profits after taxes to children’s charities, both domestic and international.

Family Pastimes Cooperative Games

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Beautiful Place
Play as friends, not as enemies! These games foster the spirit of co-operation. Players help each other climb a mountain, make a community, bring in the harvest, complete a space exploration... They are never against each other.

Far Fetched

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We're a unique company and our jewelry reflects it! All of our creations are designed in Sebastopol, California and are handmade by artisans in sterling silver, copper and brass.
We provide terrific products, great value and excellent service. Each piece of Far Fetched jewelry is slightly different than the next. It's as individual as the hand that created it and as unique as the person that wears it. 
  Far Fetched is now a member of the Fair Trade Federation! To find out more about fair trade, click here.

Folkmanis

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Polar Bear Puppet
Widely regarded as the most innovative puppet-maker in the world, Folkmanis® consistently designs beautifully crafted toys that inspire creativity, promote hands-on discovery, encourage interaction, teach fine and gross motor skills, help develop early language, and become a child’s lovable companion to be treasured for years. The company’s line includes a virtual menagerie of plush pets and friendly wildlife friends with new designs constantly on the drawing board.
Folkmanis, Inc., believes that toys and puppets are crucial for a healthy childhood and development.
Folkmanis donates puppets around the world, to be distributed among refugees, orphans and social workers. Domestically, Folkmanis is a regular benefactor to various children’s welfare organizations.

Fuzz that Wuzz - Mary Meyer

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Fuzz that Wuzz Collection
What were once plastic bottles are now cuddly toys! Introducing Fuzz That Wuzz! The outer fabric and the stuffing are both high-quality polyester fiber made from 100% recycled plastic PET bottles.

Golly Gee! Baby

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Tinsy Tiny Bootsies!
Golly Gee! Baby is based out of Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada, created in 2009 by a sister team: Heidi Franck & Christina Dennis.  All of their products are handmade with care & fully “baby-tested” and approved.

Green School Tote

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Green School Tote
The green school™ tote was created based on both a need and desire for an eco-friendly method to send money and forms from home to school.  Conventional methods used to send money to school include single use plastic bags and envelopes. Most municipalities are unable to recycle plastic bags and as a result they are clogging our landfills.  By using the green school™ tote we are eliminating plastic waste and conserving our forests by reducing our use of paper products. 

Green Toys

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Tea Set
Green Toys Inc. makes an awesome line of classic children’s toys constructed from recycled plastic and other environmentally friendly materials. This helps reduce fossil fuel use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improving the overall health and happiness of the planet.

The Little Humbugs

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These high quality dolls are a true representation of the book characters. The dolls encourage skills such as imaginative play and learning the importance of the natural world, which are necessary foundations for a child's emotional and intellectual development.Little Humbug dolls come in their very own pod shaped chrysalis mimicking a real life butterfly. It has an added environmental benefit in that it doubles as the packaging.
The Little Humbugs book range uses 100% post consumer waste, old growth and chlorine free paper.
Although we are very much for planting more trees we also realize the importance of saving the remaining forests still in existence. Books are printed on post consumer waste paper and printed locally to keep the carbon footprint to a minimum.

Idbids

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Idbid Starter Kit - Scout The Cloud
Imagine a world where we have taught environmental sustainability as a fundamental concept to our children –
just as we teach shapes, colors, letters and the importance of saying "please and thank you."
With the purchase of each kit, a child can enter a code online that will help protect the habitats of animal friends through The Nature Conservancy's Plant A Billion Trees campaign, Adopt an Acre® or Rescue the Reef® programs. Lovingly handcrafted using 100% organic Egyptian cotton which has been colored with natural organic dyes – no two are alike, just like children!

Imagiplay

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Number Snail
For over a decade, ImagiPLAY has created high-quality educational toys that inspire children's imaginations and the desire to explore. With the abundance of toys available for children today, ImagiPLAY sets itself apart from the rest through its motto: "Toys with Integrity." By producing quality products that connect with nature, have eco-friendly sources, and hold educational value, ImagiPLAY works to benefit the earth we share and the people that inhabit it.

Kathe Kruse

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Organic Towel Bunny
Käthe Kruse observes highest standards in the production of dolls and toys and uses only the best materials for safe and healthy playing. Käthe Kruse brand reflects an optimistic view of the future of “Made in Europe”. Outstanding handwork finds more and more friends. It is not possible to create products of this quality in just any amount and, so, they will always be desirable.

Karito Kids

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Piper from Australia
Every Purchase Helps Another Child.

Like all Karito Kids products, three percent of the retail price helps another child—and purchasers decide how! Every item comes with a special code allowing them to log on to karitokids.com, play great games, earn extra World Change™ and direct their gift to one of four causes: school, home, health or food.

Kids Konserve

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Butterfly Lunch Kit
Kids Konserve offers a complete line of reusable food storage options from complete waste-free lunch kits to individual reusable containers and beverage bottles, all made from the safest, non-leaching, bisphenol-A free (BPA) lead free and phthalate free materials.

Lifefactory

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Glass waterbottles with Silicone sleve
Lifefactory creates innovative, non-toxic products that make it easy for everyone to lead a healthy and eco-conscious lifestyle.

Livos Finger Paint

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Livos natural paints and finishes are derived from plant oils, natural resins and waxes, earth and mineral colours rather than from petroleum and industrial by-products. The precious raw materials are grown under supervision and harvested in compliance with the principles of sustainable resources. They are constantly monitored and quality control samples of each batch manufactured are kept for five years. Livos products do not contain synthetic fungicides or other synthetic poisons.

Lyra

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Face Crayons
Conserve, change, grow! These have been the principles guiding our actions over the last few decades. 2008 brought fundamental change to LYRA. The order of those sentiments is now ... change in an effort to conserve and ultimately grow.

Mama K's

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Gluten Free - Natural - 100% Biodegradable - Aromatic - Made with Natural Clay
Get more from your play time. A wholesome, all-natural addition to play time, Mama K's Play Clay is a kid-safe clay with subtle aromatherapy oils to soothe the mind. Ingredients are basic and natural: they include certified gluten free flour, extra virgin olive oil, vegetable colorants and pure essential oils. Available in six scents, including soothing lavender, relaxing chamomile and tension-easing bergamot.

Our ingredients are 100% natural and Mama K’s Play Clay is suitable for kids with Celiac and Autism Spectrum disorders.

Mudpuppy/Galison

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Earth-friendly and safe: The greyboard used to make Mudpuppy puzzles is from 90-100% recycled paper, and the colors are printed with nontoxic, soy-based ink. All puzzles are CE and ASTM tested to ensure safety.


Naturebag - the little (organic) nature activity bag that can.....

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- connect children with their natural environment
  - offer a hands–on, curiosity led alternative to TV and video games
  - support the psychological and emotional wellbeing of children through their interaction with nature
  - create for our planet, stewards of the future
  - contribute to the source of income of families in KV Kuppam, a district in Southern India, through the manufacturing of the organic cotton bag and bandana in their factory.
  - provide you with the choice of buying an earth-friendly product

So join the movement! Get your kids outside!!!

Nature's Garden Seed Company

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Wildflower Seed Packet
Nature’s Garden Seed Company is proud to offer a distinctive line of high quality products inspired by Canada’s natural world. These will allow you to give, or just enjoy for yourself – flowers, butterflies, hummingbirds and bumblebees – year after year.

Enjoy Canada’s natural gifts! Nature’s Garden Seed Company is proud to support environmental organizations. Annually, we donate 25% of sales from our Backyard Biodiversity Wildflower Seed Mix to World Wildlife Fund – Canada. We also donate a minimum of 5% of our profits to charitable organizations.

O'Bon

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O'Bon Pencils
The philosophy behind O'BON is simple: Take a common school item, such as a pencil, and turn it into something exciting, something special, and something different. We strive to end the days when pencils came in bland colors, broke constantly and consumed valuable environmental resources. Made from old newspaper, and manufactured in a variety of designs and colors, our pencils are setting new standards for environmentally friendly school and office supplies. And pencils are only part of what we do. You will find that our entire line of school supplies is unique, exciting and fun.

Otterbottle

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Stainless Steel Bottles
By combining a sense of style and creativity with a passion to find a better solution for the planet, Calgary’s own Shannon Andrukow created an alternative to Bisphenol A (BPA) bottles called Otterbottle. Each Otterbottle is 100%, 18/8 grade stainless steel, BPA-free and earth-friendly, sporting a different design motif on each bottle to suit everyone’s tastesWith every bottle sold, a contribution will be made to the David Suzuki Foundation.

Papoose - Colours of Australia

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COLOURS OF AUSTRALIA WAS STARTED IN FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA,  IN 1991 AND IS NOW BASED IN WILLIAMSTOWN, VICTORIA.
We take pride in designing our products so that a minimum
of stitching is necessary for the construction. For instance, our hand puppets are wet felted in one piece, then some of the decoration is sewn on. This way the item is stronger and there's less likelyhood of something falling off, and it looks better! The toys are all 100% wool and have either pure cotton
or pure wool filling. 
We are focused on producing safe and natural products, hand made with care,  using FAIR LABOUR and FAIR TRADE.

Plan Toys

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Alligator Pull Along
PlanToys® creates toys to inspire imagination, promote children’s physical and intellectual development, and be socially and environmentally responsible while maintaining good values.
Their toys are made with natural rubberwood recycled from rubber tress no longer able to produce latex. The wood is stabilized with a time consuming chemical-free kiln drying process. Non-formaldehyde glue is used in place of the traditional toxic wood glue. Non-toxic, water based dyes provides colors.
100% of PlanToys® is produced within their own facilities which allows them to completely control the materials and quality.
PlanToys® makes green toys and is committed to being a green company.

Planet Pixies

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Planet Pixie Plush Organic Dolls
Dedicated to providing children's toys that are safe, creative, fun and better for the environment. Eco-Friendly toys that retain quality without compromising affordability.
About Planet Pixies
Planet Pixies are made from organic cotton fabric and all natural materials colored using non-toxic water based dyes.
The cotton fabric is certified organic by the SKAL organic exchange 100 guideline control union certificate # CU CERT 809381
Pixie packaging is made from 100% post consumer recycled cardboard, and is 100% recyclable.
Pixies are produced and manufactured in Sri Lanka

Planet Zoo

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Planet Zoo produces all occasion gifts and stationery featuring wildlife in their natural habitat and beautiful floral designs. Our merchandise is created using recycled materials and soy based inks. We are proud to donate a portion of every sale to deserving wildlife organizations.

Playmais

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XL Playmais Kit
PlayMais is a toy and crafting material made from natural resources and is 100% biodegradable.
Natural Resource
PlayMais is made from corn and water and dyed with natural and food colors. It does not contain toxic ingredients and is therefore safe to play with. Nevertheless, we recommend having fun playing, but not eating it.
Environment
Corn is a re-growing resource and products made from corn are biodegradable; the perfect cycle of nature. Besides, did you know that corn produces 3 times more oxygen than a forest of the same size as the corn field?
A Safe Future for our Children
By establishing natural cycles, we preserve natural resources while saving our environment for future generations. Playing with PlayMais, our kids already become part of this new spirit.

Re Usies

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Reusable Pouch
ReUsies™ are a re-usable alternative to sandwich/snack bags, each one has the potential to eliminate hundreds of plastic bags. ReUsies™ are 100% cotton lined with leak-resistant nylon and are secured with Velcro® closures.
Made in USA.

Seedling

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The seed for our company was planted in 2006 when we couldn't find a meaningful and inspiring gift for children who had plenty of mass produced toys that were played with for 10 mins and then discarded.
We yearned for a good old-fashioned experience that meant time shared, skills gained and something that kids could really dig their teeth into.
Since then Seedling NZ has grown to a small passionate team designing, developing and creating all our own products right here in New Zealand.
We inject pure passion into our products allowing children to work with real materials and tools giving them a sense of mastery and achievement whilst having fun and engaging with adults.

Serendipity Puzzles

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Snow Kingdom Puzzle
Serendipity has gone green! This means that all of our puzzles and packaging are made of recycled materials that are FSC certified in a new and smaller format.

Sierra Club

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Baby Animal Knowledge Cards
The Club is America's oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization. Inspired by nature, we are 1.3 million of your friends and neighbors, working together to protect our communities and the planet.

Smencils

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Being responsible for the environment is an important part of doing business in today's world. That's why we've made sure the materials and processes that go into making Smencils are healthy for the environment. In manufacturing Smencils, we use recycled newspapers, environmentally friendly fragrances, corn-based biodegradable plastic tubes,and biodegradable erasers. The scents used to make Smencils are the same as those used to make soaps and candles, which are safe for reasonable personal use as tested by the manufacturers. By using corn-based biodegradable plastic, even Smencil packaging is environmentally friendly.

Sprig Toys

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Assorted Sprig Toys
Sprig Toys, Inc., is an eco-friendly company dedicated to making the best toys the right way. Inspired by our collective desire to keep kids active and the planet healthy, Team Sprig is dedicated to infusing creativity, smart design, quality manufacturing, earth-friendly materials, product satisfaction and responsible business practices into a superior line of fun, kid-powered toys.
We help make the world a better place and we get kids off the couch. Pretty cool, huh?

Stockmar

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Modelling Wax
Stockmar's high-level quality standards for raw materials, processing, environmental compatibility, handling, efficiency and colour quality exemplifies our goal of promoting the nurturing of the senses and thereby contributing to the healthy growth of young people.
Stockmar products appeal to all of man's senses. Because of their harmonious colours they are beautiful to look at, they smell good and are pleasant to handle. Stockmar products make it possible to discover a vast range of artistic techniques and to encourage creativity. And creative activity, in turn, trains abilities that are necessary to become resourceful, inventive, imaginative, ingenious and productive individuals. Stockmar products bring the joy of colour and shape to life.


The Green Board Game Company

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Around The World Game
Why 'Green' you may be asking? All those years ago we recognised the importance of the enviroment we live in. It wasn't as fashionable back in 1991, however, we have always used as high a content of recycled /recyclable material as possible. We strive to source ethically and are members of Sedex (Suppliers Ethical Data Exchange).

Tree Free Cards

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Tree-Free Greetings was formed with a commitment to the environment. They are the first greeting card company to work aggressively toward the use of 100% tree-free paper.
Tree-Free is better than recycled! The production of Tree-Free paper uses less water, no chlorine or harmful chemicals, & requires less energy. Tree-Free uses paper from sustainably harvested sources like kenaf, sugar cane, and bamboo, as well as from post-consumer recycled paper.

Ukkie Glue

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Ukkie Glue
Ukkie (the dutch word for small child) glue is ideal for craft projects. It will hold light materials such as paper, cardboard, cork, felt, and smaller pieces of wood. The glue is a mix of poly vinyl alcohol and water, so it is non-toxic, water soluble, odorless, washable, and biodegradable. The glue is packaged in a recyclable plastic (#2) bottle. Made in The Netherlands.