#55 A Fishing Set, A Frog, Two Rabbits & A Feast Of Magnetic Food

This fishing set from Dentdelion on Etsy is made from upcycled wool sweaters, vintage fabric, yarn, canvas & eco-fi felt. The are 4 creatures to catch - an eel, a starfish, a jellyfish & a puffer fish, each is stuffed with wool & holds a magnet which is sewn closed in a pouch then sewn securely to the inside of the fish.
The fishing rod is made of oak, hemp twine & efo-fi felt, the magnet is sewn securely inside the hook.
 
This frog is made from an upcycled cashmere sweater & eco-fi felt.
It is sewn entirely with eco- friendly thread & embroidery floss, the stuffing is natural Kapok fiber which is derived from seed pods of the Ceiba tree.
Did I mention it's pretty excellent? Look at those feet...
 
These bunny rattle/teether's are made from bamboo/organic cotton fleece & the faces are eco- fi felt.
They also each contain metal bells to make them rattle.Stuffed with 100% PLA fiber - which is made from corn... Loving these earth friendly options! I also love pretty much anything made from a bamboo blend, it's so deliciously soft. Perfect for baby toys.
 
The ice cream cone set comes with a waffle cone & with one scoop of chocolate, one scoop of mint ice cream.This set is & all the remaining pictured creations are made of eco-fi felt, with any stuffing used 100% PLA fiber.
The cone & the ice cream scoops all have magnets sewn securely inside them to keep the ice cream in the cone. 
How clever is that. I'm mighty impressed!
 
 
This slice-able apple & pear set has canvas lining the inner sides to help them maintain their shape, magnets are sewn safely inside each half to hold them together... ready to be sliced apart again by little hands.
 
I am just loving the use of magnets as an alternative to velcro, it seems to me that they will last a lot longer, both because there is no chance of them detaching as there is with velcro after lots of love & it also eliminates the wear & tear caused by velcro. Both to that toy & others it comes in contact with.
Dentdelion also makes all these toys in a pet & smoke free environment, which for allergy sufferers is good to know & I certainly prefer my purchases smoke free!

Cx

#41 Sushi Set Round Up

I love Sushi.

Not just because it's delicious but because it makes my life easier.

It's a perfect child-friendly guilt-free snack when you're out & about...

Master C is crazy about it, I'm happy that he enjoys something that is healthy so much, he can hold it easily in one hand AND that it's relatively mess free ( once children reach a certain age where it's no longer a requirement that every meal/snack results in epic head to toe coverage anyhow...).

All those elements combine nicely to make me one happy mumma!

About a year ago I saw a brilliant wooden sushi set in a local toy shop, I went back to buy it a little while later & unfortunately it was gone. I've been waiting to find it again ever since with no luck.

None of these are said set (although we do have the first one & it is good), but nice alternatives to consider all the same...

sparkle t sushi set via entropy

A real Sushi container holding six pieces of wooden sushi, three with material velcro attachments.

mellissa & doug sushi set via oliebollen

I've seen this wooden bento style sushi box for sale a few places, but it's available at oliebollen at $19.95 compared to $39.95 elsewhere. I know what the other half would say to that... "You'd be losing money not to right?!" hehe

This one has nigiri, oshi & maki & has shrimp, tuna, salmon roe & egg pieces.

There are pieces that have the 'velcro chop function', now popular in much play food.

It includes ginger, wasabi (yummo!), & a dish of shoyu (soy sauce).

In addition to that there is a cleaver, a pair of chopsticks & a menu!

 

large & small wooden sushi sets, both via topbuy

mother garden japan hokkaido sushi set via precious baby kids

This set has a point of difference in that it's set of ten separate wooden magnetic pieces. 

Nifty! Plus I think it looks pretty cool too.

All this sushi is making me hungry...

C x