EverEarth owns multiple organic farms, and provides healthy organic food for their workers. Here’s a picture of the magnetized geometric shapes to give you a bit more reference on what I’m talking about.Įthics | I had an opportunity to message back and forth with with EverEarth’s Mike McGee (he visits the EverEarth factories in person) and he shared how each factory is not only a certified member of the International Sedex Global Organization, but also, how the factories provide social insurance and overtime pay to each worker. EverEarth did send a white cotton baggy to put the magnetized shapes, which a nice alternative if you’d rather just leave them in the bag. You can get the plastic sheet here and just cut them in shapes to fit. This was mostly a preemptive measure just in case those little magnets somehow become unattached and baby “A” sticks one in her mouth. Good To Knows | I ended up adding a protective plastic layer to both the shapes and the single side of the magnetized geometric shape sorter. My not-so-engineering-savvy self appreciates that this activity cube came already preassembled. It’s a brilliant and oh-so-easy way to insert some weights inside the cube once your baby tries using it as a stand support. I loved that EverEarth added a large hole in the bottom of the activity cube. This activity cube is packed with all sorts of things: a magnetized geometric shape sorter, counting beads, spinning gears, a wire coaster and a peg maze (that’s topped with adorable bees, snails, and butterflies). ![]() Plus, the whole thing feels really rather hardy. What I Love About It | First off, the beechwood used in this cube is stunning! It’s grain is almost effervescent and looks lovely. What I ordered | The Garden Activity Cube While I went for bold and bright colors for this activity cube (it matches her nursery better) I thought it was lovely that EverEarth has a toned-down and more neutral collection you can opt for instead. They’ll even send you a certificate for your tree, which a great sustainability-conversation starter with your family. Basically, every time you purchase one EverEarth toy, they plant one tree in their own 20,000 acre FSC-Certified forest. EverEarthĮverEarth is a family owned wooden toy manufacturer that’s been around since the 1970’s. It actually took three late-night-nursing-and-googling sessions before I stumbled across EverEarth. Surprisingly, finding an activity cube that met all five of these basic criteria, was rather tough. Ethically-treated workers and third-party safety testing also topped my list. It also needed to be sustainably sourced, so, an FSC seal was a must-I didn’t want to exploit a rainforest in the name of Baby “A”. ![]() I wanted something whimsical but also heirloom-durable. ![]() Getting an activity cube was at the top of my list. Once Baby “A” started approaching the 12-month-mark, I was already enthusiastically compiling a catalog of wooden toys I’d hope to share with her one day. Knowing my past, it’s no wonder I have a special place in my heart for wood playthings. I came from a rather large family and sequentially inheriting those wooden toys from my siblings felt like a rite of passage. Each toy was wonderfully scratched, bitten, and occasionally re-sanded (thanks dad!) by the time it was finally handed down to me. I can still see our old abacus, our slightly misaligned bead coaster, and (of course) the gigantic bin of Lincoln Logs, all sitting in the playroom of my youth. My parents invested in heaps of them during my own childhood.
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