Hand Puppet Toy Your Way Into My Eco-Responsible Heart

The hand puppet toys of my childhood were either made of old socks or brown paper bags.  

The former tended to stink, while the latter tended to shred.

But gee, these hand puppets from Canadian-based company Cate & Levi are made from old repurposed wool sweaters. 

 

Because it's reclaimed wool, you know you're doing the planet a favor.  Also, each hand-made hand puppet--whether it be a walrus or a monkey or a frog, or a dog--is totally unique.  There's no-two-alike, and with all that colors going for it, definitely not a boring personality.  (There are 10 animal hand puppets in the collection, by the way.)

If there's anything that kids should be busy with instead of their PSP's and Xbox, it's toys like this that let them unleash their imagination.  Ideally, you should buy two, so you can get in on the act.

And hey, to make matters all the better (or noicer, a word I recently discovered), 10% of the profits for every purchase of these Cate & Levi hand puppets is given to charity.  

You're buying an eco-toy, check.

You're helping a charity, check.

You and your kid are having fun, check.

Now excuse me because I need to wash my dirty socks.

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How 'bout a dose of absolutely non-commercial eco-friendly toys?