18 Eco-Friendly Baby Shower Gifts Moms-To-Be Will Love
Eco-friendly baby shower gifts can be the perfect option for moms-to-be while supporting sustainability. These are items that will not only be good for the mom-to-be, but also great for the environment.
Here are 18 sustainable baby shower gifts that a mom, a child, and the earth will all appreciate.
Eco-friendly baby toys
1. Eco-crayons
Many of us remember growing up spending minutes or hours coloring. When a baby gets older, they can explore their creativity through eco-crayons.
What makes these crayons eco-friendly is they’re made out of beeswax, carnuba wax, soy wax, and mineral pigments. Crayola crayons can be toxic and harmful to your children.
The natural ingredients the eco-crayons are made with are good for the environment and safe for kids. Even that one kid who kept eating the crayons in preschool.
The company, Eco-kids, takes extra measures to package their products sustainably.
All packaging is printed on FSC Certified Paper with information written in soy ink. The packaging is also produced in a wind-powered factory.
Lastly, these crayons are one of the most inexpensive sustainable baby shower gifts you can get.
2. Organic baby rattle
The organic baby rattle produced by Green Sprouts can be helpful in stimulating a baby’s movement patterns, senses, and cognition.
The product is made of organic cotton and has no harmful chemicals that can be found in other baby toys. For a few dollars extra, Green Sprouts also sells their organic baby rattle in the shape of an animal friend.
3. Eco-dough
Who didn’t play with Playdoh growing up? Even after all these years, babies are still enjoying them, and now they’re eco-friendly.
Eco-kids makes their Eco-dough with ingredients such as fruits, vegetables, and Non-GMO flour.
If you’re not a fan of the smell of regular Playdoh, you’ll be happy to know that eco-dough is lightly scented with rosemary oil.
The containers which hold the Eco-dough are made with recycled plastic and can be recycled when finished.
Eco-friendly baby clothes
4. Hanna Andersson
Hanna Andersson considers themselves one of the original sustainable kids clothing brands. Many of their baby clothes are made of organic cotton.
Many consumers find organic cotton to be much softer than regular cotton.
Your mom-to-be will enjoy putting on one of their adorable snap rompers on their newborn. Or get decked out in matching pajamas for the whole family.
5. Burt’s Bees Baby
Burt’s Bees Baby also chooses to make their clothing products out of organic cotton. You can trust their materials are authentically organic as they are GOTS certified.
They provide a variety of designs such as pajamas with sheep, owls, or squirrels.
6. Oliver and Rain
If the expecting mom you are gift shopping for is into linen, Oliver and Rain offers linen tops, bottoms, and overalls you can purchase.
According to fabric.com, linen is considered to be one of the most durable materials. This clothing likely won’t have to be replaced anytime soon.
The company expresses in their mission that they sell sustainable products in hopes of passing down a livable world to their children and children’s children.
Eco friendly baby skincare
7. California Baby Calendula Cream
California Baby offers a variety of plant-based products that will soothe your baby’s skin. Among the plants they use in their products is Calendula, which is grown on their organic farm.
The plant is often used for relieving dry, itchy, or irritated skin.
California Baby products have been certified by the USDA and independently lab tested. We recommend trying out their Calendula Cream. It’s great for cooling and moisturizing skin.
8. Nature’s Baby Organic Baby Powder
This baby powder is made out of Tapoica starch which is an organic ingredient. In addition, it has organic Aloe and Chamomile as well. It’s gentle and safe for newborns and infants.
Talcum powder is commonly used in non-organic baby powders, which some studies have suggested may cause serious harm.
Beyond the use on a baby, a new mother can use organic baby powder to freshen up herself after a day in the heat or a strenuous workout.
9. Babo Botanicals
Babo Botanicals uses natural and organic ingredients to create their hair, skin, and sun solution products. They also provide products specially made for those who have food or skin allergies.
Consider gifting a new mom a plant-based bubble bath and wash. It’s a vegan baby shower gift that is good for sensitive skin, and the plant-based bubbles are described as smelling like birthday cake.
Eco friendly gifts for new mom
10. Earth Mama Organics herbal sitz bath
This gift is best given by those who have a very close relationship to the new mom-to-be.
Herbal Sitz Bath is a pad that’s designed to be applied to a woman’s lady parts. The herbal compresses help to soothe the area during prenatal and postpartum time periods.
It contains the herb Calendula, which the benefits include reducing scarring and hydrating dry skin.
11. Majamas eco-friendly pjs
A new mom is not going to be able to fit into a lot of the old clothes she used to wear. Majamas sells PJs and other clothing that are soft and easy for new moms to wear.
The Genna PJ can work both as pajamas or casualwear for running errands. It also has a v-neck that can be conveniently pulled down when nursing the baby.
The Genna PJ is made of soft sustainable solid cotton and was ethically sourced, sewn, and designed.
12. Kindred Bravely nursing bra
The Kindred Bravely nursing bra is great for mothers to wear during and after pregnancy.
They’re made of organic cotton, which as mentioned earlier, consumers say is much softer than regular cotton, and have no underwire.
It features double-layered cups, light support, and it’s padding free.
Organic gifts for baby shower
13. Bamboo baby hooded towel
Bambi Bamboo makes baby hooded towels that are made out of organic bamboo. It works well with babies who have sensitive skin and it’s odor resistant.
The company claims that the towel can soak up water four times faster than others, drying a babies skin efficiently.
14. Organic swaddle blankets
Swaddle blankets can be useful for helping a newborn sleep easier. It provides a snug comfort similar to what the baby was feeling in the mother’s womb.
Virginia Kate offers some organic cotton swaddle blankets.
15. Organic soft teething toy
Apple Park sells several different organic teething toys that will help ease your baby through their teething stage.
Regular teething toys can sometimes have led in them from the paint used to color them.
You can have a little more comfort in knowing the organic cotton starfish teething toy is made out of organic cotton, Sherpa, corduroy, and corn fiber.
Natural baby gifts
16. Poppie rocker
While this is one of the more expensive baby shower gifts, a newborn baby can eventually have loads of fun with it.
The poppie rocker is made out of rattan, which is wood material that’s renewable and environmentally responsible.
17. Natural rubber duck
This natural rubber duck made by rose and rex is made of all-natural plant-based rubber.
A number of conventional rubber toys are made of Vinyl, which has been linked to harmful conditions.
The rubber ducks are also colored with natural food dyes, making it safe for babies to chew on.
18. Wee gallery clutch ball
The wee gallery clutch ball is a fun toy for a newborn to get used to clutching and moving items.
It’s made of organic cotton and designed to be easier for a baby to pick up. It also won’t roll too far whenever the baby drops it.
Best baby shower gifts
All of these eco friendly baby shower gifts will be both useful to a new mom and her newborn. The best gift to choose is one based on the personality of the mother.
Think of who she is and what she likes, and you’ll be able to decide exactly which gift she’ll appreciate the most.
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