Edit: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to everyone that participated!

WHERE Michelle and I chose to buy toys for the wee ones is every bit as important to us as WHAT we buy the children. We seek out shops and products that carry the finest materials and ones that are mindful of the environment. For that reason, we are THRILLED to share this awesome giveaway, from one of our favorite producers of wonderful products… Sarah’s Silks.

Sarah and her family want to get the word out about how growing all the mulberry trees in China (trees necessary for the silk worm) is helping the pollution problem there. Also, no chemicals can be used on the trees as the silk caterpillars die very easily. Hundreds of small family farms are growing the silk caterpillars and feeding them leaves from the trees! They took a trip to China and found the whole process amazing! You can feel good about buying Sarah’s Silks… wonderful toys for dramatic play and environmentally friendly! Sarah has an article in this issue of Living Crafts on Raising Silk Worms. While the supply lasts, she is also giving away free silk worms to anyone that has immediate access to mulberry leaves. The little buggers hatch fast and are very hungry! Wouldn’t this be a great project to do with the wee ones? Unfortunately, we don’t have any in the area, but if you do, you might want to consider this nature study.

Now… onto the giveaway 🙂 Can you image anything lovelier than receiving an Easter Basket stuffed with yummies from Sarah’s Silks this spring? I can’t. Wait to you hear what goodies are included in this gift basket!

A beautiful silk lined basket filled with fun toys from Sarah’s Silks.

Hand-dyed rainbow wings

Mini-rainbow streamer

Lavender playsilk,

Reversible blue/rainbow crown.

Awesome, right? And Sarah will ship anywhere, so everyone is invited to participate. To enter, visit Sarah’s shop, Sarah Jane’s Treasure, then come back here and share your favorite products in a comment. And we all like that second chance to win, right? Well, in the next couple of weeks Sarah will be hosting a new blog… can’t wait! To make sure you hear about it, simply slip over to her Facebook Page and become a fan. Then come back here, and in a second comment, let us know you became a fan. (Already a fan of Sarah’s Silks Facebook page? Not going to penalize you for good taste, just leave a second comment telling us you’ve been a fan of Sarah’s for ages!)

The contest runs from today, Wednesday, March 23 through Sunday, March 27, at 9:00 p.m. EST. A winner will be drawn at random. Winners have 1 week to contact us with their snail mail address or another winner will be drawn. Good luck to one and all, and thank you, thank you, thank you, Sarah, for this wonderful giveaway, just in time for Easter!

Personal Message… when you are at Sarah Jane’s Treasures, check out their “Seconds Shop”. I don’t know about anyone else, but our toys get so loved that they look like seconds very soon, anyway! What great deals!