Etsy Shop Showcase & Giveaway ~ Little Sapling Toys

Little Sapling Toys is a family business that designs, crafts and tests quality wood toys from their new home in Boise, Idaho. The goals of Little Sapling Toys are to make toys that will be beautiful to look at, fun to play with and cherished for generations.

Little Sapling Toys strives to take care of our environment by using recycled and recyclable materials for the packaging of their toys and by planting a tree for every toys that is sold through their Etsy shop!

Little Sapling Toys crafts beautiful heirloom quality rattles, teethers, and other toys. All of these toys are made from either reclaimed or FSC Certified hardwood. They are then sanded satin-smooth.

Wooden toys, such as those made by Little Sapling Toys are a beautiful and safe alternative to mass-produced plastic toys. These wooden toys do not contain any of the harmful chemicals that are found in plastics and are not finished with chemical paints. Instead, the toys from Little Sapling Toys are safely finished with beeswax or mineral oil. You can even order your toys with no finish at all.

Since we have been trying to find natural teething alternatives for our son Jonathan, we decided that this adorable elephant teether would be a great place to start.

This teether is made out of Maple and is left unfinished. The elephant measures 2.75" from trunk to tail and 2.75" from top to bottom. The 1.25" diameter center hole is the perfect size for little hands to grasp. This safe, quality teething toy is reasonable priced at $12 (plus s & h).

Jonathan's teething toy arrived ready for gift giving, safely nestled in fragrant wood shavings and housed in a 100% recycled (80% post consumer) and recyclable gift box. It was accompanied by a toy information tag.

Jonathan enjoys chomping and slobbering all over this teether. The size seems to be perfect for him and also makes it easy to tote the teether in my purse or the diaper bag when we're out and about.

Here are a few more of our favorite things from Little Sapling Toys (http://www.littlesaplingtoys.etsy.com/).

Click on the photos to view the listing or just browse through the entire shop. There are many beautiful toys to choose from.

If you make a purchase, please let Little Sapling Toys know that you found out about the shop at A Heart For Home.

Now for the Giveaway!

Little Sapling Toys has generously offered one of our readers one wooden teething toy of their choice. This would make a great addition to any baby toy collection and would be a wonderful baby shower gift!

There are 14 different animals and 3 different shapes to choose from.

To Enter This Giveaway ~ Leave a SEPARATE Comment for Each

1. Head over to Little Sapling Toys and browse through the shop. Then come back here and leave a comment telling us which teether you'd choose if you won this giveaway.

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Please leave a separate comment for each entry! That's one with the teething toy you'd like to win, one telling us our button is on your blog (with the link), one telling us you've subscribed, one telling us you've signed up to follow our blog, & one with the link to your blog's advertisement or tweet of this giveaway.

The giveaway will end Monday, July 6th, at 12 Midnight EST. We will pick the winner through random generator. Make sure you leave a way for us to contact you.

This teether works for me!