Meaningful & Eco-friendly Christmas Presents
Gifts that bring true joy, do not end up dumped in the corner, and actually support a baby’s healthy development. Here are our tips on purposeful eco-friendly Christmas presents for babies and toddlers. Including some tips on sustainable gift packaging!
In Bamboolik, purpose is one of our core values. Everything we do must make sense to us – not just in business, but also in our everyday lives. Christmas time is no exception.S
Most of us prefer fewer but useful and long-lasting presents under the Christmas tree. Contrary to heaps of useless crap (excuse our French), accompanied by heaps of crumpled up paper packaging bought just for the short moment of glory under the Christmas tree, only to be torn and thrown away moments after.
Purposeful Christmas Presents for a Baby
Let’s be honest here. In most cases, babies up to one year (sometimes even older) don’t really care about the contents of their presents. They enjoy the tree, the colourful lights, the atmosphere. They’re thrilled to get things out of their packaging. And babies like to play with anything they manage to grab, ideally if it’s something rustling.
In our team, we’re big fans of Montessori toys as they’re more than just toys. Thoughtfully designed to guide the child during play, they help develop psychomotor skills in a natural and healthy way. In addition, they’re usually made of natural materials (mostly wood), not plastic.
Eco-friendly Gift Packaging
Your kids will want to carry their new toys everywhere with you. To make the toys easy to find in your bag or backpack, we recommend putting them into our Wet Bags (size XS being the perfect size for tiny toys). Contrary to the toys, the wet bag can be machine washed anytime.
On top of that, all our washable bags may serve as eco-friendly gift packaging! You don’t throw them away after opening the gifts up. A Wet Bag comes in handy in literally every household. It‘s perfect for gym clothes, school slippers, or swimming gear. Or for cables and chargers for work.
Inspiration
Get inspired how eco-friendly gift packaging can look like under the Christmas tree:
Send Out a Gift List to Your Family
You do your best to live minimalistically and environmentally-friendly and then your baby gets heaps of rattling plastic toys from other members of the family.
If this bothers you, try the infamous List Strategy — send out a list of desired gifts to family and friends, ideally with links to where to get the listed items. We can’t guarantee your relatives will respect that but we do believe the number of gifts you don’t want will get smaller.
Gift Tips for Expecting Parents
The List Strategy is also helpful for expecting parents. This method can save you from gathering dozens of dummies and smallest size bodysuits which the baby will never have time to wear. Prepare a handy list for the eager gift givers. Or even better — tell them to get you a gift voucher to your favourite shop (hint: to OUR shop ;-) ) and then it’s you who chooses what to buy. It could be something from our Baby Gifts section.
OUR TIP
Every household with a baby can use reusable waterproof changing mats, ideally at least two. Every baby also needs a snuggly baby blanket which can be used in a pram or cot, over the car seat, and elsewhere.
Purposeful Baby Gifts
Eco-friendly Christmas Gifts for Women
Here come the perfect gift tips for women, lead by our every-year-Christmas bestseller: Reusable Cleansing Pads! They are made of organic cotton, with one side a bit rougher to give you a gentle peeling, and the other side super soft for the perfect cleanse of your skin. And what’s more, you can get them in a lovely gift pack made of recycled carton.
Breastfeeding mums will appreciate a similar gift box, this time filled with our super absorbent and handily shaped nursing pads.
Meaningful gifts for everyone
Heads up, if you are looking for gift ideas for men, your grandma, or for bigger kids – we’ve got Gifts for Everyone!
Our amazingly cuddly bamboo blanket in the grown-up size. The perfect buddy for snuggling up at the fireplace with your favourite book or film. Thanks to the thermoregulatory nature of bamboo rayon, this blanket will warm you up in winter and cool you down during those sweaty hot summer nights.
For young and grown-up travellers alike, you will appreciate a practical travel set consisting of a double bag with a loop for hanging on a backpack and cloth napkins. Ideal for personal hygiene on the go.
