Not too late!

If you have been waiting to buy Christmas Presents for the Children in your life, relax, it isn't too late to get them natural toys delivered before Christmas. Hip Mountain Mama ships most items USPS Priority Mail so orders made by Friday December 19th should arrive before X-mas. This does not include the wooden play kitchens and furniture or the Bazoongi Kids Play Structures.

Check out our Organic Cotton Dolls, Play silks, waldorf wooden play clips, and Sarah's Silks Dress Up items. You'll be very happy to give your children toys that you can feel good about them playing with.

Play Silks

What is the deal with play silks? This is a question I have been asked recently. I have posted here a couple of times about play silks and imaginative play for children. In my opinion, play silks are the ultimate toy. They are so versatile. They can be used in so many ways. My children's favorite use for them is to make forts using the Waldorf Wood Play Clips (Handmade in America).

They can be used for dress up. They make great scarves, bandannas, hats, sash, skirt, and masks. They are also great for peek-a-boo with babies. Your children will think up hundreds of uses for silks.

With so many uses play silks make a great holiday gift. You could wrap a couple of silks with some play clips or just slip the silks into a stocking. Your kids will love it.

Another option for great Christmas Gifts that create creative play is any one of the many dress up items, fairy wands, streamers, parachutes, soft swords, or sky tails available from Sarah's Silks.

If you aren't familiar with Sarah's Silks Skytails or Parachutes check them out. These are easy to throw and soft enough for safe play indoors or out. Your child will love playing with the parachutes, you can take the ball out and let a small doll take a ride.

These fun toys made by Sarah's Silks will surely keep your kids entertained for hours. These fun creative toys do not get boring like other toys because your child can adapt them into other uses by using their imagination.

Waldorf Wooden Play Clips

Have you seen these awesome hand carved wooden play clips. They are the best for building forts or anything else with play silks. Hip Mountain Mama is now proud to be offering the 'original' play clips made in America by Bill Bluhm. These Waldorf Inspired Clips are strong enough to hold sheets, cloths, and play silks securely, but don't pinch little fingers. My biggest fear was that they would hurt my kids little hands but the don't snap or close too hard. In fact, my kids can often be found just playing with the clips. These are the perfect thing for children who love to create forts and hideaways. They really take play silk play to the next level.

You can feel good allowing your children playing with these safe and fun play clips. They are made of solid pine, here in the USA. They make a great gift with a couple of Hip Mountain Mama's Hand Dyed Play Silks. These are high quality silks hand dyed in many brilliant colors and are less expensive than other silks. Check them out!

Keep it simple

I stumbled upon a list of 'The Hottest Toys for Kids" according to some commercialized and highly advertiser dependant web site. I didn't have the heart to spend much time looking through it. I looked at the age 3-5 category and saw flashing lights, cheap plastic, and tiny little pieces. I thought, "Not for my kids"

Then out of curiosity I clicked on the new born section. Surely we are still keeping it simple for our babies. No. It is mostly lights, whistles, and batteries.

No wonder our children are growing up with ADD, obesity, and other problems. Right out of the womb we bombard them with bright lights and sounds. What ever happened to letting a baby discover a simple toy like a rattle. Baby and Children toys should be about discovery and imagination, not which button do I hit next.

Are we simply prepping our children to be button pushers who work in the cubicle labyrinth and don't ask any questions? Would America be falling behind in the global market place if we raised thinkers instead of direction followers?

When I look at my children I see the future. You can bet I am giving them the tools they need now to discover the world around them and allow them to be the creative force of the future.

Please join me in telling (with use of your dollars) the major toy manufacturers that we aren't interested in their toxic (if not chemically then mentally) toys. Please consider purchasing wood rattles, wood trucks, play silks, or dress up items for the children on your shopping list. You may think they need or want the fancy plastic toys, but you'll be surprised by the hours of fun and laughter your child will get out of a play silk.

Play Silks

Play Silks are the ultimate in imaginative play. Our kids play with them for hours and hours. They make forts, rivers, use them for blankets, throw them in the air, and use them for dress up. Play Silks are so fun for making dress up costumes. The same silk is so versatile for so many dress up items. I see them used as hats, bandannas, skirts, sashes, masks, and even baby carriers for their baby dolls. The possibilities are endless.

At Hip Mountain Mama we feel play silks are a great gift for any child. We have heard from some customers that they were just too expensive. We are dedicated to offering the best products at the best price so Suzy has begun hand dying her own Hip Mountain Mama Silks. We currently offer 3 sizes 35"x35", 22" x 22", and 15"x60".

Hand dying the silks ourselves allows us to offer the silks at a lower price. These are quality silks and Suzy has picked some fun and vibrant colors. Check them out at Hip Mountain Mama and keep checking back as we are working to bring you more products in the future.

In addition to our new hand dyed silks we also offer many products from Sarah's Silks. We carry Sarah's Silks Princess Dress, Capes, Fairy Skirts, Wizard Costume, Pixie Pants, Streamers, Garland, Crowns and Skytails. It isn't too late to order pieces for your Halloween costumes for your little Fairy, Pricess, or Wizard.