PVC,Lead, BPA, and Phthalate Free school shopping!

Well it comes upon us too soon, and we say good bye to the wonderful summer times, but the excitement of school begins. The hustle of the back to school supplies, the joy of new markers upon the children, and the thrill of new backpacks and lunchboxes.

Now comes the hard part, resisting those oh so child attracting, chemical laden, cheap tempting products we are all so used to. My daughter is starting Kindergarten and is so excited about everything. We were in a discount store recently buying some supplies on her list and she immediately wanted the princess backpack and and the Dora lunch box. Knowing very well these were filled with PVC and phthalates and who knows what else! I quickly discouraged her from her temptations and promised to find her a fun backpack that we both could agree on.

It was harder than I thought, the search, not the convincing that is, I had been searching google for ever it seemed and I was about to give up when I found two great choices. Crocodile Creek or Dante Beatrix. These two offer backpacks that are PVC, Lead, Phthalate Free and offer bags that cute, yet large enough for school age children to use!

My daughter picked a Crocodile Creek bag and lunch box. "Crocodile Creek lunch boxes are child safe with lead-free linings and are PVC free and phthalate free. They conform to both U.S. and European safety standards as well as FDA recommendation and their backpacks are made of high-quality polyester. They are BPA, PVC and phthalate-free and conform to both US and European safety standards as well". And at Crocodile Creek you also have the option of picking up your products at a local store. All you do is insert your zip code and they tell you if there is a sore near by that sells the products ordered! And then you pick them up (already paid for) and have no shipping charge! Cool and green!

Happy back to school shopping!