Earlier this summer Pedoodles launched their new eco-friendly children’s shoe collection made from recycled materials.
This new collection of adorable kid’s shoes is made from carefully selected quality remnant leather, leftover from furniture production. These scrap pieces would normally be thrown away, but they’re the perfect sizes to be repurposed for children’s shoes. The soft and flexible rubber soles of the shoes are made from recycled materials as well, and the packages that the shoes come in are not only made from recycled materials, but they have been purposely designed to be reusable. They’d be great for organizing things like socks and small toys. 
Best of all? Pedoodles has offered up a pair of children’s shoes for a giveaway here on MissMalaprop! One lucky parent will receive a pair of shoes from the new eco-friendly line. The shoes come in sizes to fit infants up to age 4, and once a winner is randomly chosen, I’ll send an email for info on shoe size, whether it’s for a boy or girl, and where Pedoodles should send the shoes. All you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave a comment on this post.
I’d love for you to share something about your experiences in green parenting. (Why is it important to you? What makes it rewarding or challenging? Got a tip about a great resource for eco-friendly kid’s clothes or alternative toys? Let me know!) You’ve got from now until midnight on Friday, September 26, 2008 (Central Standard Time – go here to figure out what time that is where you are). One winner will be chosen at random from the comments.
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Great looking shoes!
Green parenting tip? It’s hard because we try to do what we can — we compost, we use cloth diapers and we try walking whenever possible instead of using the car.
But still, at least in our neighborhood, it seems like sometimes people look at us like we’ve grown an extra head when we talk about composting, that we must be hippies for using cloth diapers and/or make faces and the ‘ick’ factor of having to deal with cleaning cloth diapers. The car thing is probably the easiest for people to relate to since the price of gas is a common gripe.
The reason we try to be green-er at least is because we’d hate for our son to grown up and wonder why we didn’t do more to be more eco when there are certainly choices out there!
The older kids get, the harder it seems to be to make “green” clothing choices for them – or at least, choices that don’t break the bank. My daughter is eight and is still happy to receive hand-me-downs, so we’re in the “reuse” part of the reduce-reuse-recycle cycle. However, we have a new baby in the family – I’m a new aunt as of last Monday! – and we’d love to be entered for the shoe giveaway.
Hey! Riley wold be interested in a pair of these! Enter us!
Cute shoes!
We buy a lot at thrift stores – saves money and also reduces how much new we’re buying. There are so many hidden costs (environmental and financial) we don’t think about, like just the gas for the truck to deliver goods to a store.
We also get a lot of toys used – kids play with them for such a short time before moving on to the next thing, anyway. Then we donate them back, or find a new home elsewhere – many children can enjoy them that way and it keeps them from cluttering landfills.
It can be time-consuming to find things sometimes (size 10 boys pants are almost impossible to find used!), but I think the trade-off is worth it.
Beautiful shoes. We try so hard to go with green parenting choices all round- unfortunately price is often a deal-breaker when it comes to clothing items so we end up with whatever is on sale (but it must also be good looking). I hope as our little ones get bigger and our finances stabilize a little, we can absolutely always go green whenever there is a choice.
Wow, love these shoes!
We make every attempt to recycle and get the kids involved with it, and let them know why we do it. They love to help sort out the plastic, glass and paper at the dump because it involves throwing it into a bin (it’s a competition to see who can get it in the farthest, so it’s almost a form of exercise).
Those shoes are adorable- I’d love a pair for the baby boy that’s due the 25th (hopefully sooner!)
It’s important to me to be as green as possible because of the old saying ‘we only have one earth’. I want my daughter to be able to travel & see places like the glaciers in Alaska and Montana that I was able to see and marvel at. I want her children and grandchildren to be able to do the same. We cloth diaper, and for a stint made her food while she was an infant, time and convenience did become a factor with making the food though. Now that she’s almost 2, we’re finding creative ways to re-use products to create band instruments, craft projects, etc. She helps us put things in the recycling bins too, so she’s learning the importance early. I know that we’re considered the hippies of the neighborhood, but I don’t care – it’s easier to go green than most people think, and what matters is that it’s become a lifestyle that we keep trying to make even more green whenever we can.
Thanks for the giveaway, the shoes look great!
Love the shoes!
I try to incorporate at least one new eco-friendly product or activity into my family’s lives each month. Doing too much at once can be overwhelming for everyone. I also started my own world-friendly gift and decor store and blog to make it easier for others to be green.
Love the shoes! My daughter just turned 2 years old. She loves to throw away trash when she is finished with something. We taught her about recycling and made it fun for her. We have a trash bin and recycling in the house and she now knows that the plastic bottles and cardboard boxes go into the recycling bin without even being told! When her dad takes the recycling bin out to the ally, she loves to go and individually take everything out one by one and throw it in to the large bin. This has helped her to identify the differences between things that are trash and things that are recycled. She loves it! Hopefully this will now become a lifelong habit for her.
We try to do our part in our household and that includes teaching our kids the importance of recycling, creating less waste and responsible consumerism. They jump at the opportunity to put something in the recyclables bin; our three-year-old thinks it’s a game! Our eight-year-old has started a “recycling club” with some of her neighborhood friends and shares the info she learns from the books we help her pick out at the library.
Some of the things I do are: Use cloth diapers, hang clothes out to dry rather than use the dryer (most of the time), buy organic items, recycle, etc.
I’d love to win these shoes!
It’s great to finally have safe choices for our kids! It just makes me feel good when I make green choices!