Mums in Business: Eco ideas at MimiMyne, Tuppenny Toys and Parties around the World
Mother of two, Tabitha Potts set up her business MimiMyne, to help promote environmentally friendly children’s clothes and furnishings. Through her gorgeous website, parents can browse and purchase items from a range of sumptuous eco goods.
We love the Felix le Chat Organic Wool Baby Toy. Made to order using certified, totally organic wools and fleece. £18 (p&p £2)
With adaptable layouts and ability to foldaway after use, this fab castle is ideal for creative play. When children finally outgrow the toy, there is no worries about adding to landfill sites as this castle is 100 per cent recyclable. £64 (p&p £4.95)
Mumpreneurs Melissa and Chrissy, set up in business together to sell quality and affordable books and toys for children. Specialising in pocket money and wooden toys, their stock starts from just 25 pence.
Tuppenny Toys run a popular party bag service filling eco friendly cotton bags with toys that parents can pick.
Initially starting off attending fêtes, fairs and playgroups, Tuppeny Toys has now grown into a popular online shop.
We like this wooden flower press. Ideal to get kids out and active as well as quiet and creative. £5.99
www.tuppennytoys.co.uk/ourshop/prod_409698-Flower-Press.html
Once reaching school, many parents will be familiar with the endless round of parties that their child is invited to. At each event, children by the dozen turn up with something gift wrapped that mum or dad has hauled out of the supermarket end of line bargain bin.
Mother Deirdre Bounds became frustrated at the amount of plastic wastage that ended up never being played with. As a reaction to this she set up ethical gift company Parties Around the World (PAW).
Through PAW, party guests can divert the pressure of looking for a cheap gift into cash for a charity that the birthday child has decided to support.
The birthday child gets to set up a party page online and issue electronic or printed invites. There are a range of different worthwhile child friendly charities to choose from.
www.partiesaroundtheworld.co.uk