Natural Pod Review and Wooden Toy Giveaway
Rebecca and I were delighted to discover Natural Pod, a website full of quality, eco-friendly toys. If we had endless baby budgets, we might find ourselves purchasing everything on their site—from the wooden oven to the fully waterproof suits for Oregon winters. The toys and gifts are truly beautiful and heirloom quality.
Roscoe tried out the plates and cups from Natural Pod and has been enthralled with them for weeks. He uses them to feed blocks to his stuffed squirrels and carefully carries then around the house with perfect balance. Besides training him to be a waiter one day, I find that the simplicity of the cups and plates makes them wonderful for creative play. He uses them as hats for his animals, builds block towers on the plates, and uses them to prepares several imaginary meals.
Rebecca’s daughter Audrey received the gnome family kit, which comes with colorful pieces of felt for the clothes, little wooden beads for the faces and hands, pipe cleaners for the bodies, and embroidery thread to pull it all together. Her mom has volunteered to assemble and sew the dolls, which should be done just in time to surprise Audrey for Christmas. The kit also comes with some gnome facts. Do you know why gnomes wear pointy hats? (To keep falling acorns from hurting their heads.)
Now for the best news of all: Natural Pod is sponsoring a giveaway for one of our lucky readers! By commenting below you’ll be entered to win a set of these natural stacking rings—a beautiful addition to your baby’s nursery or the perfect holiday gift. Be sure to comment before October 28th to win. Thanks for your interest in Natural Pod toys and good luck on the giveaway!
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October 20th, 2008 at 6:00 am
These toys are great! Thanks for sharing!
October 20th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Oooo, love them!
October 20th, 2008 at 6:15 am
Those rings look awesome. I’ll have to check out Natural Pod.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Those are beautiful. I’m checking out the website now and I’m so thrilled by it all!
October 20th, 2008 at 6:58 am
What a great shop! I like their selection of wooden boats and cloth-covered fish for the bath. I don’t think I’ve ever seen toys meant for the bath that weren’t plastic!
October 20th, 2008 at 7:52 am
What a great website- love the stacking rings and all the natural wooden teething rings!
October 20th, 2008 at 8:16 am
A stacking toy like this has been next on my list of toys to get for my daughter – I just love it!
October 20th, 2008 at 8:39 am
What a beautiful stacking toy. I love that the rings aren’t painted and are much flatter than most of those on the market.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Very cool toys, I’ll check it out for my daughters for Christmas (and if I’m lucky enough to win the rings they’ll go to my good friend’s new baby)!
October 20th, 2008 at 9:57 am
What beautiful toys!!!
October 20th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Ethan would love to have these toys. I’ve started looking for healthier toys for Ethan now that he’s teething like crazy and this site looks great!
October 20th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Thanks for directing me to Natural Pod’s website! Who can resist the little kitchen (among so many other items)?! Also, thanks for the giveaway. I remember playing with my plastic Fischer-Price stacking rings when I was little, but these wooden ones definitely have them beat!
October 20th, 2008 at 10:26 am
I would love to win these for my son!
October 20th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Thanks for the review and the link. I have been looking for some quality wood toys for my toddlers. I love the idea of my kids playing with natural wood toys, without all the worry of plastics these days. I am off to check out Natural Pod’s website.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I am always looking for quality natural toys that don’t break the bank. Further suggestions would be awesome! (Including washable stuffed animals made of natural materials!)
October 20th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
How cool! Those dishes are awesome as are the stacking rings. Thanks for letting us know about them.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I would love a chance to win! Thank you!
October 20th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Well I doubt I’d be eligible and that is okay but I wanted to say that according to the Gnomes book by Wil Huygen, mother gnomes always have twins and they breast feed them until they are quite old.
Just thought you might like that
See if your library has it. 
October 20th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
These toys are very cute! My daughters first birthday is coming up, these toys will make a great gift, if only I could decided which ones to buy, lol!
October 21st, 2008 at 7:04 am
What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win =)
October 21st, 2008 at 8:29 am
These rings would be great for my 14-month old son – hope I win!
October 21st, 2008 at 8:34 am
great toys! I love the ring stacker…need to look into one of those for my son!
October 21st, 2008 at 9:23 am
Thank you for sharing this great website! I already emailed the link for the site to my family for fun and safe gifts to buy the baby for her first Christmas. Thanks again!
October 21st, 2008 at 9:30 am
My daughter would love the plates and cups and my son would love the stacking rings. We are trying to give as many wooden gifts as possible this Christmas.
October 21st, 2008 at 1:24 pm
nice find…..real cute toys
October 21st, 2008 at 1:46 pm
These are wonderful! I love the natural wood teething rings also. Thanks for the chance!
October 21st, 2008 at 3:04 pm
What a great (and beautiful) alternative to those traditional plastic ring sets–I love it!
October 21st, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Those are gorgeous! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Their Waldorf-style dolls are beautiful. Playsiks, too.
October 21st, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Really nice! Would love them, so tired of plastic toys.
October 21st, 2008 at 9:18 pm
The stacking rings are beautiful. I love wooden toys.
October 21st, 2008 at 9:21 pm
These look great! I would love to get them for my little girl.
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:18 am
How cool! I’ve been looking for more wooden toys for my son. The stacking rings would be perfect
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:26 am
Very nice. Thank you.
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 am
Those are awesome! I’m going to check out that website right after I leave this comment.
October 22nd, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Oh wow, how cool, these would be great for my niece. Thanks for the opportunity to win them!
October 22nd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I just stumbled across this site from Rocks in my Dryer. I am having my first baby in February and trying to de-chemical my life so that the environment that I raise my bunchkin in will be as healthy as possible. IT’S NOT EASY! Thanks for give aways like this that help make it easier. I have lots to read on your blog. Thanks!
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
i love!
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
These toys seem nice and I’m enjoying catching up on all these great posts!
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Did you see that they sell Puddlegear! I love Puddlegear! The best raingear ever!
Lovin the wooden stacker too!
Great website! Thanks!
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:22 am
What a great site–thank you!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I love all of the gorgeous (natural!) toys at natural pod! My 14 month old would love these stacking rings!
October 24th, 2008 at 10:00 am
These look like great things for my little goddaughter i think she would love them.
October 25th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
We have a non-plastic/non-electronic toy policy in our house for our 7 month-old’s safety and our sanity. Aesthetically, cloth and wooden toys are so much more satisfying; however, they’re also much more expensive! I’d love to win the stacking toys for my son. It’s exactly what I’ve been wanting to get for him.
October 25th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
This is a great site! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity. My niece would love these stacking toys.
October 26th, 2008 at 7:09 am
Love the wooden toys, so great!
October 26th, 2008 at 7:40 am
These are beautiful! I hope I win!
October 26th, 2008 at 7:50 am
We’re trying to build up our collection of wooden toys and phase out the plasticy ones…this would help greatly!
Thanks for the giveaway!
October 26th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Thanks for offering this! It would be a great toy for our son (due around the end of the year!)
October 26th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Great toy! Thanks for sharing it. My daughter’s name will be Audrey, too. She’s due in January.
October 26th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Those are lovely.
October 26th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Great!
October 26th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Oh, how awesome. What an excellent giveaway!
October 26th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Love the rings! Is it real wood or pressed wood with formaldehyde?
October 26th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Love these! And so would my son
October 27th, 2008 at 4:53 am
The rings are beautiful. . .much nicer than the fabric or plastic rings. Thanks for the giveaway!
October 27th, 2008 at 10:04 am
My baby boy wold love these!
October 29th, 2008 at 8:11 am
I always prefer playing (or creating) with quality materials. These look so nice to touch!
October 29th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Those are beautiful! My son would be all over these!
November 21st, 2008 at 12:56 pm
This would be great for my baby:)
November 24th, 2008 at 8:23 am
I always loved old fashioned wood toys.There’s nothing like them in the world
December 14th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Love the wooden toy movement. I was lucky to have a father who carved and whittled toys for us growing up. We still have these toys today because they are such treasures.