Handmade Toys from BeeBee and Bongo with GIVEAWAY

Handmade, Kid-tested, parent-approved, and Montessori-friendly Tiny Turtles Set and Color Mat from BeeBee + Bongo will delight your toddlers and help them learn at the same time!

Creating toys that are good for the earth— and good for your soul—didn’t happen overnight. It began by seeing a need in a village and took years of hard work (and playing around) to bring these high-quality, kid-approved, ethically-made toys into your hands.

Each Beebee+Bongo product is carefully handmade by the artisan women of Cambodia Knits, a provisional member of WFTO. Women across 10 communities have fair, flexible employment, and education stipends for their children. Together we’re working to create even more jobs for positive community transformation. Sustainable employment is critical for breaking the cycle of poverty. Many women in Cambodia still have the burden of housework and childcare or lack the skills and education for formal employment.

Monika and Michael of BeeBee + Bongo

In the early 2000s, Monika was working for an international NGO in the remote villages of northern Cambodia and realized that what these women needed most was a reliable source of income. When COVID hit, Monika teamed up with Micheal to establish Beebee+Bongo—an eco-friendly and ethically made toy company—that could bring the beautiful products of Cambodia Knits to the world, and continue to provide sustainable income for local artisans.

The Tiny Turtles Educational Toy Set for toddlers is kid-tested and Montessori-friendly. This 14-piece Tiny Turtles set is ideal for learning to sort and match colors. All 12 baby turtles fit neatly inside the mama turtle for the added fun of peek-a-boo play, hide and seek, and easy storage. Tiny Turtles come packaged in a 100% cotton bag (and yes, they are definitely washable!).

Check out their new hand-made Color Play Mat for Matching and Sorting! Ones and twos and reds and blues, there are lots of fun things this mat can do. Learn colors, learn numbers, it’s easy—and fun! And best of all it’s washable for when playtime is done.

When I saw these amazing products, I had to get them for my friend's toddler, Joanna! My friend and I both love that they are handmade and ethically made, supporting women in Cambodia. I really love how Montessori-friendly they are as I am obsessed with the way Montessori theory develops children's love of learning.

The Tiny Turtles and Color Mat are absolutely gorgeous and fun to play with! Joanna was thrilled to take the baby turtles out of the mama turtle and repeat. The color mat is so lovely and bright making it a great eyecatcher for Joanna to put the turtles on. It was definitely a hit!

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