This weekend, Nova Natural is here for a Spring giveaway!
Nova Natural is a small, family-run business based in the beautiful state of Vermont. Our goal is to be your trusted source for children’s toys and crafts that allow imaginations to run wild, engage curious minds, and foster appreciation for nature. We carefully handpick every item that goes into our catalog, and it’s important to us that we try our very best to offer you fair trade products made with renewable resources. We hope you find beauty and wonder in our toys!
We Vermonters begin to see signs of spring as the daylight stretches out and the clouds push back a bit. We celebrate the sounds of dripping eaves, the sight of sap buckets hanging on maple trees and the scamper of bunnies stirring in the earlier light of dawn. We bring branches of pussy willow indoors to have them bloom or plant the first seeds for our gardens or even set aside some soil for a batch of wheat grass for a favored spring visitor.
At Nova Natural, we hope you find a few things to help your own family invite spring with its puddle and splash, bidding a fond farewell to winter.
Pysanky eggs are an excellent craft for those impatiently anticipating warmer, dryer days. Using our simple ukrainian egg decorating kit, you can start a tradition of annual egg dying. The task requires concentration and perseverance that even very young children can do with enough adult supervision. Because the eggs are emptied of their contents before dyeing, after a couple of years, you’ll have an array of eggs to hang from an “Easter tree” that shows the improving skills of the entire family; children will enjoy remembering how they created their own and the time you spent crafting together.
You might prefer other items to honor the Easter season, like a kit with eco-dyes and wheat grass seed. After dying the eggs in these pastel shades, you can place them on a bed of green, wool fleece with other little surprises. We like the rustic charm of the woodland bunny and the sweet faces of the Easter bunny pair from Ostheimer.
Easter and spring also mean a return to some of our favorite outdoor fun. A new resource we’ve found for fostering outdoor explorations is the Rainy Day Kids Adventure Book; you’ll find year-round ideas for your little one to experience their big backyard in child-sized snippets. And a classic that is ready for any water is the little sailboat; this yar vessel likes birdbaths and rivulets as much as bathtubs.
Once your child is outside and wild with the coming of spring, a skipping rope or set of walking blocks might give new, drier ways to herald the wonder of the world. We might love the crispness of the cold, but by Easter, we’re ready to sing King Winter away.
Nova Natural would like to give one lucky winner a $50 eGift Card! For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post. Comments are closed and the winner is Michele, who commented, “Yay! We love to shop at Nova Natural for our just-about-one-year-old grandson! Thanks for the chance!”
Lindsay says
Nova is right up my alley! Thanks for the giveaway. 🙂
Nicole A says
There are so many lovely things on Nova’s website, from craft supplies to awesome toys. Thank you for hosting this give-a-away. I’m now off to explore your site some more!
Summer says
I love Nova Naturals!
Allison says
We love Nova Naturals so much! Thank you for the giveaway!
t.a.knight says
Thanks for the giveaway!
Sue T says
Thank you so much for the chance to win!
Alice says
Nova Naturals, you hit the nail on the head with your prose and your products. We love celebrating our family festivals with your birthday ring, ornaments, and wooden figures.
Laura says
Nova is one of our favorite shops! Thanks for the chance to win!
Bethany Thornton says
Great company! Thank you.
Shaivite says
Thank you!!
Lisa De says
Lovely bunnies! Thanks for the opportunity!
Donna Gabbard says
What lovely things! The bunnies are adorable. Thanks for the chance to win.
Alicia says
The whole family loves Nova Natural. Thank you for the giveaway!
Beth says
Thanks for this giveaway! I love all of their beautiful baby toys
SueD says
I love the wooden rabbit!
Andrea says
Oh, we just got the spring catalog! So many good things! My kids were especially excited about the walking blocks, a fun way to transition play back outside for spring
jamie says
would love to win this giveaway!
Roxy says
My kids always have the pages circled and turned over in Nova Naturals!
Hannah Carlson says
Such great Easter basket ideas!
Brigitte says
Thank you for all the wonderful products you carry and your generous giveaways.
Kelly D says
I love their selection!
Barbara Juneau says
Thanks for your nice giveaway..toys are beautiful and lasting
Jenn DiRocco says
The rabbits remind me of playing in my father’s wood shop when I was a child! I made things out of his wood scraps. My children are all older but I’m sure I’d find something delightful in the Nova store!
Monica says
I love all of the adventurous, playful toys!
Renee Anne says
I’m always looking for new things to try for the boys!
Eliza says
THanks for the chance!
Emily Hartman says
Thanks for the chance to win!
Abigail says
Oh very fun. I always drool over Nova naturals!
Caitlin says
What a lovely giveaway!
Alice says
We are long time fans of Nova Natural!
Martha says
We love Nova Naturals!!
Anne Weber-Falk says
I have always admired the Nova Naturals products. Now that my children are grown I look forward to gifting these lovely things to my neices and nephews. I might just find something for my adult son in here though 😉
Emily says
So lovely!
erin grover says
So lovely, thanks!
Holiday says
Just started following your blog. I love it! Thank you for sharing your beautiful family, pictures and words.
Cristina Reintjes says
Our first wooden boats died so I was thinking of getting more for Easter baskets this year. The kids love floating those boats in the creeks!
Taryn says
I love Nova Natural!
Lee Winemiller Cockrum says
I love pysanky eggs! I haven’t done any in YEARS! Need to do that again.
Michelle says
So beautiful! Love the wood bunnies!
Courtney says
My daughter and I have long wanted to try making Pysanky eggs. Perhaps this is our chance!
Emily says
Hooray! Thanks for the chance <3
Erica says
Lovely products and this post makes me so happy for Spring!
Amanda says
These would be perfect for my grandson!
Melissa McIntyre says
Soo lovely! Would love to get some wooden animals for my kiddos peg people ❤
Sara champi says
Love everything
Marlene W. says
So excited to learn about Nova Natural. My family vacations in VT and we pass through Shelburne. Will definitely stop in this Summer! So many sweet and fun things including a nice selection of waldorf dolls.
Holly says
I love that jump rope!
Dawn says
Lovely, lovely things. Fun to think about what I would choose for my little Spring bunnies. 🙂
Annie says
Love nova natural!
Melissa says
? So beautiful! My kids would love this!