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4 Tips for an Eco-Conscious Valentine's Day
It’s almost Valentine’s Day - time to show the special someone or someones in your life how much you love them. But did you know that you can love the planet while showing others love too? Below are 4 tips on how to have an environmentally conscious Valentine’s Day.

5 Ways to Enjoy Nature with Kids in Winter
How do you enjoy nature with kids in the winter? Unless you are building a snowman, sledding, making a snow angel, or having a snow ball fight, it’s difficult to find things for kids to do outside in the winter months. Consider the following 5 activities that will help your kids pay a little less attention to the screen and more attention to the great outdoors.

Real Christmas tree or a fake Christmas tree: this is the most eco-friendly choice
If you are concerned about the environment, go green with a real Christmas tree. It’s the best and most sustainable Christmas tree choice. There, we’ve said it. Now allow us to explain.

A Christmas Tree Gives Us Hope
The Christmas tree harvest and the selling season can be overwhelming. In the chaos of pulling it off every year, we easily forget what a Christmas tree means for families…

Rainy day? 3 Fall crafts for kids!
A grey, rainy day offers a great opportunity to get creative with your kids. These 3 fall kids crafts will make you long for an indoor day!

5 Quick tips for an eco-friendly kids birthday party!
Mother Earth will give you a big, green thumbs up with these 5 quick tips for an eco-friendly birthday party… Hip, hip hooray!

Our 3-Step Care Plan for Your Little Sap Gift Tree
We can hear you thinking: How do I plant a tree? Can I do this? It sounds a bit overwhelming, but no worries: your thumb will turn green in no time with our 3-step Care Guide for your Little Sap gift tree.

5 Benefits of Trees You Probably Didn’t Know Yet
We want to make the world a greener place with our Little Saps. To explain why we are passionate about this mission, we’ve listed 5 somewhat unexpected benefits of trees.

Seed Germination with Kids
Testing seed germination rates are a great activity for kids! It involves science and math.

The Story of Little Saps - Part 2
In our world, we need inspiration. We need something to remind us that our dreams - whatever they are - are possible, even in the face of overwhelming odds.

The Story of Little Saps - Part 1
My parents are Christmas tree farmers. They have farmed since 1976, first in Michigan and then in North Carolina. But they did not come from a family of farmers.