Rubens EcoBuds – “Iris”

Name: Rubens EcoBuds - "Iris"
SKU: RB03
Price: 49.95 EUR
Availability: InStock

€49.95

Say hello to EcoBuds, Rubens Barn’s first handmade doll in soft organic cotton!

EcoBuds love holding hands (after all they have loose limbs) and exploring the environment, they are nature friendly and would like to be your friend too! This is Iris, she loves going on adventures and exploring mountains, bogs, riverbanks and meadows.

Made of 100% certified organic cotton
Filled with recycled polyester
Handmade
Safe for newborns
Perfect baby sleeping aid
Help children learn more about diversity, inclusion & empathy

In stock

A Rubens Barn doll takes over 100 different steps by hand to create. The faces of these dolls are sculptured in soft fabric, for a more emotional and realistic look. The eyes are important. They are embroidered and are what brings the dolls to life, and in combination with their warm cheeky smiles, makes a Rubens Barn doll an irresistible friend! Handmade Happiness!

Hair, skin & clothes for these organic cotton dolls are made with 100% certified organic cotton. Stuffing is from 100% recycled polyester. Bottom weight 100% calcium carbonate granule. All dolls can be machine washed at 30°C and tumble dried in low heat. All clothes should be hand washed.

Rubens Barn dolls come in a wide range of sizes, styles and skin colors, just like real children. This way kids also learn more about diversity, inclusion and empathy. Plus, every doll has its own personality!

Dimensions: Height 35 cm, Weight 150 g

Material: Organic Content Standard (OCS) organic cotton. Filled with Global Recycled Standard (GRS) polyester fibre.

Weight	0.320 kg

The inspiration behind the brand Rubens Barn

In 1996 ceramic designer Ewa Jarenskog came across a problem. Ewa had been successfully creating popular clay figurines with emotional, childlike and cheeky motives, but they weren’t suitable for children to play with. So Ewa and her friend, apparel designer Teruko Wahlström, started their journey together to create Rubens Barn.

They faced two main challenges. To capture the expressions of Ewa’s clay models in soft fabric, and to create a friend that would last a childhood of play. These challenges, along with the strong beliefs in the importance of developing empathy through play, and that children shouldn’t be hurried out of their childhood, have guided us at Rubens Barn until today.

Handmade Happiness

Rubens Barn is extremely proud to have worked very closely with a family run producer in China for more than 16 years. They exclusively create Rubens Barn and most of the highly skilled seamstresses have been with us from the beginning, perfecting their craft and helping shape Rubens Barn to what it is today. We are mutually dependent on each other and have during these years created a strong friendship where we have thrived together.

Barn means children in Swedish, and it is children that are our focus. A child playing and interacting with a Rubens Barn doll, developing their empathy to later become more understanding and sociable adults is what motives us. We are excited about focusing more on this emotional education and hope that you will join on this journey!