Time for Green Tea Again: Top Eco-Toys 2010

Everybody is going green these days. It’s rather trendy to say the least, so it’s no surprise that toys are following the trend and selling big when it comes to eco-friendly categories. If you’d very much like to give your kids something fun to play with that they’re guaranteed to enjoy plus is quite possibly better for the environment in the long run, then good news because here’s an article about the top selling eco-friendly toys right this second. Read more

Green Toys Tea Set: A Tradition Made Earth-Friendly

I am a boy, yet I was never one to say no to a good old-fashioned sit-down tea party with the ladies.  There are a few toys that I’ll go so far as say, “These are required for young minds to grow and have fulfilled childhoods.”

That list goes as follows: Slinkies, Silly Putty, jump ropes, Frisbees, (or non-name brand equivalent), Ninja Turtles/G.I. Joes/Batman action figures, a stuffed animal of some sort, a PRETEND phone (not a real one), a hat that should never be worn in public but is anyway, and a tea set.  If any one of these is skipped, then the child will grow up to be sad, stupid, and probably a jerk.

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ABC Kids Expo Wrap Up

We didn’t get a chance to attend the ABC Kids Expo last week in Las Vegas, but initial reports are out that the event had a lot of creative new toy manufactures, …. as well as a sluggish attendance.

For a great review of some of the most innovative products, check out Lisa Casinger’s review.  She writes that,

As for news tidbits–I learned that Kaloo is now making all of its furniture in Canada rather than China; Fisher Price has another complete line developed exclusively for independent retailers; Netto is planning on expanding into toddler furniture and a bunk bed in 2009; Crown Craft has the license for Major League Baseball for toddler bedding; LaJobi is moving away from drop side cribs; and more companies are adding organic or eco-friendly products.

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Eco-friendly Toys Increasingly Mainstream

More toy suppliers than ever are making sure they do more than just comply with environmental standards, but greatly exceed them. Not only that, there are more toys than ever that have ecological themes, such as the Penguin Rescuer Game from Wonderworld, in which players help penguins navigate around the melting polar ice caps.

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