Top Ten Green Christmas Toys for Toddlers
Natural and green parents know doubt want to find sustainable, natural, and
planet friendly toys for their toddlers this Christmas. But where do you start?
Do you want wood toys, cloth toys, solar powered toys, organic toys, or a
combination thereof? Browse our top picks below for the best green toys for
Christmas 2008!
Plan Toys Click Clack is an instant classic in sustainable wooden
toys. It
brilliant colors and soft click clack sound that will entertain for hours. The
Click Clack delights children as they watch the ball roll down the front of the
board. Plan Toys is a wonderful and ground-breaking company that creates toys
according to their aim of "Innovative toys for the development of every child".
Plan Toys incorporates thoughtful design and age-appropriate challenges to
empower kids, encourages social interaction, supports natural learning,
imaginative play and rewards discovery. It is made of recycled rubberwood and
painted with non-toxic dyes.
Available at Amazon.com for only $35.00
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Plan
Toys Hammer Balls are a hit in our home! It has a lovely curved
wooden box design with three colorful balls and a mallet. Toddlers love to hit
things and play with tools and hammers so this gives them something constructive
to do with that energy. It helps toddlers to improve hand-eye coordination,
aligning, slotting and aiming It will be great fun to pound the balls and watch
them roll out one by one. The concept is incredibly simple but the fun lasts for
a long time! It is made of rubberwood and painted with non-toxic dyes
Available at Amazon.com for only $17.98
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What toddler doesn't like blocks? The
Kaleidoscopic
Blocks from Haba take
an old and classic concept and adds an exciting and engaging twist! These
beautiful wooden blocks have colored Kaleidoscope windows in the middle. Not
only are they colorful and gorgeous they give your toddler a new view if the
world. They can have stacking them, making buildings and castles, and creating
with them. Haba is another company that makes excellent toys that last!
Available at Amazon.com for only $29.99
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Mini
Automoblox Cars and Trucks are a completely wonderful adaptation of
the classic push car and truck. Boys everywhere just love their wheels and vroom
vrooms right? They are sure to love these and innovative versions as well. The
mini cars have a new universal connector system that enables the rapid
interchange of parts, further accentuating the fun factor of creating different
car styles. They are basically wooden vehicles but they have plastic parts that
can be interchanged. They are a great compromise if you want cool and snazzy
looking push cars but less environmental impact.
Available at Amazon.com for only $26.50
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What boy wouldn't fall in love with the
My Practical
Tool Set by Educo. It is a
wooden tool bench complete will all the tools a little builder will need. It is
flawlessly crafted by a European company and it used sustainable materials and
non-toxic paints. The fun little wooden workbench is great for
stimulating little minds. The tools are sized perfectly for little hands.
Included are 5 wooden screws, 5 wooden nails, 5 wooden nuts, 9 flat wooden
pieces, 1 two piece wood clamp, 1 hammer, 1 wrench, 1 screwdriver, and 1 ruler
made of wood with completely non-toxic, child-friendly paints and finishes. Do
you have a builder in training that wants to get to work?!
Available at Amazon.com for only $49.99
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Got
a play kitchen or some mini chefs in the house? They will love making mommy and
daddy some breakfast in bed with the
Plan
Toys Breakfast Menu! This is a great addition to any play kitchen
that kids will love for years to come. Serve breakfast or make a sandwich with
the fun wooden foods. This adorable set comes with two slices of bread, a bun,
sausage, bacon, cheese, fried egg, boiled egg, salt and pepper shakers and a
serving tray. It is great for years of cooking for your young chef. This toy is
made from all natural organic recycled rubber wood and colored with
eco-friendly, water based dyes.
Available at Amazon.com for only $18.95
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Sortina Shape Sorting Board - Take shape sorting to the
next level and
provide lots of educational and play value to toddlers with this well designed
Shape Sorting Board. Recognizing, comparing and sorting are all important skills
toddlers need to learn and this Sortina makes learning extra fun! Beautiful and
natural-wood frame features cut-out shapes on
BOTH sides to fit brightly-colored
blocks; one side is by shape only and the other side by shape and by color.
Comes with board and 12 colorful pieces. Made with child-safe paints and
lacquers and finished with natural beeswax.
Available at KangarooBoo for only $49.99
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Ooooh
cookies! Can you smell them already? Kids LOVE this
Melissa and Doug Slice and Bake Cookie Set. Slice and
“bake” a dozen wooden cookies, then decorate them with the 12 self-stick,
removable topping pieces! Oooh so delicious! This creative set includes a tube
of 12 sliceable cookies with 12 decorative toppings, kitchen mitt, wooden cookie
sheet, knife and spatula. This cookie set helps kids learn shapes, colors and
numbers, while promoting fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and creative
expression. Made of wood with nontoxic paint. Your little baker will have a
blast with these!
Available at Amazon.com for only $18.99
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The
Plan Toys City Station is a wonderful designed, beautifully
crafted, futuristic
toys that children will love. It is ideal building for linking Plan City Road &
Rails together. The three levels consists of an ample platform, revolving door
that makes click-clacking sounds when pushed, 2 automatic check-in machines with
a movable bar, a shop stand, staircase and 2 wooden doll figurines. it is
Designed to encourage your child’s imagination and creativity in the worlds of
pretend-play and role-play. The roof is constructed of
EVA while the rest of the set are
made of natural, chemical free recycled rubberwood and finished with non-toxic
water based dye.
Available at KangarooBoo for only $99.99
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Roxy
the Sausage Dog Pull Toy is a new version of an old classic. Kids
will love pulling this guy around for a walk. Roxy the Sausage Dog has vibrant &
colorful segments. As the child pulls her along, she wags her bouncy tail while
her ears sway back and forth. Her body can wiggle from side to side. This is
simply an adorable and sturdy pull toy. Children everywhere will love to be her
best friend! Made of hardwood and lacquered with multiple layers of non-toxic
paint. Also available in red and yellow.
Available at KangarooBoo for only $69.99
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More Green Toys:
Natural, non-toxic, cloth dolls
