Going Green with Eco Friendly Toys

Safe and eco-friendly toys are all the rage this year so we thought we’d point you in the direction of some really great products in the ‘going green’ category. Like anything else that is eco-friendly, these toys are made from natural, safe materials which do not harm the environment. Eco-friendly, or green toys as they are commonly known are not hard to find if you know where to look! Do the planet a big favour and pick up one of these green toys today.

White Cardboard Playhouse - £27 - lulasapphire.com

Renovation and refurbishment are important buying criteria for mini home owners, so thankfully this white playhouse is a blank canvas for creativity. Your mini designers can get to work straight away with stickers, paints, glitter, and an all-important number on the door.

Hammer and Bench - £14.99 – Greenbabyco.com
Children will love pounding the colourful wooden pegs into their designated places in the bench and will simultaneously exercise their arms and develop hand-eye co-ordination. The set is made of eco-friendly rubber wood and is suitable for children over 18 Months.

Wooden Castle Building Bricks - £25.00 – toys-to-you.co.uk
Let your toddler build his or her own castle with these eco-friendly Wooden Castle Building Bricks which are great for sparking young imaginations. The castle can be rebuilt in a variety of ways (by variety we mean hundreds) so will provide hours of play for your little creative architects. All it needs is imagination.

Fair Trade Super Soft Teddy - £7.99 – mondomundi.com
Everyone loves a cuddly toy so why not get an environmentally friendly one made from handloom cotton and polyfill. A delightfully soft toy suitable for all ages.

Ecotronics – ecotronictoys.com

The makers of Ecotronics completely mean it when they say ‘batteries not included’, in fact it should be more along the lines of ‘batteries not needed’. There are four models in the range including a Penguin Torch (£4.99) you squeeze to get power, a buzzer game (£14. 99) called Mr Robot Head and the Eco Phone which needs a good shake for power and 5 other toys in the range. Really pushing for the eco-friendly award, the packaging is made from paper or bio-degradable.

Puzzles A-Z - £17.50 – toykind.com
This brightly coloured rubber wood puzzle is lettered from a-z and therefore great for learning the alphabet so it’s really useful educational wooden toy. Suitable for all ages but recommended for ages 3 years and above. These large puzzles will stand up or if you want to put them away then the large calico bag would be ideal to store them in.