Best Guide to Nontoxic Toys For Kids
For the sake of the environment—and their children's health—some parents opt for Earth-friendly, toxin-free toys at holiday time. Here's a bevy of nontoxic toys to consider this year. Let's face it: Some holiday toys are junk by January. And what's not junk may still be unhealthy. Considering all toys "safe" just because they're marketed for use by children can be a mistaken assumption. In July 2004, the Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled all metal toy jewelry sold in vending machines after some was found to contain lead. And then there's polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, which is often labeled non-toxic, but which produces dioxins in the manufacturing process and can contain softening substances like phthalates, considered to be hormone disrupters. Tibesti brings you the BET guide to Nontoxic Toys for Kids!
Best Guide to Nontoxic Toys For Kids by Personal Care Expert Review Panel
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Originally designed and patented by Holgate in 1934. Time-tested pounding board is one of Holgate's most recognized and popular toys. The same size and number of pegs as the original one in 1934. Why change a classic! Sturdy size for the activite toddler.. and they will enjoy for hours of play. Includes 8 colorful wooden pegs, 4 different diameter pegs, and hammer. 11" long. Ages 18 mos. - 6 yrs. Holgate is synonymous with toys... and still making the finest wooden toys in America. Our factory is now located in Bradford, Pennsylvania, still in the middle of America's premier hardwood forests.
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Like the alphabet blocks in Grandma's attic, this set of 28 wooden blocks features carved letters with fancy scroll borders and simple ink drawings. Individual blocks feature four sides with different colored letters. One side has a number, one side has a picture and spelling of the object below it, such as an owl or duck. Unlike Grandma's blocks, however, these are printed with nontoxic color ink. And to avoid destroying nonrenewable forests, they're made of basswood that's cut from industry-owned and managed land in Michigan. The blocks come inside a nostalgic, wooden pull-toy wagon. Toddlers can load up the wagon and make household deliveries. The blocks can also be used to make all kinds of imaginative structures and, of course, as a tool for becoming familiar with numbers and letters.
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Be an architect! Create five colorful layers of houses, all different architectural styles. 24 pieces.
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Add up play purchases on our new wooden toy cash register! The buttons push down and you can turn the crank to see the number display change. Pretend customers can view the number on the other side. Lift the top (a bell rings) to gain full access to the drawer. Includes 2 paper receipt rolls. 7" x 8" x 9". Alder. Ages 3+. Poland
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Going on vacation? Having relatives over for the holidays? Let's all take pictures with a wooden toy camera! This dandy handmade camera has a viewfinder that you can look through, a shutter button that pushes down and 3 dials that turn, and is definitely not a digital camera! Hardwood with childsafe mineral oil finish. This wooden toy is fairly large at 4" high by 5" wide. U.S.A. 3+ years
