Oh, Eco-Toys. How I Love Thee…

December 9th, 2011 BY jareds | No Comments

Christmas is bearing down on us like a bullet train, and there are only a few more days to get your orders in for those “regular” shipping orders. In the next few days, you’ll have to start paying extra shipping costs to make sure your presents get to your doorstep on time for the holiday, so it’s time to buckle down and make some quick decisions.

Now, I’m a big fan of toys. Even at my age, I still play army men with my boys on a regular basis and I love a good game of ultimate frisbee. There’s something great about just forgetting about the ridiculous garbage we put ourselves through on a daily basis as adults just just letting go for a while. Whether it’s for you or those awesome little kids in your life, there’s no reason to buy cheap plastic trash just to get your hands on a good toy. Even though that’s what the television is telling kids they want, trust me: they don’t. There are way more responsible and fun toys out there, many of which are manufactured right here in North America.

One of the really simple choices out there is also one of the most basic: the flying saucer. Not the alien one, the generic term to avoid copyright infringement one. Something like the Green Toys EcoSaucer is a great and simple way to give an eco-friendly gift to someone you love for the holidays. They’re super durable and are way more solid than many people would expect a recycled saucer to be. There’s a whole lineup of great toys from Green Toys that are made out of either completely post-consumer waste or close to it, and they’re not just generic little doodads either.

Stay tuned, because I’m going to have a whole range of eco-friendly toys up here in the next week or so to give a little insight into the whole green toy thing. I want to spotlight these things because sometimes it seems impossible to make a kid happy without buying him or her the latest flaky piece of plastic junk that gets the most advertising time during cartoons. It is possible!