Archive for February, 2011
WHAT’S GREENER THAN A TREE?
Being Green – What’s greener than a tree? Wooden toys are environmentally friendly DURING their production process as well as AFTER they are no longer useful. Put them in a landfill and they will decompose. What about PLASTIC toys? I don’t think so! Many wooden toy manufacturers even use recycled materials in their packaging.
Look for these companies when purchasing WOODEN toys. http://earthfriendlytots.com and http://WonderBrains.com 
Wooden toys are a NATURAL PRODUCT
Wooden toys tend to be green! Most parents love that wooden toys are a natural product…made right from trees. Children also understand this and can even be shown this process if you make your own toys. Many believe that the wooden toy has a living energy to it that a child will respond to. It’s the same material as the tree in the backyard that they touch every day.
Many wooden toy manufacturers are cognizant of the fact that their product requires cutting down trees. This may make some people unhappy. HOWEVER, many wooden toy manufacturers have active restoration policies and may replant as many as five trees to replace every one that is used. FURTHER, wood from some trees isn’t actually taken until another product is taken from it. Take the rubberwood tree, for example. Rubberwood trees are cut for wooden toys after they have been sapped for all of their juice! Did you know rubberwood is a hard wood (much like maple).
We will discuss being GREEN Tuesday.
Wooden toys offer GREAT PLAY VALUE
Let’s not forget that play value should be one of the main reasons we purchase a toy to begin with! Wooden toys lend themselves to unstructured play. What does that mean? It means that many wooden toys can be played with anyway a child’s imagination leads them. Wooden toys have been known to inspire inventive and truely imaginative play in children and adults. http://earthfriendlytots.com 
We will discuss the NATURAL PROCESS OF WOOD on Monday.
Wooden toys produce a feeling of NOSTALGIA
Because wooden toys are made to last often a lifetime, they can be handed down through a family or friends. This makes toys very special because people can remember when it was their toy. Wooden toys that are generational develop a much more sentimental importance to the family. Often the handing down of a really special toy has great family significance. To purchase a wooden toy that can be a part of your family for many years go to http://earthfriendlytots.com .
Friday we will discuss why the play value of wooden toys are so important.
Wooden toys are often HAND CRAFTED
Many wooden toys are crafted by hand. There are parts to the process of manufacturing wooden toys that require an actual person to work on the toy. Some are made by master wood craftmen. Wooden toys are made to last through years of play. For some of the most popular hand crafted wooden toys go to http://earthfriendlytots.com/Timberworks-Toys-v12.
Thursday we will discuss why wooden toys are NOSTALGIA. 
WHY BUY WOODEN TOYS?
This is a question that has been asked for many years. So why would you not buy wooden toys? Wooden toys are DURABLE, most are CRAFTED BY HAND, produce a feeling of NOSTALGIA, offer GREAT PLAY VALUE, and wood is a NATURAL PRODUCT being GREEN.
What does DURABILITY mean to you? DURABILITY means wooden toys tend to last longer than plastic toys. Plastic toys often have many components and once a piece breaks you end up with a sharp, jagged edge. This can make the toy unsafe immediately. Wooden toys are made of stronger material and tend to not break nearly as often.
Wednesday we will explain the importance of being crafted by hand.
