I
think that it is important to be green and to teach your children
how to be green. I already told you how my mother recycled and reused
things, which is how I learned to be green. So if you train your
children when they are young, to be careful with their toys and to
recycle and use recycled products you are helping to make their world
a better place and ensuring a safer environment for future
generations.
I was truly privileged to receive a Pizza Parlor and School Bus from Green Toys. I love these toys and their construction. During regular play these toys are durable. They are dishwasher safe which means every so often you can stick them in the dishwasher to clean them up which to me is a really cool feature.
We
played with the Pizza Parlor for hours, taking orders, filling them
then serving and munching down play pizza after pizza. We got creative
and used a tea set and one of my old serving trays to complete the
restaurant motif. I got tired of the game before anyone else did and
if I had not packed up the set the kids would have happily played
with it for the rest of the night.
The
Pizza Parlor (rated at 2 years and up) comes with 27 pieces which includes: a paper
order pad, a cardboard take out box, a pizza pie cutter, a 4
part pizza crust, and 20 toppings: 4 sauce parts, 4 cheese parts, 4
pepperoni parts, 2 mushroom parts, 2 bell (sweet)peppers (1 red and 1
green), 2 tomato (1 red and 1 green) and 2 onions. The pizza goes
together like a puzzle each piece stacking on top of the other
toppings. It is really neat and can be changed over and over always
creating something new. My kids love to play with play foods so this
was a great addition for us.
The
only things I would change with the Pizza set would be 1)to include a
pie pan, because what decent Pizza Parlor serves their pizza on a
cardboard take out box? Plus, they do give you a pizza cutter so a
pan would fit right in. 2) Make the order pad reusable maybe laminate
it so the pages can be wiped clean and reused (think green) or even a
small dry erase board again so it could be reused. How many people
are going to have that pad replaced after they run out, the pad runs
out quickly because kids scribble all over them. I took the one out
of our set and gave the kids a small notebook because when they are
long done with this toy I am going to put it away and I want to keep
the set complete. The other thing is the cardboard take out box,
that is not going to last long either so I put it up during play
time, It is neat but kids are hard on that type of accessory because
it is so destructible.
The
bus (rated at 1 yr and up) is super cool it is a little over 10
inches long and 6 inches tall. The body has rounded edges and the
plastic is not the typical shiny finish it is more of a matte
finish which gives it a super cool modern, chic quality. It is sturdy
and durable built to last and will not break apart quickly like some toys
can. My husband even got into the play with the bus because he is
just an over grown kid and loves all things mobile. He has earmarked
the Bus to go into his private collection when it is ready for
retirement. The only negative comments from the kids was that they wished the doors opened, but then decided that if they did they would
probably break off and the only other thing was that there was no room for people in the bus
and they would have liked to stuff it full of their Polly Pockets and
G.I. Joes. Still it was a huge hit and they are still playing with
it.
Green
Toys makes all their toys with 100% recycled plastic milk containers.
Even the packaging is recycled and the ink is made from soy. Their
products meet all international toy safety standards and contain no
BPA (bisfenol A), PVC or phthalates.
Because
these toys are made from 100% recycled products they save on energy,
they reduce greenhouse gas and that reduces carbon foot printing. In
fact on average for every pound of recycled plastic they use to make
the toys enough energy is saved to run a lap top computer for a month
and enough power to run a T.V. For 3 weeks. Now that's being green!
Learn More about Plastics and why it is wonderful Green Toys do not have these compounds in them:
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