Green Toys ( Review & Giveaway) DAY FOUR!

With the growing amount of lead recalls in our childrens toys over the last few years, I know that I have been having a hard time finding American made toys, much less Eco Friendly toys when gift giving events come around.

Now I've found out at Green Toys Inc. and I am just in love!

Not only are Green Toys made in the USA,
but check out the extensive safety testing they pass with flying colors!

• Consumer Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)
• Consumer Products Safety Standard Specification, ASTM F963
• California Prop. 65 restrictions on lead & cadmium
• FDA regulations for food contact
• Voluntary testing for no BPA (Bisphenol-A)
• International standards EN71 and ISO 8124

Not only are the toys SAFE for roaming hands & mouths but the packaging is also eco friendly! No plastic inserts, twisty ties or cellophane. ALL Green Toys packaging is 100% recyclable!

How do they make such amazingly safe & earth friendly toys you ask?? I was just getting to this amazing point!

"We use recycled milk containers as the main ingredient in creating our toys. Yes, the exact plastic milk jugs that you and your family drink from every day. When you finish your milk and toss the container in the recycling bin, these milk containers are collected at your curb by a local recycling company, who then sorts them from all the other types of plastic. Next, the milk containers are reprocessed into super clean fresh plastic. For you plastic geeks, the plastic material we use is called high-density polyethylene (or HDPE). This material is considered one of the safest, cleanest plastics around. "

That's AWESOME! Your kids drink milk, recycle a jug & it comes back to them in the form of a toy!! ( Hey, that's one way to convince a child to drink milk right??) My head is spinning with all the lessons you could teach using Green Toys Inc as a starting point!

Listen to this;

"Our toys are truly local creations. Every step in the process, from milk container recycling to toy production to final assembly, occurs in California. Our raw materials and toys aren't shipped from overseas, which saves a lot of energy and reduces greenhouse gasses. It also guarantees your toys won't get seasick before they get to your home! "

The forward thinking people over at Green Toys helped us find a great solution to a problem we had.

Andy loves to play kitchen! He just loves it, however, he doesn't want a flowery pink plastic Barbie colored tea set & lets face it. That's sort of whats available in mainstream toy stores.

Green Toys sent Andy their gender neutral Tea Set to help celebrate his third birthday!!

Check out the green & BLUE!! I love it!! Eer..Andy does.

One of my readers (USA only, sorry!) will win this tea set as well!!

Here is how to enter-

-Visit Green Toys & tell me a fact about their company/production/eco friendly workings.
In another comment..
-Tell me your favorite toy!

After you do those 2 requirements, you can get extra entries by doing the following-

-Following Me
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-Tweet about this giveaway ( one per day!)
-Blog about this giveaway.
-Post on your Facebook about this giveaway ( Let me know your name so I can friend you & double check!!)