With the recent and apparently growing problem in light of recalls of so many products made in China, parents are rightfully concerned and looking for other options when it comes to keeping their children safe when buying toys. I hope to bring to light some ideas that will help parents find safe and affordable toys; especially since the holiday shopping season was in the not-too-distant future.
The first idea I came up with was a very simple idea. Making toys. When making toys for your children, it is good to first clarify or simplify what exactly a “toy” is. All children love to be with their parents, whatever Mom or Dad does right with them. This innate love of togetherness creates a whole class of play activities for kids. Cookie baking in fun, raising shapes with Mom, reading wood in the floor with Dad-seeing who can collect the most or in fodder, 2 points! Activities of any skill and all great fun are guaranteed; such as decorating a pot and planting seeds inside a flower or making a souvenir box, using the basic tools of all adults. vigilance, of course.
According to the toys theme party is also an idea everyday things are fantastic toys that bring hours of fun, imaginative. to play Cleaning supplies such as brooms and dustpans, buckets of water with sponges, cloths and/or wipes all the dirty toys. Kitchen items such as pots and pans, plastic dishes, cooking/eating utensils are always a big hit as toys with wide age kids . Cardboard boxes of many sizes are a phenomenal toy, an imaginative tool for kids of all ages. Being a jerk is an endless list of things, limited only by you and your thoughts.
Other toys to make are paper toys which can be as basic or as complex as desired. There are great books or even free websites like http://www.thetoymaker.com/ that offer lots of paper craft ideas that you and your child, or other children you spend time with, can make together. Be sure not to forget the classic paper airplanes and paper toys, either made from plain paper or cut from a magazine.
In addition to making toys out of furniture or good paper, another toy option is to buy handmade toys from certain suppliers. You can buy hand-made toys from family, friends and acquaintances that they are fake or honest referring to the tricks of the imagination or online sites where handmade toys come from. A couple of websites I found are www.etsy.com and http://www.mahardrygoods.com
The last option or way to safely invest toys our children play and learn with everyday is to research and find other toy supplies that They don’t sell things made in China. Not only toys, but the materials with which toys are made must be considered when we are looking for safe toys. One place I have something to offer that I hope will be of some help: http://www.boycottmadeinchina.org/en/boycott_hub/alternative_shopping/.
It can indeed be a scary world when we think we have to limit and triple our children’s toys for safety, but in this day and age we can’t be too careful. The world is a bright place, a wonderful place, just keeping tabs on such things and moving on and is our life. the best life
