Give the little ones an ecological and safe Christmas. The motto of some of the most avant-garde toy manufacturers in the field of eco-sustainability can be summarized in this way. Plastic is replaced by biodegradable materials, the fabrics are ecological and free of toxic substances and the dyes are completely natural. Some of them work thanks to solar energy, thanks to which the use of batteries is excluded, solving a priori the problem of highly polluting substances contained in them. Here are some of the possible green gift ideas for your children.
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Give the little ones an ecological and safe Christmas. The motto of some of the most avant-garde toy manufacturers in the field of eco-sustainability can be summarized in this way. There plastic is replaced by biodegradable materials, the fabrics are ecological and free of toxic substances and the dyes are completely natural. Some of them work thanks to solar energy, thanks to which the use of is excluded battery, solving a priori the problem of highly polluting substances contained in them. Here are some of the possible ones green gift ideas for your children.
The German company Efie, manufacturer of puppets and natural games for children, pays particular attention to the choice of materials with which to make its products. For the little ones, realize Plush in biological fabrics, free of allergenic materials or substances. Every detail is handcrafted to ensure the complete safety of the product. Among the soft toys of the new “Natura Line” we find soft toys with built-in rattle or with padding in cherry stones, which makes them usable in place of the hot water or ice bottle, after heating on a radiator or cooling in the freezer. All soft toys can be purchased from Emporioecologico.
Minimoimpatto offers some of the most classic toys for children, including airplanes ed helicopters, in a new guise. Not only are they made with the use of FSC certified wood, what makes them even greener is how they work. The propellers are in fact set in motion exclusively thanks to theclean energy of the sun, without any need to use batteries, which are replaced by small solar panels. These are toys completely mountable and demountable, like those of the past, and theirs price è content, to dispel the myth that ecological is synonymous with expensive.
Here Grasshopper la Ecological Lunar Car proposed by PowerPlus, a manufacturer of gadgets and toys that work with dynamos or thanks to solar energy. It is an educational toy that can only be set in motion thanks to the use of clean energy, helping children to understand the importance of the sun as a source of renewable energy. Grasshopper can be mounted without the need for glue and does not require batteries for its operation.
Another great classic is covered in eco-sustainability. This is how the eco-soldiers designed by Eco Toys, which fall within a range of ethical and ecological products. The ecosoldiers are made of completely biodegradable materials and can be painted with water colors. Eco Toys thus launches a real one challenge to the plastic toy market, for the most part produced in China bypassing European safety standards.
Also building bricks they transform and become ecological. The plastic of the Happy Mais bricks is replaced by Mater-Bi, a completely biodegradable material derived from corn starch. Each brick is colored using natural, non-toxic and safe dyes. Happy Corn can easily transform from a simple game to teaching tool, for example for the recognition of shapes and colors. Assembling Happy Corn bricks does not require glue. Just moisten them for the starch contained in them to turn into a natural glue.
For the little artists Bimbo e Natura offers watercolors composed of vegetable raw materials and with food pigments. The yellow color is obtained from turmeric, green from nettle, red from beet, purple from elderberry and so on. For the realization of the package, plastic was replaced by metal. The colors are completely non-toxic, safe and washable and their use is recommended from 3 years of age.
To bring the little ones closer to the world of nature, Ecogiochiamo offers a kit to make a baby home garden. The package contains the necessary to sow cut lettuce, cherry tomatoes, climbing peas and calendula, which with its flowers will attract insects able to protect your plants from parasites. Involving children in the creation of a small vegetable garden is the best idea to educate them about ecology andlove for nature.
And for the little ones there is always the slightly retro option but always pleasing to them and the environment of recycled wooden toys, a classic that should not be underestimated.
Marta Albè
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