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Ocean Springs, MS (PRWEB) August 13, 2008
The toys that are around today are not of the same caliber as toys of yesteryear. Many of today’s toys focus on trends, neat gadgets and are no more than glorified commercials for cartoons. Carol Lee Cantin has her own ideas of engaging a child’s mind — none of which involve a television.
“We have adorable and safe wood toys,” Cantin says of the products she offers on her site, http://www.EasyWoodenToys.com. “We have chosen wooden toys for boys and girls alike; toys that are fun and educational.”
The toys that are available in the contemporary toy store setting are based upon movie or television tie-ins and have almost no educational merit. Cantin’s store deviates from this notion and supplies families with puzzles, matching games and other wooden toys that will stimulate a child’s imagination.
Cantin also launched http://www.WoodenToysBlog.com in conjunction with http://www.EasyWoodenToys.com. Her Wooden Toys Blog focuses on the benefits of wooden and educational toys, as well as provides information on the safe, non-toxic toys sold on her site.
As Easy Wooden Toys races towards its one year anniversary, Cantin laments on the strength of her products: “I have four children, 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and nothing pleases me more than seeing their happy faces while they figure out how to put an easy wooden train together.”
Cantin’s message is clear: wooden toys are as exciting and stimulating as their cheap plastic, commercial counterparts; the only difference is that your child will walk away from the experience having used their minds and not having their imagination stifled by preprogrammed sounds and kung-fu grips.
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Stamford, CT (PRWEB) July 08, 2011
Pure Play Kids, the non-mainstream source for battery-free toys, plaything and products, is excited to launch three new wooden toys, designed in-house and manufactured in the USA. Pure Play Kids Wooden Toy Camera, Wooden Cash Register and Wooden Fire Truck are now available at Pure Play Kids and for selective wholesale. Pure Play Kids new wooden toys join a collection of other wonderful kid-powered toys in providing a safe, creative alternative to mainstream, TV- and movie-based toys.
The Pure Play Kids Wooden Toy Camera puts imagination in focus. Like all Pure Play Kids products, the wooden camera is battery-free, and kids love to take pretend pictures with it. Made of natural contrasting walnut and maple, the Pure Play Kids Wooden Toy Camera has a rotating lens, a selection dial and a depressible wooden button.
The new Wooden Fire Engine Toy from Pure Play Kids features four removable peg people who ride in the cab and can climb the raised ladder to fight fires and rescue tree-bound cats. The bold red fire truck is made in the USA of domestic maple and allows children to create their own movements and sounds, unlike battery-powered toy fire trucks.
Pure Play Kids Wooden Cash Register is sturdily built to include a 10-count abacus, an opening money drawer, credit card swipe and coin slots. A wooden credit card and wooden coins are included, and paper currency can be downloaded at the Purely Playful Blog.
“The Pure Play Kids Wooden Toy Camera is a perfect example of the compelling toy philosophy that drives our business.” Says Tania Grant, CEO. “Pure Play Kids subscribes to the belief that the best toys are 90% kid and 10% toy because that allows imagination and creativity to flourish in children.”
“Pure Play Kids believes in filling unmet needs and providing healthy alternatives in the toy industry. Kids love to play market, and it’s great for their vocabulary, social and mathematical development, but there were no domestically-made, battery-free cash registers available. We decided to make one – the perfect one!” said CEO Tania Grant.
“Pure Play Kids Wooden Fire Truck answers a need we had as parents when our first child was one year old. Before he could talk, our son loved to make fire engine sounds, but the toy fire engines available made the sounds for him. Pure Play Kids fire engine toy puts the child back in control,” said Grant.
Pure Play Kids offers one of the largest selections of battery-free, TV-free, creative playthings in the USA. The company has a sharp focus on creativity, safety and natural materials. The majority of Pure Play Kids products are made in the USA, and the company also offers a selection of the finest European toys.
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In recent months there have been some highly publicised reports of toys being recalled due to safety concerns. How can parents and carers be certain that the toys they are providing for their little ones are actually safe?
The recent recall of certain Chinese manufactured toys has sparked fears amongst parents and carers regarding the safety of the toys provided for their children. But these toy recalls represent less than 1% of the toys sold in the UK. In fact, only about 1.5% of all accidents that occur in the home are actually toy related and toy defects are rarely cited as the cause of accident or injury. Most toy related accidents in the home are due to adults tripping over them!
But what can you do to ensure that the toys that you buy for your children are safe? Here are a few basic suggestions that will help you to choose safe toys:
Buy from a respected, reputable toy store: Shops like these will only be stocking toys that have undergone rigorous quality control and safety checks. Many of these toys will have been used and enjoyed safely by generations of happy children. Buying traditional, maybe wooden toys is often a very safe bet.
Look for toy safety markings: The Lion Mark can only be used by manufacturers who have signed up to the BHTA strict code of practice. The CE mark indicates that a toy conforms with the European Toy Safety Directive, but is not really a mark of safety. Age indicators provide you with guidance regarding the suitability of a toy to a particular age group.
Common sense: Inspect the toy yourself. Look out for small parts, sharp edges, flaky paint, poor quality manufacture etc. Don’t go buying rubbish from the market or a car boot sale.
Keep the play area clean and tidy: Not really related to purchasing safe toys but good advice if you want to minimise the risk of accidents.