Showing posts with label educational toys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label educational toys. Show all posts

Monday, December 28, 2009

Sprig Toys Review & Giveaway! *CLOSED*







My daughter and I had the chance to check out some toys from Sprig Toys and we're really excited to present this review and are lucky enough to offer one parent a toy for free!

These really fun toys are growing in popularity. A few months ago I hadn't even heard of Sprig and through another blogger, I saw these adorable little items and asked them if I could check them out too. Sprig Toys are a company based out of Colorado. They are made to be earth friendly and are simple, yet sturdy in their design. Their products are made of recycled Sprig wood which contains child friendly bits of recycled woods and plastic. They are not painted but, the wood itself is stained at times to achieve color. Sprig uses "safe pigments, keeping our toys free of soluble heavy metals, phthalates or endocrine disruptor's."

Taken from Sprig site:

"Sprig Toys, Inc., is an Eco-friendly company dedicated to making the best toys
the right way.
Inspired by our collective desire to keep kids active and the planet healthy, Team Sprig is dedicated to infusing creativity, smart design, quality manufacturing, earth-friendly materials, product satisfaction and responsible business practices into a superior line of fun, kid-powered toys.

We help make the world a better place and we get kids off the couch. Pretty cool, huh?"


My daughter just turned three and is definitely in that imagination and active mode. She likes to play with her dolls just as much as cars, etc. She really took to her Story Builders Barnyard toy! She helped me set up the fences, the barn, and the animals. She liked the fun illustrations and the little scene it made. It's made for 3 years and up but, is a little difficult to put together on their own at that age. A parent definitely needs to be involved and it should be done on a flat surface, not a carpet.(too hard to stand the characters up)

They also are featuring toys from their Adventure Series right now. the Adventure Series features non electronic and electronic toys that are full of fun and imagination. All of them feature a little adventure guide and themed items to match the adventure.



My Take

I really liked the simple, clean designs of the toys. I like that they use a child's imagination and very few battery powered items. I like that they are Eco friendly as well as child safe toys. The only thing that I didn't love is how many pieces the Story Builders set came with. It makes for more clean up. Otherwise, I really give this company a thumbs up for making toys that are educational and fun!

Buy It

You can buy Sprig Toys at http://www.sprigtoys.com/ and any other participating retailer

Win It

Sprig toys is very generously offering a Dolphin Explorer boat to one of my lucky readers! Please leave your email in your entry or a way for me to access it or I will choose another winner. You must follow the rules for the first entry or your entries will be invalid.

Rules

Please go to their site and tell me another favorite Sprig item, besides the ones listed in this review

Extra Entries

-Blog for 3 extra entries and leave the link here

-Follow me on twitter @kaiasmommy and leave one comment

-Follow me on blogger and leave on comment

Contest will end January 15, 2010 at 11:59 PM Arizona time. U.S. entries only please.
*thank you to Sprig Toys for providing the review and giveaway items*

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Growing Tree Toys Review




Growing Tree toys is one of those online stores that you calls you in and asks you to "stay awhile". With it's charming imaginative, unique and educational toys there's plenty to choose from!

I am at a point now where I like to buy educational toys for my daughter. I want more than just something to play with. I want something to spark her imagination, I want something that she can spend some quiet time doing, and I want something that's not going to take batteries or limit her play. Don't get me wrong, they do have Corolle dolls and a number of things that are traditional but, oh they have so much more.

Growing Tree has a number of name brand companies that are well known and high quality. Melissa and Doug, Kidcraft, plan toys, and Scientific Explorer are examples. We received a darling little Melissa and Doug Slice and Bake cookie set. My daughter flipped when she saw the "sprinkles" and decorations for the cookies. They are painted with yummy chocolate, sprinkles, vanilla, and swirls. The cookies, decorations, and spatulas are all painted wood. They are sturdy and have lasted through a few weeks already of "cookie baking". I love that these cookies are wooden, sturdy, and that they have Velcro to attach them to the decorations as well as to the pan itself. In the kit was also a hot pad, it's really adorable watching my almost three year old making cookies and mimicking her mama!



What I really liked

-shipping was fast

-working with them was easy and friendly

-selection of toys

-price range(there's plenty to choose from to make it affordable)


Thanks to growing tree toys for providing my daughter a Melissa and Doug cookie set to experience