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Filed under: Babies, Toddlers Preschoolers, Preschoolers, Health & Safety: Babies, In The News, Toys, Shopping and recalls
With the holidays quickly approaching, many parents are thinking about gifts for little ones. Given the recalls and issues with Chinese-made toys, more and more people are looking towards companies who manufacture in America. As always, I try to incorporate these types of toys in my product reviews whenever possible.Here's a list of some great websites with American-made toys:
Nova Natural
Maple Landmark
Zebulon USA
Uncle Goose
Fat Brain Toys
Holgate Toys
Don't forget about European toys! Europe has very strict standards for toy manufacturing, and the following are some of my favorite websites featuring toys from Europe:
Moolka
Oompa
Urban Kids Play
Brio
A note of caution: Just because a product is "Made in the USA" doesn't always mean the materials used to create the item are American-made. As always, vigilant research is the only way you can know for sure.
Now, it's your turn. Do you have any websites to add to the list?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
11-04-2007 @ 11:40AM
Nicola said...Moolka is my all time favourite! They have taken many a paycheque right out of my hands...
Another site that has a decent selection is Planet Happy Toys (http://www.worldwidechild.com/)
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11-04-2007 @ 4:25PM
andrea said...We love Urban Kids Play, they are right in our neck of the woods. They carry all sorts of great European brands, including Haba which is one of my favorites. Another brand that I love is Plan Toys, made in Thailand and their toys are colored with dyes rather than potentially harmful paints.
I have to be honest and admit that my parents own a toy store in the Seattle area and I know a little more about quality made toys than your average consumer. Unfortunately they don't yet have a website (something perhaps my web designer husband should do something about) but if you are in the area you can find all sorts of great European made toys at Teri's Toybox. How is that for a shameless plug ; )
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11-06-2007 @ 2:36PM
Pierrot Yannis said...I found this great new site of American made products. http://www.usab2c.com/
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11-09-2007 @ 1:59PM
Rege Mance said...I found this great board game called Patriot Challenge, made by an American company. It's a trivia game about America and the whole family can play. We all learned a lot about our great nation and that we are patriots too. Check it out: www.patriotchallenge.com
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11-09-2007 @ 12:33AM
Sandy said...http://americanmadetoys.googlepages.com/americanmadetoys
has an extensive list of companies that sell TOYS MADE IN THE U.S.A.
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11-09-2007 @ 1:24AM
Sandy said...http://americanmadetoys.googlepages.com/americanmadetoys
has an extensive list of companies that sell toys made in the U.S.A.
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11-09-2007 @ 4:23PM
Paula said...Thanks for this great post! We featured it in our roundup at www.thenestbaby.com
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