Go GREEN Toys

Karla is a beautiful doll with great hair and a wonderful red outfit. With green eyes this doll is a treasure! New Clothes can be ordered separately Mohair hair - can be combed carefully with large-tooth comb Fully fabric bodies Hand made in Germany using traditional methods Sponge wash by hand only

I recently attended toy fair 2008 at the Javits in New York.

It was my first time to the fair and I have been dying to attend, and was so unimpressed because finding a quality product was like finding a needle in a haystack.

The show was inundated with junk toys - plastic, whirring, buzzing, talking toys, and really there was so little there in terms of innovative new products especially now that we are facing the Go Green Movement- I would have thought companies would be presenting new products that were aligned with sustainable ideals and open ended play.

We are so behind as a culture in America, and we really do not have any one American toy company leading the pack for sustainable green toys.

Companies such as:

Plan Toys- which are gorgeous wooden toys made of Rubber Tree Wood are from Thailand and this company has been unbelievably eco-friendly since it's inception, planting hundreds of thousands of trees every year to plant back what they use from their land to make their toys....now this is what I call a respectable company.

Sprout (TM) Debuted with it's wonderful like of recycled plastic toys and are kid powered which means that there are no batteries- just good old fashioned push fun with the modern twist of having a narrated tour that only plays as the child pushes- hats off to you guys!

As always the European Manufacturers are heads and tails above all of us with their craftsmanship, forethought, Eco friendly materials, and heirloom able toys.

I was particularly impressed as usual with Kathe Kruz, Silke, Ferby, Sevi, and Haba. These companies continue to build each year on their gorgeous collection of toys and dolls and games, and are always on the forefront of design and aesthetic appeal.