Mentari Toys is a quality brand of children’s toys, made from reclaimed rubberwood in Indonesia. Rubberwood is basically the reclaimed wood leftover, from making latex. And for every tree grown for the rubber industry, these Indonesian workers plant another one.
Natural toy shops are to be found in many towns, and focus on dolls, games and toys made from natural materials. Basically, you don’t have to press buttons to make toys ‘do things’, instead encouraging creative play without batteries (which are choking hazards too). Of course, no toys should be left alone with children.
But look for brands that carry proper safety kitemarks, to ensure they have no parts that can be swallowed, and are treated with nontoxic paints, and also made sustainably.
Wooden toys are designed to last for generations, and help to stimulate a child’s imagination and cognitive/motor skills. The range (which includes age guides per product) includes:
Stacking Dinosaurs will give all children hours of fun, not just those who live near the Jurassic Coast!
They will have hours of funning trying to balance Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Iguanodon and Pterodactyl, before stacking them away in their own cotton drawstring bag for next time. Coloured with non-toxic water stain.
There are lots more fun items to play with including stacking toys (in both bird and ocean designs).
