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Green Toys Fire Truck Review and GIVEAWAY!!!

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When we were expecting Darah, I had many parents warn us that our home was about to become a plastic jungle, at least for the next 10 years. Tim and I REALLY didn’t want to see that happen. We didn’t want our house to be overrun with toys at all (um, yeah, totally FAILED that one), and we also didn’t want plastic junk everywhere made with questionable chemicals and that would easily break and have to be pitched.

 

So it may seem a little strange that I’m featuring a plastic fire trucktoday as an excellent toy of choice for your little. But this isn’t just any old plastic fire truck! It’s from Green Toys, and it is made entirely out of recycled plastic! milk containers! Even the packaging it comes in is made entirely of recycled and recyclable materials. It is the world’s greenest emergency vehicle!

It’s also SO much fun! Darah is a HUGE fan of fire trucks, always on the lookout for them when she takes a ride in the car, and always listening out for their sirens. We live a few blocks away from a big fire station, so she gets to hear those sirens at least once a day, much to her delight. Her Green Toys fire truck rarely even gets put away. It seems to now live in our hallway, which is the best place for “driving.” Her smaller stuffed animals and figurines are also getting extra play time, as they will fit on top of the fire truck, much to Darah’s delight.

I have given the truck a thorough inspection, and I am very impressed with the quality. It really looks as though it was built to endure many hours of play from children who love their toys, but aren’t necessarily the best at taking care of them, yet. I expect that our fire truck will endure quite a bit of rough-housing with Darah, but will still be in fine shape for the next child, or even for Darah’s kids later on. It’s definitely a winner!

Green Toys has an excellent line of eco-friendly toys, all made from recycled materials, and also all free from lights, batteries and other annoying things that play for your child, instead of encouraging imaginative play. The price points for the toys are a bit higher than their non-recycled plastic counterparts from other brands, but these are toys that are built to last generations, instead of having planned obsolescence, so I think they are worth it! The fire truck I reviewed retails for $27.99

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win a Green Toys Fire Truck! The contest will run until September 4th at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected via Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to winning notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of the United States. Limit one entrant per household, please.

Mandatory entry: Tell me one other Green Toys product that would be welcome in your home!

My answer: The school bus!

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Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my blog.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.

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  22. I would love to buy the pizza parlor for my kids. The pieces just look so realistic and I bet they would have fun playing with it. As long as I could keep them from eating it. 🙂

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  44. The PINK DUMP TRUCK would be a great second toy from this company! I can’t tell you how many times our daughter tries to “borrow” her brothers’ dump truck – if she had a pink one, they’d never “borrow” hers!!! I have never seen a pink one!

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  71. I would love to have the Green Toys™ Pink Dump Truck and the Green Toys™ Pink Tool Set

    ReggieM1961 at gmail dot com

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  83. I also like the Pimk Tool Set from Green Toys. It would be great for my daughter who is daddy’s little helper.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

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  135. I would welcome the Pink Dump Truck for my home so my daughter can play with a Dump Truck too.

    ginaferrell3 at yahoo dot com

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  144. I like the Pizza Parlor! I am sure that one would be welcome in our home.

    AndreaH
    davandihamilton (at) gmail (dot) com

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  180. I bought the tea set for my granddaughter several years ago and it is still in perfect shape after lots of use. Another product I would like are the blocks.
    smchester at gmail dot com

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  182. Honesly, my kids are totally into fire trucks as well since their uncle is an actual fireman! However, Dump Trucks are always popular with them as well!

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  198. my daughter would love the Green Toys Pink Tool Set. she like to try and build stuff
    melisa0072 at gmail dot com

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  226. I would love to have the Dump Truck for my son! He has the Recycle truck and loves it.
    beadsidemyself at gmail dot com

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  288. We love Green Toys– Railiegh has the recycle truck and tea set and they are great! I have had my eye on this firetruck since it came out last year. I think she’d also like the school bus or dump truck.

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  309. My daughter would love (and go great with her kitchen set) the sandwhich shop

    clc_little_britches@yahoo dot com

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