Giveaway! Summer Toy from Green Toys!

Cool toys made from recycled milk containers. Genius. You get to feel great about the purchase, and your kid gets entertained. Slam dunk for mom. Apparently, milk doesn't just "do a body good." Now milk containers do the environment good.

Introducing: Green Toys. "An awesome line of classic children’s toys constructed from recycled plastic and other environmentally friendly materials. This helps reduce fossil fuel use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improving the overall health and happiness of the planet...Our toys are truly local creations. Every step in the process, from milk container recycling to toy production to final assembly, occurs in California. Our raw materials and toys aren't shipped from overseas, which saves a lot of energy and reduces greenhouse gasses. It also guarantees your toys won't get seasick before they get to your home! All Green Toys products are packaged in recycled corrugated boxes with no plastics, cellophane or twist-ties, and are 100% recyclable. So, not only are they earth-friendly and ready for your recycling bin, they are really easy to open for those little fingers just itching to get at the toys!!"  Ohhh, that alone is worth the purchase, when Daddy doesn't have to spend an hour with pliers, scissors, box cutter, and jack-hammer, trying to release a toy from its packaging!

Green Toys sent us their Sand Play Set and Recycling Truck. Both are sturdy, well-made, quality products that both Munchkin and my older daughter have enjoyed. Most of all, I love to tell the story of how they are created. It's not everyday that you get to see products made from the milk containers we use each morning.

Green Toys is certainly making a name for itself. It has been featured in Parenting Magazine, ABC's "Brothers and Sisters", EveryDay with Rachel Ray, the Today Show, and more. And now here's your chance to get in on the action, with a chance to win your choice of toy from Green Toys!

 

 

Wanna Buy It?  From tool sets to tea pots, check Green Toys for a list of websites that sell their cool selection of toys. I'm guessing your kid will have more fun with these than anything you will make out of a milk carton.

 

Wanna Win It?  A lucky reader has a chance to win one of the three summer toys pictured below! Choose from sand play set,  ecosaucer, OR jumprope!  

 

                      

Come out to play with a Giveaway!

Visit Green Toys.  Leave a Comment telling me your favorite item from their toy collection.  Comments must be received by 11:59pm (PST) on July 10th.  One winner will be selected by Random.org. Winner will be notified via email, and will be announced here.  Be sure to leave your email address so that I can contact you (and make sure it doesn't go to spam) - I'd hate for you to miss your prize. Winners have 48 hours to respond, or a new winner will be selected. Open to residents of U.S. only. Good luck!

 

Increase your chances to win!  For more entries, you can: 

1. Subscribe to my blog (located on the top, right side of this page).  After you've subscribed, leave a comment and let me know.  Be the first to find out about Giveaways and parenting info!  Are you already a Subscriber?  Just leave a Comment and say, "I subscribe!"
2. Blog about this Giveaway and link back to Playground for Parents.  Leave a Comment, with the link to your post!
3. Post my blog button on your site!  Leave five separate Comments with your blog link, for five entries!! 
4. Email a friend about this Giveaway and cc me: PlaygroundMail@aol.com. Leave a Comment for your extra entry!
5. If you have Entrecard, drop your card on me, or advertise on my site! Just leave me a Comment and let me know you've done so.
6. Follow me on Twitter  AND tweet about the Giveaway! Leave the link to your tweet in your comment.
7. What are your summer plans? Go on, leave a comment and make me jealous!

* Be sure to leave a Separate Comment for EACH entry. That's EIGHT total ways to enter this fantastic contest!! 

 

Reminder:  Check the top left corner of this page for other fantastic Giveaways! Hurry, they end soon!

Many thanks to Kirk with Green Toys for providing this Review and Giveaway!

 

Congratulations to lucky winner, Christine (#70)!

 

Comments

[Kim]

love the sand toy set!

[Kim]

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[Sara]

I love the tea set and chef set for kitchen play!

[Sara]

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[Sara]

follow twitter and tweeted http://twitter.com/SaraMama/status/2457242663

[amy p.]

I love the dish set or tea set

[amy p.]

I subscribe.

[amy p.]

I have your button.

[amy p.]

my summer plans include cabo mexico in a week yah.

[amy p.]

I follow on twitter and tweeted.

http://twitter.com/1amypugmire/status/2457761475

[Jackie]

I think the Tea Set is adorable! Love the colors of the toys. Thanks for the review and giveaway!

[Jackie]

I subscribe

[Jackie]

We didnt plan a vacation this year because my daughter will be starting college in the fall and money is a little tight. I do hope to get to the beach a couple of times before summer is over.

[Kimberly]

I like the Dump Truck.

[Kimberly]

I subscribe by email.

[susan]

I just love the cookware & dining set!

[susan]

I'm a subscriber.

[susan]

I emailed a friend and cc'd you.

[susan]

I follow on twitter and tweeted. http://twitter.com/susanlanai/status/2460921526

[susan]

One of our summer plans is definitely some beach time!

[Michelle]

WOW. Of all the things you've ever had, this is by far my favorite. I love the concept behind it, I love the colors, I love the toys. This is just flat out brilliant. I almost can't decide on a favorite, but I think I have to go with the cooking and dining set. Nice!

[Michelle]

I subscribe!

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[Michelle]

My plans this summer? Mostly hanging with the wee ones on the rare days I'm not working. Plus BlogHer (yay!) and a week in Florida. Sadly, most days will be watching the rest of my family enjoy the summer while I am off at work!

[Kristie]

I love the Tool Set!

[Michelle]

Cookware and dinging set!

[Michelle]

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[Michelle]

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[Michelle]

My plans this summer involve a pool and lots of sunscreen :)

[Shannon]

The Recycling Truck my son would love to play with that.

[Shannon]

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tweeted:
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[Stacie Haight Connerty]

The tea set rocks. If I don't win it, I have to buy it. My girls would go nuts for it!

Stacie

[Tia]

My favorite is the chef set.
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[Sylvia]

I like the Indoor garden set

[Sylvia]

I subscribe

[judy brittle]

I so love that wonderful Tea Set. That would be so much fun for my granddaughters! Thank you so much!

[judy brittle]

I'm a subscriber.

[judy brittle]

I follow on Twitter and tweeted
http://twitter.com/kewpiedoll04/status/2476826475

[judy brittle]

My plans for the summer are going to make you so jealous! First off we will not be flying on a plane for a week in fabulous Las Vegas. We will not be having a great buffet meal at the Harrah's and we will not be spending thousands of dollars having a great time.
In other words we have no plans I'm sad to say.

[Katrina]

I love so many of there toys but the garden set is the cutest.

[Amy Brewer]

I like the tool set. Thanks for the chance.