Every Parent Will Want this Green Modern Doll's House with Working Solar...
Create your own scenes from Unhappy Hipsters with the Brinca Dada modernist doll's house; these days most people can only afford a house this big anyways. Hoping to be the Joseph Eichler of the doll...
View Article7 Lessons Learned from Toy Story 3
If you thought the Toy Story movies were about overcoming differences to become friends, then you missed some of the more subtle lessons: That stocking your kid's toy room can be an exercise in...
View ArticleCute Sustainable Design for Kids at Malba Museum in Buenos Aires
Every year when the school winter break comes, the Malba Museum in Buenos Aires puts out a design collection and a set of activities aimed at the little ones. This year, the collection was curated by...
View ArticleColorful, Durable, Unique Family Toys From LOUyLOU
Those ubiquitous plastic play-kitchens for kids may be a thing of the past, if massive recalls and a recent upsurge of interest in non-toxic, higher-quality toys mean anything. That's why these...
View ArticleMonopoly with Carbon Credits? 7 Green Board Games for the New Generation
During your next family party, rainy afternoon, or monthly game night, set up one of these eco-friendly board games to encourage teamwork, cooperation, and sustainability lessons -- all in
View ArticleHerman Miller Blocks Celebrate Eames, Nelson and Girard
No doubt you will see these someday on Unhappy Hipsters in the hands of cute little children in a minimalist Japanese home. Herman Miller in Japan is selling these lovely childrens' blocks celebrating...
View ArticleCrisis Averted: Easy-Bake Oven Redesigned To Eliminate Incandescent Heatball
It was the question on everybody's mind when George Bush banned the incandescent light bulb with the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: Whither the Easy-Bake Oven? This almond-coloured...
View ArticleCan Bored Pigs Benefit From Toys Inspired by IKEA?
Pigs are smart. As smart animals, they can be easily bored. Bored pigs become more aggressive, posing a danger to themselves and causing losses for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) farmers,
View ArticleGreen Gift Guide: The Kid
How about designer baby clothes you can rent, an updated Easy-Bake Oven, a designer rocking horse, or a lip gloss kit?
View ArticleKid Builds Working Farm Equipment Made from LEGOs
Wow! Warren Seely is a mechanical genius. Not only does he build fully-functional replicas of actual farm equipment, by the age of 6 he had already rebuilt his first tractor engine.
View ArticleNeat! Natural LEGO Blocks, Made From Cedar Sawdust, Coffee Beans & Tea Leaves
Japanese designers re-visit the time-honored LEGO block with natural materials, instead of plastic.
View ArticleThe Perfect Green Tech Toy for Kids
Designer Endrit Hajno has come up with a design for a toy that teaches kids how to not only generate, but monitor renewable energy.
View ArticleWhy Can't We All Just Get Along? 3D Printed Blocks Let You Connect Your Lego...
It is less about what it does as a toy, and more about the meaning of copyright and the future of corporate control.
View ArticleNine-Year-Old Creates Entire Arcade From Cardboard Boxes and Tape
There's nothing like hand-made toys, especially when they skip all the wiring and electronics and go back to the basics of cardboard boxes.
View Article5 Creative Ways to Connect Our Kids (And Yourself) to Nature
The author of The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods offers ways you can incorporate healthy outdoor time into a child's daily routine.
View ArticleThe Avengers Assembled out of Repurposed Items for Target Ad Campaign
Creative ad campaign turns everyday objects into The Avengers for Target promo.
View ArticleHas It Come to This? Solar Powered Toy Keeps Kids Playing Outside with Applause
The Son-X Octavia is a gadget attached to swing sets that makes noise to encourage kids to stay active and outdoors.
View ArticleOutdoor Games Created by Kids to Get Them Playing Outdoors
Outdoor play is important to the health and development of children. Use these free games to pull your kids away from the TV and outdoors.
View ArticleAreaware Designs Destined For Flea Markets, Not Landfills
Here are the latest products by Areaware that promise long emotional as well as technical lives and are likely to end up at a flea market rather than landfill. I spotted cute wooden robots and...
View ArticleB'Kid, the Balance Bike that Grows with your Child (Photos)
A wooden kids' bike with a cork seat adapts to the child's necessity as it learns how to cycle. First as a tricycle, then a balance bike and finally as a bike with pedals B'Kid is a longlasting and...
View ArticleShipping Container Housing Fans Rejoice, There Is Now a Dolls House Version
Perfect for people who can't afford the real thing.
View ArticleChoose Toys with Staying Power This Holiday Season
More complicated gifts mean your kids will likely lose interest.
View Article5 Ways to Avoid Toxic Gifts that Could Harm Your Child
Not to be a Grinch or anything, but ... don't buy this stuff.
View Article8 Artists Transforming Abandoned Dolls into Surreal Art
These artists reclaim and recycle orphaned dolls and their parts headed for the trash, and reincarnate them into new forms.
View Article100 Designers Each Create a Wooden Toy Car
These are too cute for children; 100 adorable wooden toy cars, each by a different designer.
View ArticleWooden LEGOs from Mokurukku: A non-plastic alternative
Detest plastic toys? Check out these natural, biodegradable children's building blocks from Japanese design company Mokurukku.
View ArticleBatik teddy bears raise money for clean water in Mali
These irresistible little batik bears will help Malian villagers build a well.
View ArticleThe "iPotty" wins worst toy of the year award
You can add this to your list of "what not to buy" this holiday season.
View ArticleThe history of the Etch-A-Sketch as told on an Etch-A-Sketch
Christoph Niemann and the New York Times put together a look at the history of the wonderful toy.
View ArticleRecycled flipflops turned into playful animal toys
Thousands of abandoned flipflops turn up on African shores--Ocean Sole recycles them into something good.
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