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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...

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7 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...

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Cute 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...

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Colorful, 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...

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Monopoly 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

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Herman 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...

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Crisis 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...

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Can 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,

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Green 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?

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Kid 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.

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Neat! 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.

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The 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.

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Why 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.

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Nine-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.

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5 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.

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The Avengers Assembled out of Repurposed Items for Target Ad Campaign

Creative ad campaign turns everyday objects into The Avengers for Target promo.

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Has 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.

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Outdoor 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.

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Areaware 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...

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B'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...

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Shipping Container Housing Fans Rejoice, There Is Now a Dolls House Version

Perfect for people who can't afford the real thing.

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Choose Toys with Staying Power This Holiday Season

More complicated gifts mean your kids will likely lose interest.

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5 Ways to Avoid Toxic Gifts that Could Harm Your Child

Not to be a Grinch or anything, but ... don't buy this stuff.

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8 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.

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100 Designers Each Create a Wooden Toy Car

These are too cute for children; 100 adorable wooden toy cars, each by a different designer.

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Wooden LEGOs from Mokurukku: A non-plastic alternative

Detest plastic toys? Check out these natural, biodegradable children's building blocks from Japanese design company Mokurukku.

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Batik teddy bears raise money for clean water in Mali

These irresistible little batik bears will help Malian villagers build a well.

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The "iPotty" wins worst toy of the year award

You can add this to your list of "what not to buy" this holiday season.

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The 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.

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Recycled 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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