Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined The Weather Channel to talk about the best new eco-friendly toys for Earth Day. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best toys of the spring and summer, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Spring and Summer Gift Guide


TOUCH & LEARN NATURE ABC BOARD

This toy tablet features a touch-sensitive wooden board with an animated, light-up, LED screen. Kids can learn letters and numbers by playing nine interactive activities. This toy is made from 100% FSC-Certified wood and 90% reclaimed plastic. This toy tablet features a touch-sensitive wooden board with an animated, light-up, LED screen. Kids can learn letters…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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WATER POWER: ROCKET-PROPELLED CARS, BOATS, AND MORE

Kids can build water-rocket cars, jet-propelled boats, a water blaster, and a lawn sprinkler while learning about the laws of physics and their applications in real-world engineering. When kids pump air into the rocket, the air pressure inside increases. When they release the clamp, the air and water mixture will shoot out, causing the rocket…

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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CRAFT-TASTIC NATURE: MAKE A BUG HOTEL

Kids can easily snap the wooden panels together and personalize their bug hotel with waterproof, hotel-themed stickers. Then, they can fill it with leaves, flowers, and other objects they find in nature. Once their hotel attracts critters, they can use the identification guide to learn about them.

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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POP2PLAY SUNNY SLIDE

Pop2Play introduces a new and innovative way to play without a big mess getting in the way. Pop2Play, and then fold it away. Slide folds flat so kids can easily put it away when playtime is over. Sunny Slide features a garden motif. Made with recycled materials.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99; $42.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 2+

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Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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