Comments on: Think-ets: Tiny Trinkets for Imaginative Play http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/ Green Parenting for Non-toxic, Healthy Homes Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:19:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sandrar http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/comment-page-1/#comment-777 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:07:57 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/#comment-777 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: Eco-minded Crafts for Kids: The Imagination Factory : Eco Child’s Play http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Eco-minded Crafts for Kids: The Imagination Factory : Eco Child’s Play Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:18:08 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/#comment-776 [...] Trinkets for Imaginative Play [...] [...] Trinkets for Imaginative Play [...]

]]> By: Toy Game http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Toy Game Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:49:50 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/#comment-775 Where was this blog a year ago? Great article (ts: Tiny Trinkets for Imaginative Play : Eco Child’s Play)! Can you believe I was searching for Toy game when I fond this post Sunday. Where was this blog a year ago? Great article (ts: Tiny Trinkets for Imaginative Play : Eco Child’s Play)! Can you believe I was searching for Toy game when I fond this post Sunday.

]]> By: Julie Lake http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Julie Lake Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:10:02 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/#comment-774 Dear Friends, As a co-creator of Think-ets I want to thank you for the great article about our game. I also have a clarification about the "plastic" pieces. As a former Waldorf educator, and an environmentalist for over 35 years, my intention was to create a game that contains no plastic. As it turns out, most of the animals are made by a green company, Safari, Ltd., and are high quality, phthalate-free polyresin. (The rest of the animals are made of rubber, and are no longer being manufactured.) Animals comprise 1/15th of the game pieces. Some of the little "people" in some of the games are polyresin as well, and were no longer being manufactured when I found them. You may already be aware that no two games are identical; they all contain storytelling components such as a person, animal, tool, gold ring, treasure, food, vessel, etc., but there are a lot of different animals, tools, foods, and so forth. Anyway, one of the features of the game that we have not touted on our website is that we are not having any of the tiny trinkets manufactured, that is, no new factory had to tool up and use resources just to make our trinkets. They have all been or are being manufactured already, and I am always scouring the globe for items that are non-toxic, closeouts, limited quantities, or are handcrafted and provide a living for artisans in less developed countries. A lot of the items are handcrafted in Mexico, and many of the wooden pieces were handturned decades ago in East Germany! If you ever see a plastic piece in the games, it will be because I may find a really nice and interesting piece that was already manufactured some years back, is no longer being made, and has found a good home in our game. Again, thank you so much for the lovely article. We hope everyone gets as much pleasure out of playing with Think-ets as we do producing it. Best wishes, Julie Lake, Co-CEO, Think-a-lot Toys Dear Friends,
As a co-creator of Think-ets I want to thank you for the great article about our game. I also have a clarification about the “plastic” pieces. As a former Waldorf educator, and an environmentalist for over 35 years, my intention was to create a game that contains no plastic. As it turns out, most of the animals are made by a green company, Safari, Ltd., and are high quality, phthalate-free polyresin. (The rest of the animals are made of rubber, and are no longer being manufactured.) Animals comprise 1/15th of the game pieces. Some of the little “people” in some of the games are polyresin as well, and were no longer being manufactured when I found them.
You may already be aware that no two games are identical; they all contain storytelling components such as a person, animal, tool, gold ring, treasure, food, vessel, etc., but there are a lot of different animals, tools, foods, and so forth.
Anyway, one of the features of the game that we have not touted on our website is that we are not having any of the tiny trinkets manufactured, that is, no new factory had to tool up and use resources just to make our trinkets. They have all been or are being manufactured already, and I am always scouring the globe for items that are non-toxic, closeouts, limited quantities, or are handcrafted and provide a living for artisans in less developed countries. A lot of the items are handcrafted in Mexico, and many of the wooden pieces were handturned decades ago in East Germany!
If you ever see a plastic piece in the games, it will be because I may find a really nice and interesting piece that was already manufactured some years back, is no longer being made, and has found a good home in our game.
Again, thank you so much for the lovely article. We hope everyone gets as much pleasure out of playing with Think-ets as we do producing it.
Best wishes, Julie Lake, Co-CEO, Think-a-lot Toys

]]> By: Shopping Blog http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Shopping Blog Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:38:14 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/#comment-773 <strong>Shopping Blog...</strong> Great info, and well deisgned page also, I enjoyed checking this, many thanks... Shopping Blog…

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]]> By: Child Educational Game Toy http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Child Educational Game Toy Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:10:28 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/11/14/think-ets-toy-trinkets-for-imaginative-play/#comment-772 This is an excellent article (Think-Ets: Toy Trinkets for Imaginative Play), I was searching for Child Educational Game Toy on Yahoo and stumbled on this Sunday. This is an excellent article (Think-Ets: Toy Trinkets for Imaginative Play), I was searching for Child Educational Game Toy on Yahoo and stumbled on this Sunday.

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