There are many reasons why more and more people are choosing to buy their children toys that are made from wood rather than plastic. Possibly the biggest reason is the feeling of nostalgia that wooden toys provide. Then there are the environmental benefits of buying childrens toys made from rubberwood. Another important reason for choosing wooden toys is they allow children to use their imaginations.

Remember the wooden stove you had when you were little? Or the wooden trike? Perhaps you had wooden puzzle cubes or wooden building blocks or a wooden doll house. Maybe you had a wooden marionette that kept the family entertained. The memories these sturdy childrens toys provide are lasting and we want our children to remember the special toys of their childhood as fondly as we do. These toys can help us to interact with our children by reliving our childhood and telling them stories about how we played with toys just like these. Wooden toys give a feeling of timeless tradition and careful construction. Purchasing a wooden toy, doesnt feel like a disposable decision, it gives the future a link with its past and we all like to keep the precious memories with us.

It is becoming increasingly popular for toy manufacturers to source the wood for their childrens toys from rubberwood plantations. The trees from these plantations are replaced once they have ceased providing economic benefit to the farmers who own them. The use of rubberwood for toy production protects natural forests from being destroyed, giving people the opportunity to enjoy the majestic history and ancient beauty of these special places. It also helps to promote an ecological balance in a world that is increasingly full of chemicals and unnatural creations.

Never before has there been a time of such enormous technical advancement, the speed with which we are developing and accepting new technology is unprecedented. Young children have so much technology at their fingertips that they often rely on television, movies and computer games to entertain them. Toys that relate to characters seen on television etc can inhibit imagination and encourage reliance on acting out storylines rather than producing original ideas. Wooden toys, generally speaking, are free from these associations and children can let their imaginations run wild.

I believe that children should have the opportunity to be children for as long as they possibly can, that talking to our children about toys from our childhood helps us to forge strong bonds with them and that we should look after our environment by purchasing wooden toys that come from replenished plantations.