Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined My PHL 17 in Philadelphia to show off new toys that are great for playtime and great for the planet. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best gifts of the season, be sure to check out The Toy Insider’s Spring and Summer Gift Guide.


MESSAGE FROM THE PLANET

These animal-shaped plushies feature 100% recycled materials and a comic-style graphic that promotes eco-friendly messaging. Each one is made with recycled water bottles, and there are six different animal styles available.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.99
  • Age:
  • 0+

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GARDENING TOOL SET

This set comes with a shovel, a trowel, a rake, and a watering can made with sustainable bamboo and long-lasting metal for little gardeners. It also includes two bamboo labels so kids can mark what they planted.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $27.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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CRAFT-TASTIC NATURE SCAVENGER HUNT JOURNAL

Experience the magic of nature with Scavenger Hunt Journal! Kids can go outside and collect natural ingredients, then add them to their journal using stickers. The journal has 32 pages full of nature-inspired fun to get kids out exploring nature. Kids can look around nature for the materials to fill their journals, and learn a…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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LEGO CITY RECYCLING TRUCK

Caring for the environment is fun with this LEGO City Recycling Truck building set complete with a recycling center setting. Kids can activate the tipping platform to empty the recycling containers into the truck and raise the truck's flatbed for offloading. Includes three minifigures.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99; $39.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 5+

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WILTOPIA: TROPICAL JUNGLE PLAYGROUND

Discover Wiltopia’s first eco-friendly product consisting of, on average, more than 80% sustainable materials. There’s plenty of action for young explorers at the jungle playground. The fruits of the trees can be harvested and rolled down the ball track. Includes a viewing platform, a kid’s swing, a climbing net, a target for archery, and a…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $54.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Director of Operations 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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