Toy Insider Senior Editor Madeleine Buckley joined PIX 11 in New York to show off 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.


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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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+

KODAK PREMIUM PUZZLES 1000-PIECE

Kodak Premium Puzzles feature richer, truer, brighter colors. Mounted on a premium European puzzle board, these puzzles feature 1,000 pieces and are 20 inches by 27 inches when complete. The Kodak 50's Diner Jigsaw Puzzle pays tribute to the classic diner that parents remember. The ?Kodak New Hampshire Jigsaw Puzzle features a photograph taken in…

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  • MSRP:
  • $9.99 each
  • Age:
  • 8+

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BABY GUND SUSTAINABLY SOFT PLUSH

Sourced from 100% recycled materials, each of these plush friends is crafted with recycled plush and fill and comes in sustainable packaging. Choose from Roise Bunny, Clove Bear, and Bay Puppy.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $20
  • Age:
  • 0+

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BUTTERFLY GROWING KIT

Kids can build the perfect butterfly habitat in the included mesh enclosure with see-through lid! Kids can decorate the feeder with the included stickers, and get ready to watch one of nature's most exciting metamorphoses. With this kit, kids will receive a voucher for five baby caterpillars. Kids can see nature in action as the…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $16.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

SOLAR RACE CAR

This sleek, compact race car harnesses the energy from the sun to power an electric motor. With only 22 parts and an easy, snap-together design, kids only need a pair of diagonal cutters to assemble the car.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $15.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

About the author

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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