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February 23, 2012

Cardboard décor and toys for eco kids


With the idea of going green getting popular, why not kids be provided with some chic and trendy eco-friendly stuffs? The market is turning eco-centric and is ready to offer a vista of stuffs to pick from. Let’s have a look at these.

Cardboard highchairs

This chair carved out of cardboard, scores over conventional chairs simply by being eco-friendly. The seat made of recyclable cardboard, makes it light in weight and easy to transport. These features make this chair stand apart from its clunky wooden and plastic counterparts. Once you fold it up, it hardly occupies any space.

Buy at: Paper Tiger Products

DIY foldup cardboard furniture

Excite your kids with DIY cardboard furniture. Swiss architect Nicola Enrico Stabuli’s FoldSchool furniture has come up with some of the most colorful and exciting DIY stools, rockers and chairs. You can design and shape these with the help of scissors, cardboard stuff and desired colors. These eco friendly products also promise to bring out the artist out of your kid, thereby injecting a boost of creativity.

Downloadable at: FOLDSCHOOL

Customizable cardboard cot

Retaining every feature of a traditional cot, this Eco-friendly cardboard cot features a safe and stable design. The surface rests on large wheels to ensure a fast and smooth mobility. The customizable cardboard cot comes in a flat pack with a mattress which is quite easy to assemble. You can customize the cot to paint names and pictures.

Buy at: Little Fashion Gallery

Cardboard birdhouse

Let your kid carve out a 100% recycled house for her little birdie. This bright and attractive birdhouse features an exciting house design complete with windows, door and a garden blooming with colorful flowers. The roof has been designed by water proof NorShield cardboard which is capable of providing an effective ‘protection’ against weather.

Buy at: Cascades

French cafes

Kate Fagelman’s exquisite series of recycled cardboard playhouses are broad, colorful and spacious enough to entertain your little ones. It can be converted into a happening French Café with a chalk board menu hanging outside, shelves decked with eatables and many attractive features.

Buy at: Little Play Spaces

DIY ‘green’ robot

This DIY ‘green’ Calabot Robot has been designed from recycled cardboard. The robot can be assembled by cutting and punching teh pieces to a uniform size of 21x16x9 inches. You can also use cables, stickers and several other stuffs to shape it up.

Buy at: Creativetoyshop

Eco-friendly cardboard playhouses

Chasing Fireflies’ miniature cardboard playhouse is yet another addition to the list of appealing eco friendly play stuffs. The accessories and decals of this playhouse come separately, manufactured using compact cardboard. Featuring a door, chimney and window, once assembled, would resemble more or less like a real house.

Buy at: Amazon

Kroom cardboard storage

This cool toy box is made from highly durable and superior quality reinforced cardboards, packed with a fine quality glossy lamination to make it scratch proof. This portable cardboard storage box weighs around 8 kilos.

Buy at: Amazon

Cardboard play washer and dryer

This play washer and dryer is made from 100% recyclable cardboard material. The instruction manual helps you to assemble the ‘washer cum dryer’ all together. It also features a see through plexi-glass window, hinged doors and a control panel for that realistic look.

Buy at: Etsy



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