Eco Toys proudly supports local and Australian toy makers.

We have a huge range of beautifully crafted Australian made toys and we are the first online toy store in Australian to provide fun, eco friendly and Australian made toys!

Why purchase Australian made?

When you purchase products that are made in Australia, you are providing jobs to Australians but most importantly you are reducing carbon emissions caused by air pollution.

So where are out toys made?

Locally! Our gorgeous wool felt fruit, veggie and tea sets are made in the beautiful Macedon Ranges by a mum who hand sews them all individually with love.

Remember those traditional wooden toys you had as a child? We have two Melbourne craftsmen that have been making traditional wooden toys for many years and still make them in their backyard shed’s.

Mike from Croydon makes our gorgeous wooden castle and Teeny motors, while Graeme from Portalington makes our block trolley and bead frame. Both are retired and love making the toys for children.

Donna Hensen, an aboriginal artist from the Wiradjuri People and part of the Winanggaay art project designs our beautiful Australian made indigenous jigsaw puzzles. Eco Toys brings traditional Aboriginal games and puzzles to your children’s play and learning.

Our new range of eco friendly gift cards are all designed and made locally by talented artist Judith Howell and our Living Landscapes Card Game are also designed by Australian artist Lizet Frijters in Far North QLD.

So what about the rest of the toys?

Most are designed and owned by local and Australian companies!

We try not to ship our toys from all the way from Europe as that increases the greenhouse gases caused by the air transport.

By supporting Australian designed toys we are still supporting Australian designers and companies and our toys comply with the highest Australian safety toy standards, so that’s definitely peace of mind!

These fantastic wooden cars arrived yesterday and my daughter got to try them out and have a play. Needless to say they were a huge hit and she loved putting them together (although it was a bit hard for her as they are recommended for 3+).

Putting the fire truck pieces together

Trying hard to get it to click in!

Now watch it drive through the fire station (packaging box converts to a station)!

Every girl needs a fire truck too!! Its not just for boys . .

Building a racing car . .

Now the wheels go on . . .

And off it goes! ZOOM . . .

Oh watch out, here comes the police car!

I’ve been searching for some fun and educational eco books to add to my store and although I found many that had an environmental theme there weren’t any that actually followed through the green message by using eco friendly printing and materials.

That was until I found Little Green books! Not only do these gorgeous books focus on topics such as recycling, gardening, animals and activities kids can do to be green, they are made with consideration for the environment so all the books are printed on 100% recycled paper and use soy based inks for printing.

This new series of books will get little ones excited about going green and will plant the seeds for earth friendly living at an early age.

For some fun and educational eco kids online games check out the following links;

• The big green help
• Little green games
• Eco Kids

Have you seen our new eco friendly jigsaw puzzles & games at Eco Toys? Kids will just love them!

Not only do they help develop your child’s problem solving skills, these gorgeous wildlife puzzles are made from recylced paper & soy based inks and introduce  children to some of the world’s most amazing animals with 5% of the proceeds go towards animal conservation.

For younger children, check out this World animal matching game . . .

For children aged 6 + check out this cute 100 piece Orangatan jigsaw puzzle . . .

And for older kids and one the whole family can enjoy,

check out this beautiful 500 piece Panda jigsaw puzzle . . .

Isn’t he just gorgeous?

The following Eco toys are now back in stock:

Block walker & Trolley

Fish Xylophone

Balancing Stacking Rings

Rainbow Puzzles Blocks

This gorgeous wooden ironing board and iron is a perfect addition to your child’s pretend play environment.

When it arrived the other day I excitedly asked my daughter if she wanted to do some ironing. She paused for a moment and then said “what does that mean mummy?” I had to laugh! Ok so ironing is not something I do very often, actually hardly ever but my 2 1/2 year old daughter thought it was so much fun!

We collected all her colourful scarves and she hung them over the iron board and one by one ironed them and then hung them on the rack.

So much ironing to do, sometimes it all seems like too much work to do in a day!

This wooden iron board set is made from eco friendly rubberwood and non-toxic paints by crafts people in Vietnam paid a fair wage for their work.

I recently received this lovely email and photos from a new customer . . .

“I just wanted to say that I LOVE your store! It has just the sort of toys I love and such a good store philosophy to back it. The tea set is a hit already, he has had lots of fun making me cups of tea in one day already”. Virginia

Virginia from mumtoddlerbabe recently bought our tea set for her son and is giving away a felt tea bag and matching cupcake. All you have to do to enter is go to her blog and tell her what your favourite Eco Toy is.

Thank you to everyone who filled out our online survery and entered to win a $75 Eco Toys gift voucher.

I am pleased to annouce that the winner is Lisa Opray from Melbourne!!

We had so many great suggestions, your feedback is really valuable and I can’t thank you  all enough for taking the time to complete it.

We have lots of new products, more giveaways, specials and new features coming soon!

We have a beautiful new wooden clock puzzle that just arrived and guess who had a lot of fun playing with it today?

Every piece of this puzzle can be removed so children can learn about shapes, numbers and sizes.

It also has minutes written on the board for children to learn as they get older.

This clock comes in a  lovley natural wooden finish with colourful round numbers that can be removed.

I received a lovely email the other day from a customer who had recently bought our rainbow nesting boxes for her daughter.

Morning Eco toys!
Just wanted to send a big Thank you for your GORGEOUS TOYS!!!
I ordered stacking and nesting boxes and love them and so glad i found your website!!

Love & peace,
Ema Lou X.x.

She also wrote a great review and took pictures of her gorgeous daughter Scarlette playing with them on her blog  Scarlette Rose Fairy.

These nesting boxes are on sale for $32.50 (normally $35) until 31st August so grab a bargin while it lasts! For more blog pics on this product click here.