CESL Students Visit My Favorite Toys To Discuss Entrepreneurship

On Friday, April 29, we hosted a super class of 25 students from the Center For English As a Second Language program at SIU-Carbondale, led by instructor Kamden Summers. The students represented countries from around the world. They are enrolled in a highly-regarded program to learn English. Many of the students will continue on at SIU in undergraduate and graduate programs. Included in the program are contextual experiences, such as the trip to our store. The class was interested in how to start a small business and the opportunities and risks to be considered.

Green Toys - 15% Off For Earth Day At www.MyFavToys.com And My Favorite Toys

That's right, 15% off all Green Toys products from now through Earth Day, April 22, either online at www.MyFavToys.com, or at our brick-and-mortar store, My Favorite Toys, University mall in Carbondale, IL. Our line now includes: Blocks, Dish Set, Spoons and Forks, Tea Set, Dump Truck, Recycling Truck, Stacking Cups, Race Cars, and Race Cars On Flatbed Truck, Fire truck, Sand Play Set, Tool Set, and Tugboat. Click here for details.

Aside from the great play value in Green Toys products, they meet two of the objectives we're pursuing at My Favorite Toys --- finding "green" playthings and stocking more items made in the USA.

All Green Toys products are 100% made in the USA. To be more specific, they are produced in California, a state known for strict toy safety and environmental laws. It's cool to buy USA, but also think about this: transportation is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gasses. We all know driving less is good for mother nature, but did you ever think about how many miles a toy logs before it ends up in your local store?

Their toys are truly local creations. Every step in the process, from milk container recycling to toy production to final assembly, occurs in California. Their raw materials and toys aren't shipped from overseas, which saves a lot of energy and reduces greenhouse gasses. It also guarantees your toys won't get seasick before they get to your home!

Green Toys products are tested by nationally recognized, independent, third-party labs (located, yes, in the USA.) They contain no traceable amounts of Phthalates or BPA. They are also designed without any external coatings, eliminating the fear of lead paint.

They use recycled milk containers as the main ingredient in creating our toys. Yes, the exact plastic milk jugs that you and your family drink from every day. When you finish your milk and toss the container in the recycling bin, these milk containers are collected at your curb by a local recycling company, who then sorts them from all the other types of plastic. Next, the milk containers are reprocessed into super clean fresh plastic. For you plastic geeks, the plastic material they use is called high-density polyethylene (or HDPE). This material is considered one of the safest, cleanest plastics around.

Green Toys environmental mission even extends to their packaging. They strive to minimize packaging, and all of their boxes use as little material as possible. All Green Toys products are packaged in recycled corrugated boxes with no plastics, cellophane or twist-ties, and are 100% recyclable. So, not only are they earth-friendly and ready for your recycling bin, they are really easy to open for those little fingers just itching to get at the toys!

So come check out the Green Toy products at My Favorite Toys, University Mall, Carbondale, or at www.MyFavToys.com, and with a 15% discount on April 22, Earth Day!

www.MyFavToys.com Is The Web Store For My Favorite Toys in Carbondale

Periodically we remind our friends who google our online store that we are www.MyFavToys.com. There are several My Favorite Toys brick-and-mortar stores with similiar website domains.

Yup, for the web store with thousands of quality toys, games, puzzles and puppets, it's www.MyFavToys.com.

Of course anytime you're within driving distance of My Favorite Toys, our flagship store at University Mall in Carbondale, IL, we hope you'll drop by and say hi!

My Favorite Toys and Colorforms!

Everyone remembers Colorforms, right? Well, My Favorite Toys at University Mall in Carbondale found several new themes of Colorforms at the International Toy Fair in New York last month, and they've arrived in our store!

There's Dora and SpongeBob, Fancy Nancy and Yo Gabba Gabba and several others. Help your children or grandkids re-live the fun you experienced with Colorforms.

These items are not yet at our on-line store, www.MyFavToys.com, but give us a ring at 618.529.8697, and we'll give you a 15% discount on any Colorform items for your your inconvenience in calling us from outside the 618 area code.

(Colorforms were invented by Harry and Patricia Kislevitz. They are paper-thin, die-cut vinyl sheet images and shapes that are meant to be applied to a shiny laminated board, much like placing paper dolls against a paper backdrop. The images stick to the background by cohesion. Cohesion takes place when two highly polished surfaces come in contact. The Colorforms vinyl pieces can be repositioned to create new scenarios.)

My Favorite Toys Is Home From Toy Fair And Preparing For Great New Products!

It's been nearly a month since we attended the 2011 International Toy Fair in New York City. As always, it was a terrific opportunity to view creative new toys, games, and puzzles!

And now some of the items we decided to bring to our store are beginning to arrive! It's an exciting item as our inventory for 2011 takes shape. During the weeks ahead we'll be announcing some great new additions to My Favorite Toys at University Mall in Carbondale.

We're also changing the product mix for our online store, www.MyFavToys.com.....so stay tuned.

Thanks for making our store "toy headquarters" for your family!