Since Christmas, I cannot even tell you how much money we've spent on batteries for toys we've gifted and for toys we've received. Then I thought about all the toys that have run out of batteries almost on a daily basis.
There are some toys that at least one child plays with regularly. Those are the ones we always replace the batteries for. Then there are some that do not get played with very often, so we make the decision to leave them without batteries for awhile until the children decide they want to play with that toy again. For this reason, there are many toys sitting around taking up space that do not function. This is such a waste of space and money, so I decided it would worthwhile to create a series of product reviews focusing on toys that are kid-powered rather than battery-powered.
I am very much looking forward to discovering fun and engaging, but battery-free, toys for my three children.
That sounds like a wonderful series. My DIL is always complaining about having to buy batteries for my grandsons toys. I can't wait to see what you come up with.
Posted on January 29, 2010 11:12 PM
I'm very interested in battery-free toys as well. Kid powered toys are so much better for their development and imagination. I'll watch for your series.
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Posted on January 30, 2010 12:06 PM
I actuallly told my family members to stop buying battery-operated toys unless they were willing to supply the batteries for them. We got much better and quieted Christmas gifts this time around. And a bag of batteries from Nana. LOL
Posted on February 5, 2010 8:56 PM
Great idea! I look forward to reading your posts. I do like some of the educational "toys" like the Leap Frog Tag Readers and I don't mind supplying batteries for that one.
Posted on February 8, 2010 2:11 PM
i know how expensive it gets, and so many toys require batteries it seems, i hate giving batter operated toys as gifts , but so much of what kids ask for demands batteries, one way we cut the expense was to get rechargable batteries.that has helped some but what ever happened to winding things up? or friction power? things that were self powered?
Posted on March 10, 2010 2:11 AM
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