Thursday, May 21, 2009

Toy Tips with Marianne Szymanski - Cleaning Our Toys

Editor’s Note: Marianne Szymanski is a leading expert in toy reviews, and the founder of the Toy Tips Research Institute.  She is the author of Toy Tips: A Parent’s Essential Guide to Smart Toy Choices and also the editor of Toy Tips and Parenting Hints Magazine.

Cleaning our Toys. We all think about it but how often do we do it?  For the last 18 years, the Toy Tips Research Institute tested thousands of toys. Many of them get dirty and while it is easy to think about cleaning toys, it’s rarely done. As the founder of Toy Tips and mom of 2, I  just spent the last 3 years scrubbing, spraying, washing and soaking hundreds of toys as I developed my own all-natural non-chemcial Toy Tips Toy Cleaner.  Made without alcohol, bleach, dyes, artificial fragrances or phosphates, Toy Tips Toy Cleaner is a pure all-natural solution to gently rid toys of dust, dirt, spit up and grime.

Parents can use a bleach and water solution to clean toys but who really has the time, wants to smell the bleach and is comfortable with any chemical residue left on a toy that can be mouthed by a child. You can wash plastic toys  in a dishwasher but  many toys are just too big to fit. A backyard hose is great for outdoor toys but you need a soapy solution to really get them clean.

The Toy Tips Toy Cleaner is a convenient all-natural spray and wipe cleaning solution for toys of all types. It has a pure aromatherapy light scent of lavender and chamomile and smells very fresh.

With a regular household cleaning routine in mind, Toy  Tips Toy Cleaner  goes from the playroom to the nursery  to kitchen to the bath. Every parent knows toys are in every room of the house so it is made for surfaces of  plastic, hardwood, vinyl, aluminum and foam. It  even does wonders on windows!

There are no orange oils that over time can affect a plastic surface, no alcohol, bleach or chemical residue and no baking soda which can break down the oxides of metal over time for precious collectible aluminum toys. Take a bottle and spray plastic toys, vinyl toys, wooden toys, foam playmats, high chairs, cribs, strollers, car seats and  play areas including hardwood floors and  that tiny mirror in baby’s first peek-a-boo.  It’s formulated for toys, kids furniture, play areas  and toys  in the toybox but it  can be used on other surfaces around the house.

The spray bottle is a PETE #1 recyclable phlalate-free, lead-free container and is simple to use. Spray a surface, wipe clean and it quickly dries. The sprayer has a dripless closing feature and a ratchet neck for child safety.

The reason it took 3 years to develop the Toy Tips Toy Cleaner is because we have worked with lots of love and care with green chemists, toxicologists and microbiologists to perfect the recipe with all natural ingredients down to the preservative. Organic essential oils scent the solution to a calming smell of lavender and chamomile. So, open that toybox and start cleaning!

For Amazon.com customers, each 24 ounce bottle of Toy Tips Toy Cleaner includes a $20 subscription to Toy Tips and Parenting Hints Magazine.

Available NOW on amazon.com

–Marianne Szymanski

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