Have A Lead-Free Christmas!

Here are some links to toy companies who sell safe toys. I particularly loved Ebeanstalk which looks like it is for young children, 4 and under, but I found some things that my son would love like their cars and garages.

http://www.ebeanstalk.com/

Blue Dominoes site lists about six more links of safe toys and is a nice site itself.

http://www.bluedominoes.com/kids_gift_ideas.php

http://www.grandrivertoys.com/

And, here is a list of safe toys from Fox News:

In light of the recall of nearly 1 million Chinese-produced toys tainted with lead paint, below is a list of toys made in the USA:

• Battleship• Bicycle Playing Cards• Boggle Jr.• Candyland• Chutes and Ladders• Clue• Connect Four• Crayola Crayons *• Life• Louisville Slugger• Monopoly• Mouse Trap• Operation• Parcheesi• Play-Doh *• Pop-O-Matic Trouble• Radio Flyer Discovery Wagon• Scrabble• Sorry• Stratego• Tri-ominos• Trivial Pursuit• Yahtzee• Melissa and Doug U.S.A. Floor Puzzle (Most puzzles are made in the USA!)

* Note: Not all packages of Crayola Crayons and Play-Doh are made in the USA -- please check the label.

Also, anything you buy from the American Plastic Toy Company is made in America.

You can also find American-made toys on these Web sites:

• www.ShopForAmerica.com• www.ZebulonUSA.com• www.usmadetoys.com•

www.unclegoosetoys.com• www.holgatetoy.com• www.maplelandmark.com

Finally, for more information on how to buy American, visit: www.howtobuyamerican.com