Irrespective of the age, every person likes to play with toys and with the hue and cry around about the eco-friendly devices there is an increased demand for green technology and the eco-friendly toys. Besides, using green toys will help your kids understand about the renewable energy and why the world needs to use it. Children are our future, and it becomes our responsibility to make them understand the importance of saving the planet and taking measures towards it and the best way to start off is to buy them eco-friendly toys which are not just green but they are a lot of fun to play with as well.

1. Solar Toy Building Kit from Owikit

The Solar toy Building Kit is developed by OWIKits and comes in 6-in-1 kit. The kit comprises of 21 different components which when put together comes out to be a solar-powered toy such as an airboat, a car, a puppy, and a walking puppy. Playing with these types of toys will help the children understand various kinds of alternative energies as they actually get a chance to feel and understand what green energy is. The kit consist of a solar panel, a small motor and a collection of snap together parts which can be combined to make different toys.

2. FASTRONAUTS: Action Figures Powered by Play

All kids are full of energy and the parents will have to do something with that energy so this toy is right choice for them and it doesn’t even require any batteries. Fastronauts is a collection of attractive kinetically powered superhero toys. Playing with these toys will help children learn about the renewable energy. The energy collected is used up by the toys to speak, light up and zoom around in their vehicles. Playing with these toys not only helps the kids understand about the renewable energy but all motivate them to go out and play in the open air.

3. Solar-Powered House Kit

This house kit will also help the children understand the use of alternative energy. The solar powered house kit helps the kid know more about the energy generated from the sun, with the solar panel used to power the LED sign display, the door sounds, as well as a windmill. Apart from using the solar panel which powers only one at a time you can also use the 2x AA batteries which can power all at once.

4. RobotiKits - Solar Powered Educational Kits for Kids

This RobotiKits consists of three mini robot kits which were developed for school grades 3 to 8 and probably 9 to 12. This kit again teaches children about the principles of solar energy and can be easily brought together to built it up. You don’t have to buy separate batteries as these kits take complete advantage of solar energy. The RobotiKits consists of:

•    Super Solar Racing Car consists of 11 parts and the vehicle rushes off when exposed to solar light.
•    Frightened Grasshopper consists of parts. Whenever the grasshopper is exposed to solar light its eyes shake to and fro, legs wiggle and its antennas swing back and forth.
•    Happy Hopping Frog consists of 26 parts. This toy is a bit difficult to assemble when compared with others. However, the frog jumps when exposed to solar light.

5. K'Nex Solar Energy System

If any of your kids are a fan of LEGO then they will definitely enjoy this piece of toy which is almost the same with few green features added in its kitty. The K'NEX Solar Energy System allows kids experiment with solar energy by creating seven different models. There are around 618 pieces in the kit which also comes with 2x 1.38v 500mA solar panels, 4 solar motors, 4x 30cm power cords, 2 capacitors for accumulated energy and a CD-ROM guide for parents and/or teachers. This kit is a lot of fun for kids of all age group.