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For over a decade, ImagiPLAY has created high-quality educational toys that inspire children’s imaginations and the desire to explore. We have set ourselves apart from the rest by not only considering children’s safety and developmental needs in our designs, but also the preservation of the planet in the production of our toys.

By producing quality products that connect with nature, have eco-friendly sources, and hold educational value, ImagiPLAY works to benefit the earth we share and the people that inhabit it.

Now we are working to inspire the imaginations and creativity of the adult community as well, with the launch of our new design team – YOU!  We are opening up our doors and asking anyone with a creative toy idea or overactive imagination to carry on our legacy by designing YOUR toys!

We are now sponsoring design contests with parameters that will preserve our values: We will continue to producetoys using only materials and processes that show respect for the planet and all the people and creatures upon it. But the designs will be submitted by our community.

All of ImagiPLAY’s toys are made from eco-friendly materials, with plantation-grown rubberwood being a favorite. Rubber trees produce a sap that is used to make latex products. At the end of their latex-producing years (generally 25-30 years) the trees are harvested and new ones planted. But these wonderful trees have one more gift to give us -their beautiful, splinter-free hardwood, from which ImagiPLAY makes many of its award winning, heirloom quality toys. Products for which Rubberwood is not suitable are made from wood from managed forests.

ImagiPLAY has partnered directly with several small woodshops in southern China for production.  By doing business direclty with these small, family-run operations, ImagiPLAY has been able to maintain direct control over the materials used, the production methods and the pay and treatment of the craftspeople.  In this way, ImagiPLAY can insure the safety of their toys and the ethical treatment of everyone involved in production.

ImagiPLAY products have been recognized by the media, children’s advocacy groups, and parents’ organizations for their outstanding quality, design and ability to inspire imagination. It has received awards from Parenting Magazine, Creative Child Magazine, Dr. Toy, Parents’ Choice Foundation and many other well-respected groups. But most importantly, ImagiPLAY’s products have helped thousands of children worldwide to discover themselves and their world as they navigate the waters of the human Age of Exploration.

So allow us to inspire YOUR creativity and we’ll produce YOUR toys!

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