Below are a few toys that are not only NOT made in China, but they are MADE IN THE USA! I am trying to post as many and as much as I can to help us this holiday season!

• 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

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

Sites of Interest:

www.ShopForAmerica.com
www.ZebulonUSA.com
www.usmadetoys.com
www.unclegoosetoys.com
www.holgatetoy.com
www.maplelandmark.com

It’s awesome to see there are some FUN and KNOWN toys that are NOT made in China! Let me know if you hear of any others and THANK YOU to those of you who have!

I just recieved an email from the owners of this new site focused on family living with out China-Made products! www.NotMadeInChinaLife.com.

77 year old Christian Woman Near Death After Torture in Jail.

Why China is Trying to Colonize Africa.

Thialand Finds Carcinogens in Imported Chinese Produce

FBI Questions Chinese Student Leaders At Eastern US Universities.

China to Give Details on Its Military to UN.

I’m adding a new section to my sidebar called “Labeled Internet Shopping”. These are stores that label the place of origin on each product of their site. This is something that needs to be encouraged on the web. Its frustrating to be a web-prone person and realize shopping is difficult when you want to limit what countries you buy products from.

I thought I would share some links from the China View Blog on stories you may want to read:

New Zealand- 500 times Poison Found in Kid’s Clothes From China.
Mother of Christian Activist Held Hostage for Questioning
UK: Dangerous Levels of Lead Found In Children’s Jewelry
Suicide Rate In China Is Highest in World- At 23 Times Average Rate

GREAT ARTICLE in business week [thanks for the hat tip chinaview!]

It is worth going over there now to read it, but I will highlight my favorite points:

The most dangerous thing being produced in China is neither lead paint-laden toy cars nor magnet-spewing Polly Pocket dolls and Batman action figures. Rather, it is a booming capitalist culture that, far too often, places value over values.
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But it won’t get at the real issue: the need to instill in China’s burgeoning population of factory owners and managers the fundamental idea that the only way to sustain a business—indeed, the only way to sustain Chinese capitalism—is to make sure that they cultivate a sense of social responsibility.
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Yet all of it was premised on a notion that, all too often, gets lost in the never-ending race to produce more and more goods at ever-cheaper prices. “The first responsibility of a professional,” Drucker explained, “was spelled out clearly, 2,500 years ago, in the Hippocratic oath of the Greek physician: Primum non nocere, ‘above all not knowingly to do harm.’” More than anything else, Drucker said, this “is the basic rule of professional ethics.”
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Please read full article.

Thank you Plodon For sending this story full of links to Made in USA toys!!! Its all of you, readers that help make this lifestyle more possible. I may be leading this website, but as people have been so willing to contribute- that is what not only makes it special… but not as impossible! Thank you so much for the links, ideas, and writings that have been coming in this week.

Again I want to mention the new forum No More Made In China for those who want to become more active and social with others trying to live with out China products. It has been a great help to me already even at it’s beginning of 24 members. The more that join, the more resources we will have. I also met Robert there who came up with the idea and wrote the article about tagging for Amazon! Great people over there with great ideas.

In the meanwhile I will be going through the links below and adding them to my site.

Thursday , August 16, 2007

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.usmadetoys.com

www.unclegoosetoys.com

www.holgatetoy.com

Zebulon USA

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