Baby Plays – A Kids' Toy Rental Website
An Eco-friendly, Low Cost Way to Rotate Educational Toys
Aug 8, 2009
Parents borrow children’s books from the library and rent kids’ movies from video stores or movie club websites. Why should parents not rent toys too? Baby Plays, a kids toy rental website advertises that renting toys on-line is eco-friendly and less costly than buying toys.
A web-based company that rents educational toys for children, ages birth to five years, Baby Plays ships toys to a customer’s door. After kids have played with the toys for a month, parents ship the toys back and soon receive another set of self-selected toys. This rental structure will feel familiar for parents who have rented and received DVDs by mail.
Why Rent Kids’ Toys From a Website?
A choice to recycle and lower overall costs for toys are a few of the eco-friendly reasons some parents are renting toys on-line for their children instead of buying them. Renting toys also cuts down on clutter in the home. Rather than finding a place to store toys, parents simply ship the toys back to the rental storehouse where each toy is sanitized and stored until another family places an order for it.
Another reason families are choosing to rent kids toys from a website is to offer a variety of age appropriate educational toys to children at a lower cost than purchasing a large number of toys. Because children tire of toys after a while, parents like the idea of providing new and different toys each month.
How Does Renting Educational Toys Online Work?
Plans at Baby Plays start at $26.99 per month, a lower cost than many parents spend on toys. The monthly rental price includes shipping costs. Parents choose the toys they want to rent on-line either “by age” or “by categories” such as balls, musical instruments, Montessori or new arrivals. Play plans vary and the number of toys rented at a time ranges from four to ten toys. Rental toys are exchanged either every thirty days or every sixty days again depending on a parent’s choice of rental plan.
Most of the toy rental plans require at least a three-month commitment and monthly rental costs are lower for a commitment of twelve months. Also Baby Plays offers a one-month toy rental option for parents who want to try out toy rental before they make a commitment. A one-month rental can also be useful for toys to be sent to a vacation location or to a grandparent’s or relative’s house during an extended stay.
Is it Safe to Rent Kids’ Toys From a Website?
The Baby Plays website advertises that all of their toys are free of lead and exceed federal safety standards. When rented toys arrive back at Baby Plays, the toys are sterilized and shrink wrapped, ready to be shipped off to the next family who requests the toy.
According to the “Terms and Conditions” page of Baby Plays' website, “Baby Plays Toys are sanitized using a 100% all natural, organic cleaning product that is approved by the EPA as a disinfectant.” Using eco-friendly cleaning products is another way that Baby Plays satisfies its customers across the United States.
Baby Plays also groups its selection of educational toys by age group so parents know which toys are age appropriate for their child. Children who are age three and under should not be given toys with small parts that can cause a choking hazard.
Instead of purchasing toys that add more clutter around the house, parents may want to consider the eco-friendly, low cost option of renting toys on-line. By renting six toys per month, a family can provide a child with seventy-two toys each year.
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