COPENHAGEN—Denmark, the home of Lego, once pioneered the plastic toy. Now one of the country’s biggest toy retailers wants to ditch plastic and go back to wood and other natural materials.

Waiting in a check-out line a few days ago, my children started begging for toys and trinkets hanging on the impulse-buy racks. Rather than replying with the usual “Not today” euphemism, I found ...

It’s everywhere. The cheap kazoo. Strings of Mardi Gras beads. Spider rings. Crazy straws. Magnifying glasses that just make things look blurry. Off-brand Slinkies. So many frisbees. Mini squirt guns ...

When Jess Castaneda was a kid, she got her toys when her abuela took her to garage sales. It turned her into a lifetime thrift shopper. As an adult, she became a customer at the Green Bean, a kids ...

When I finally got up the energy to reduce plastics in our toy collection, I found that it was easier than it appeared.” ...

I have two complaints about Easter egg hunts: I don't want the candy and I don't want the cheap plastic toys in my house. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind my kids having candy and toys. Other WRAL Top ...

Composed of dozens of joints, Hoberman spheres were invented in 1991 and are retractable and expandable toys that resemble geodesic domes. Marveling at the mass-produced design’s cleverness, MoMA ...

Kids will get paper games, trading cards, and bio-based toys instead. For forty years, fast food chain McDonald's has been serving Happy Meals to kids. These special boxed meals are known for the toys ...

Toys have been so cheap for so long that, for some parents, it can feel like their homes are exploding with dolls, action figures, games, and bins of miscellaneous plastic pieces. But toy prices are ...

Bad news, kids: Toy prices rose 2.2% between April and May, according to federal statistics. Donald Trump's tariffs are the culprit because lots of toys are made in China. Is this actually good news ...