If you are looking for a flashlight for your child this Halloween season that is kid friendly, easy to operate and environmentally friendly – you will love these Ecotronic Flashlights by International Playthings.  All you do is repeatedly squeeze the side of this flashlight and it will light up for hours without the use of batteries! There’s also a handy strap that will attach to your child’s wrist. They come in many adorable animals from both the farm and the zoo! So be safe this Halloween and order up a few of these flashlights for your entire family!

International Playthings provided this flashlight free for the purpose of a review. The opinions expressed in this blog post are purely the bloggers own.

One thing parents often tell me is that once the day of Halloween arrives they don’t know what to do because some children absolutely refuse to wear their costume! Some costumes have different textures on them and others due to their design, just make it difficult for children to move in them.  Here are some ideas I have for your pre-Halloween preparations:

1. Allow ample opportunities for your children to wear their costumes, even if it’s for just a few minutes, working up to an hour or so each day so that on the big day of Halloween, they will know how it feels like and how to move in it.

2. Once the kids are dressed up, role play trick or treating within your home, encouraging your children to understand the concepts of how to just pick one piece of candy, say Trick or Treat when they get up to the door and how to follow it up with a “Please and Thank You!”

3. Reiterate safety rules of the road ahead of time, practice crossing the street by looking both ways, holding hands with a parent when necessary, and for older children a meeting place at the end of each sidewalk or driveway if they should become separated from you.

4. Talk about what you might see on the night of Halloween. Some children have silly costumes, some have scary costumes and that some houses may have lights and sounds that can be scary but to remember that this is all just for fun!

5. Practice scaring them by playing “Boo” and “Hide and Seek” in the dark inside the house using flashlights to try to prepare them for the unexpected!

Disguise, a Jakks Pacific company, provided the Buzz Lightyear, Woody and Jessie costumes for the purpose of this review. All opinions provided in this post, are purely the bloggers own. Disguise costumes are commercially located in stores around the country including Target, K-Mart, Party City, Wal-Mart, etc.

Photo credits to Derek Wilmot because just in case you haven’t noticed, this picture is of me and my family!

Tisha from International Playthings demonstrates toys from the Ecotronic Brand. Kids love toys with electronic features, but batteries contribute a ton of toxic waste into the environment so Ecotronic brand includes the lights and sounds without batteries! It uses the power of kids play to power the toys. The monkey flashlight is activated by squeezing the handle and this powers the rechargeable battery inside. The monkey’s nose will then light up and it’s an LED flashlight. Perfect to put in a handbag, works on hand strengthening and is great for Halloween, camping and to place in a child’s bedroom.

The Rocketship is activated by cranking the handle. To power it up you hit the button and it’s a NASA recording of a space shuttle lifting off. It has long lasting LED lights.

The EcoRadio is easy to charge up. It’s an FM radio but it also comes with adaptors for cell phone charging! It’s entertaining at sports games, the beach or picnics! It’s good for safety and great for on the road when you need to charge your phone!