The World’s Largest Creatures

By on January 13, 2011 in Just for Fun

Over the weekend, I watched a lot of the live coverage of the Pennsylvania Farm Show. I was amazed by what I thought were rather giant pigs, but learned they were actually pretty standard sized pigs. Nonetheless, it made me want to look around for some truly large animals. As with pretty much anything with [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions for Kids

By on January 3, 2011 in Let's Play!

Happy New Year! We hope you had a fun holliday season and that you’re looking forward to what will come in 2011! While you may have made a New Year’s Resolution for yourself, has your child? The American Academy of Pediatrics has a great list of healthy New Year’s Resolutions for kids, organized by age [...]

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Simple Snowflakes: A Timeless Craft

By on December 21, 2010 in Toys for Holiday Fun

What role does snow play in your holiday fun? I grew up where “snow” was the one day every three years where white flakes fell from the sky and melted right before your eyes. (Or better yet, we would gather up the frost on the blades of grass to make a single snowball.) Now I [...]

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Retro Holiday Advertisements

By on December 17, 2010 in Just for Fun

A while back when I did a post about the awesome show Fun House, I found it simply crazy to look back at all those old advertisements. So many seemed so corny! With the holiday season among us, here is a festive look back at some “retro” Christmas commercials. This Fruity Pebbles is just so [...]

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Top 10 Deals for the Holidays!

By on December 13, 2010 in Toys for Holiday Fun

Are you signed up for our Email Updates? It’s the best way for you to see our news, sales and special offers. Today we share with you a top ten list of great sale prices you can find on our site! See all of our deals anytime by visiting our Savings and Specials section. You [...]

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Soap Making… Made Easy

By on December 10, 2010 in Toy Reviews

I had a lot of fun making these little candy soaps. The Creativity for Kids Petite Sweet Soaps Kit is unique, because it comes with six different colors of soap clay. The soap clay is softer and easier to manipulate than Sculpey clay and it washed off my hands very nicely—because it’s soap! I’d describe [...]

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