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Return of the Good Guy
By Alice Bradley
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Best Children’s Board Games
We’ve compiled a list of board games to play as a family. All these games sound like winners given my fast, easy and engaging for adults and children criteria.
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Worst Kids Toys of 2006
These toys looked great in commercials, but turned out to be a bust. On our Don’t Buy list: Moon Sand, Go Go My Walkin’ Pup and more.
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Best Alphabet Toys & Decor
Ways to incorporate the alphabet into your child’s daily life and their home environment that can be educational and quite adorable!
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The Best Tea Party Sets: Like the Boston Tea Party, only less important.
A very nice lady named Sara emailed me to ask, “I’m looking for a tea set to give my niece. I don’t even know where to find something which isn’t plastic and decorated with princesses.” We all know how I feel about character themed items,…
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The Best Dollhouses for Kids
Dollhouses are a classic and beloved childhood toy. We’ve gathered some of our favorites and are sharing them with you.
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The Best Bath Toys for a Party in Your Tub
Bath time. Some kids love it, some kids hate it. Why not make it something that they look forward to with some of these super fun bath time toy recommendations.
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The Best Music Boxes: a Round Up
Music Boxes make excellent keepsake gifts. I remember loving mine as a child, the dancing ballerina the Swan Lake music. We’ve found some we think you’ll love.
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Best Outdoor Toys for Kids
If you want to get the kids outside for some play time, we have some suggestions for outdoor games that will keep your kids entertained for summer.
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Making Ice Cream with Kids
What do we want?! Ice Cream! When do we want it? In about 20 minutes after shaking this ball around! Not much of a battle cry but passion comes in many forms.
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Play Food for Kids
We’ve found some of the cutest play food for pretend eating and we are sharing them here with you. (FELT SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS! I mean, come on! So cute!)
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My Pink Heaven
Ladies, I have the perfect gift for the young, unformed girl in your life: Hasbro’s Rose Petal Cottage. The Rose Petal Cottage is advertised as part of the “Dream Town collection,” although there’s no other part of this “town” for sale. There are no other…
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Mommy Lovemarks: Haba Toy Company
I love Haba, the German toy company. Yes, they are pricey. But, from their baby soft toys to their preschooler block toys, they always surpass my expectations. Well done, Haba. Here are some of my favorites, through the years. Baby: the Sun Castle Soft Playset…
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Worst Kids’ Toys of 2007
We share four toys we think you should avoid buying your kids this holiday season.
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Mad Libs For Kids
I love the vocabulary lesson these books give my kids. It’s fun to hear them come up with different parts of speech. Give them a try with your kids.
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Children of the World Memory Card Game
‘I Never Forget a Face’ is a fabulous matching game. The sweet and colorful illustrations of children from Tanzania, India, Iraq, and Israel, to name a few, beat pixels any day.
Holidays
Five Ways To Celebrate Earth Day With Kids
Five ways to mark Earth Day with your kids by celebrating recycling, reducing and caring for the earth in tangible ways they can understand and relate to.
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Blast from the Past Week: The Monchichi Monkey
Raise your hand if you remember the adorable Monchichi Monkeys.
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Blast from the Past Week: Snoopy Toothbrush Set
This Snoopy Toothbrush Set brings back a flood of memories. I suspect I had one. I wish I could remember that far back. Hrmhp.
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Blast from the Past Week: The Cheeseburger Phone
For some of you (ahem, you young ones), Juno may have been the first time you laid eyes on this beauty. But this cheeseburger phone takes me right back to my youth.