Fred Snack and Stack – “Lego” silverware!

July 23, 2010
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I was just looking at these and a couple of 7 year old boys walked by and immediately said “I want that! Can we get those!” So now we have a pretty good indication of the target user of this especially cool spoon, knife and fork set. It is made by Fred and Friends  (I [...]

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Soccer Horns? Get Your Own Vuvuzela

June 16, 2010
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If your kids are football fans, or soccer as we call it here in the States, then likely you’ve heard the sound of the vuvuzela without knowing it.  For those of you American’s living in a box, the World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with well over 10% of [...]

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Etch A Sketch 50th Anniversary

June 15, 2010
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The Etch a Sketch is turning 50 years old!  While it was invented a few years earlier in Europe and shopped around for investors and a manufacturer, the official birthday of the Etch-A-Sketch is July 12, 1960.
The Etch a Sketch was invented by Andre Cassagnes, an electrician in France and was originally called Telecran.  It [...]

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Has There Been A Silly Bands Recall?

June 6, 2010
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Seems like with every super popular kids toy or trend, there are always rumors of a recall. The shelves empty, news reports that the popular toys are banned from schools, and suddenly everyone is asking if there has been a recall.
We get a decent amount of our readers from web searches like Google or Yahoo [...]

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The best popsicle makers

June 3, 2010
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A friend (thanks E.!) just sent me the link to this popsicle maker from Williams-Sonoma and I felt the need to share. It seems to have a base that is frozen in your freezer like an ice-cream maker. Then you put in your popsicle ingredients and it freezes them in 7 minutes! Instant gratification and [...]

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Kung Zhu Warrior Hamster Update

June 1, 2010
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Looks like Cepia, the maker of the smash hit toy Zhu Zhu Hamster line of Christmas 2009, has released more details on their new Kung Zhu ninja hamster line recently.  These little robotic hamster warriors were announced at the New York Toy Fair earlier this year, and they are about to be released!
Kung Zhu Release [...]

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Stroller toys

May 25, 2010
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I was thinking about stroller toys earlier today. I have absolutely no idea why, but the human mind is a strange place and so for no apparent reason I was thinking about stroller toys. We have never been big stroller people, not for any particular reason except I am lazy and carrying a baby seems [...]

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Beach Toys

May 21, 2010
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When you have three kids who each need their own sand toys the beach toy bags can get a little bulky. There are many toys that can be shared, but everyone realy needs their own bucket and shovel. I am seriously considering, in the interest of saving space in the beach bags, switching to collapsible [...]

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More Melissa and Doug Sand Toys

May 19, 2010
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Melissa & Doug Sunny Patch sand toy week continues. I really like the general baking set.

Officially called the Melissa & Doug Sunny Patch Seaside Sidekicks Sand baking Set, it performs all the basic functions of any sand bucket set. It has a mixing bowl/bucket with a lid that doubles as a sifter. It has a [...]

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New sand toys

May 17, 2010
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The Melissa & Doug Sunny Patch collection includes some great new sand toys perfect for the beach (or sand box) this summer.
Every year I like to put together beach bags for the kids. I salvage anything that can be saved from last yer and pickup some new sand toys. We spend a lot of time [...]

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