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Toys

My Favorite Shops for Gifts

November 24, 2009

As the gift-giving sea­son approaches, I thought I’d list a cou­ple of my favorite sites for brows­ing for gifts, (apart from the var­i­ous Ama­zon coun­try sites, of course). The MoMA Store — This is the shop for the Museum of Mod­ern Art in NYC.  As you can imag­ine, the focus here is on design.  There […]

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The BVS Top Ten Toys of 2009

November 2, 2009

As Christ­mas approaches, I know we’re all won­der­ing what to get for the lit­tle ones in our lives.  For some ideas, here are the Ger­man BVS, Bun­desver­band des Spielwaren-Einzelhandels (Fed­eral Asso­ci­a­tion of Toy Retail­ers) top ten toys of 2009.  They’re not all avail­able out­side of Ger­many, but most are.  Have fun! 36 Cube by Thinkfun — […]

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Magic Nuudles

March 19, 2009

On a recent trip to Min­nesota, my step-mom bought The Boy a new toy to pass some time. Magic Nuu­dles look like sty­ro­foam, but they are made of corn­starch. You sim­ply wet the “nuu­dle” with a damp cloth, and they stick together and to other objects.  Once you are done play­ing with the nud­dles, simply […]

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Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere!

March 8, 2009

While surf­ing the net for kid’s toys, I keep com­ing across mon­sters!  They are seri­ously cute, although I’m not sure who loves them more, the par­ents or the kids.  Here are some of my favorite mon­sters I’ve come across: Mr Mous­ta­chio costs €40 and is avail­able at La Mai­son de Lola Terry and Tina, Bunny Blue […]

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Green Toys

February 21, 2009

Green Toys is a San Fran­cisco com­pany that pro­duces Made in the USA (Cal­i­for­nia to be exact) toys. The com­pany uses recy­cled plas­tic from milk jugs for their prod­ucts. Green Toys’ web­site also states: Our prod­ucts pass a plethora of tests, includ­ing: Con­sumer Safety Improve­ment Act (CPSIA) Con­sumer Prod­ucts Safety Stan­dard Spec­i­fi­ca­tion, ASTM F963 Cal­i­for­nia Prop. […]

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HABA Toy Food

February 12, 2009

I’ve always loved toy shop­ping, even before I had a child. Choos­ing gifts for nieces and nephews and think­ing about what I would have loved (or what I DID love) at their ages gave me a thrill. And I know wasn’t the only adult wish­ing I could spend an after­noon play­ing with that Bar­bie Corvette […]

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Eco-paint

February 5, 2009

I loved Eco-dough, so try­ing Eco-kids eco-fingerpaint ($20 per tube) seemed like a nat­ural pro­gres­sion.  Eco-fingerpaint is made of all nat­ural ingre­di­ents.  The pow­der arrives in a tube like eco-dough and con­tains addi­tional small dishes to mix the paint in.  The tube and tubs are com­postable. Unfor­tu­nately, the lids fell off dur­ing ship­ping, so some […]

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Splat!

January 24, 2009

It is no secret that I am wait­ing with baited breath for Boon Inc.‘s scrub­bles to hit the mar­ket. So much so that I stopped in to Babies R’Us last night to see if they were on the shelves. I did not see the scrub­bles, but I did see some of the other prod­ucts that […]

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Rice's Cups Full of Hope

January 16, 2009

While look­ing for cute, high-quality, melamine dishes to use as tod­dler table­ware, I ran across a com­pany in Den­mark not only mak­ing fab­u­lous cups, plates, bowls and more, but that also has a con­science, Rice. Their prod­ucts are designed in Den­mark, then man­u­fac­tured in third world coun­tries by employ­ees who are treated fairly and are […]

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Eco-Dough is an Eco-Do!

December 31, 2008

Eco-dough ($20 per tube) is a nat­ural alter­na­tive to play-dough for par­ents who do not have the time or desire to make their own craft dough. Eco-dough is made with plant, fruit and veg­etable extracts and with­out arti­fi­cial col­or­ing, met­als or chem­i­cals. Eco-kids also pro­duces an eco-dough that is gluten, dairy and soy free for […]

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