From the category archives:
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 […]
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Vilac is an 80 year old French toy manufacturer making beautiful wooden toys that are described as works of art that are extensions of their creators’ personalities. The Vilac websites lists shops and online shops carrying their toys. Additionally, Vilac is sold by baby-and-friends.com in Germany.
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Due to the variety of races in our household and lives, I wanted to find my son a doll that would better represent a side of his race that is less prominent. We do not try to isolate ourselves, but when I look around. Most of our friends are white. Some are black, don’t get […]
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Holztiger is a German toy company that makes brightly colored, hand-carved, hand-painted animal figurines. There are hundreds of animals to choose from, many available in varied poses, so your child can have a herd of cows, a clowder of cats, or a gaggle of geese. There are over a dozen trees, a barnyard, and even […]
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Something else I ran across in Nikolai-Eck during my visit to Leipzig, were Glückskäfer nesting toys. These are beautiful, German produced, heirloom quality, wooden nesting puzzles. Glückskäfer has been in business for over 60 years and believes in producing quality over quantity. For German speakers, they’re available from the Glückskäfer website in Germany. They’re also […]
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Last week, I found the most amazing toys in a religious run shop, Nikolai-Eck, at Nikolaikirchhof in Leipzig (if you’re in the area, definitely pay it a visit). I’ll post about them over the next few days. First up is Janoschik Toys (German site, English site).
These are seriously cute wooden toys in the shapes […]
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For your playing pleasure, here are the top ten toys of 2008 as judged by the German BVS, Bundesverband des Spielwaren-Einzelhandels (Federal Association of Toy Retailers). They’re not all available outside of Germany, but most are. Have fun!
Biscuit the Golden Retriever from Furreal Friends by Hasbro - A surprisingly realistic robotic dog. $179.99 from HasbroToys in […]
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Not so long ago, my mom purchased The Boy some Crayon Rocks. I admit to planting the seed after seeing them on another blog, and they are wonderful. For young hands, they are easier to hold, encourage the tripod hold for older children, and color beautifully.
Crayon rocks are made of soy wax and minerals. The information […]
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I really, really wanted to be able to write a great review for this Czech-produced wooden Wobbly Stacking Pyramid by Bino World of Toys, but that’s not going to be possible.
We bought this from a local furniture store and it was the first stacker I’d seen that I really liked. Unfortunately, after getting it home, […]
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Struggling with what to get for that budding engineer in your life? Check out the Moov 4-in-1 vehicle kit. It’s not cheap, at 250 Euro, but if your kid gets bored of their scooter, just take it apart and make a trike. Trike not good enough? Go for a racer. Racer […]
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