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Creative

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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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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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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Crayon Rocks rock our world!

September 14, 2008

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. […]

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Moov: Make your own vehicle

August 11, 2008

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 ain’t quite fast enough, […]

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