Growing up, summer was my favorite season, not only because my birthday is in July, but because I got to be outside all the time!  One of my favorite things to do (besides collect bugs and go to the park) was to run through the sprinkler.  But not just any old sprinkler - the Spin N’ Spray [...]

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What is Rock Tumbling All About?
Fromrocktumblinghobby.com
Rock tumbling is a process whereby rough stone is taken as a raw material, and rotated inside a barrel with a selection of harder “grits”, until all the rough edges have been removed.  Once the stone has been shaped, it is polished in a final phase until perfectly smooth, creating [...]

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When I saw Uglydolls featured on the news last year, I had to have an one, and I bought this little guy.  According to his hang tag, his name is Ox and his best buddy is Wedgehead. 
Uglydolls emerged from a love story: the two creators, David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim, came up with these scary-cute [...]

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I remember creepy crawlers from my elementary school years.  I was a bit of a bug lover, so I enjoyed making these more than the average girl in my class.  There is just something about the anticipation of seeing how the creatures are going to come out that makes this toy so intriguing.
History: Mattel originally [...]

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An Austrian named Edward Haas came up with the idea for these new peppermint candies in 1927.  The word PEZ comes from the German word for peppermint (pfefferminz).  Originally PEZ was an adult breath mint marketed as an alternative to smoting.  Who knew that this anti-smoking aid would become a favorite candy and ’toy’ of children?
PEZ was carried [...]

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