I can’t believe it’s already the last day of June! Thanks to Google News and Twitter (remember to follow me!), I’ve found a lot of great toy-related articles in this month that I thought I would share.
One of my favorite - and certainly one of the most popular - blogs Boing Boing started a discussion [...]

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Buying a safe toy is just one part of staying safe. Stuffed animals seem like a no brainer as a safe toy, but they can become dangerous over time. Here are a few tips to help keep plush toys safe and clean, plus a few pictures of some super cute stuffed animals:
Always look out for [...]

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Alex Toys has been around for quite some time and while they make a variety of products, they are probably best known for their art-oriented toys. They have a plethora of ready-to-use kits that are innovative and affordable. So many art kits and sets are geared towards older children and have a giant mess factor, [...]

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Goodness! Is it just me, or is everyone pregnant or chasing down a toddler right now? Baby showers and first birthday parties are filling up my summer calendar. Of course, all of these happy occasions require a gift, and I’m not one to give clothes or diapers (duh, I’m the Toy Geek). It can be [...]

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Now that summer is here, parents need all of the activities that they can find, so I thought I would share one of my favorite pastimes, model rockets. I used to love going to the park and launch model rockets with my friend and her dad when I was a kid. I don’t know what [...]

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One of my friend’s sons rushes to the window and jumps up and down when the garbage and recycle trucks arrive to collect from the house. He’s 3, and like many boys, he is infatuated with almost all trucks and construction devices. In order to help him understand how these machines work, his parents got [...]

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Leading toy safety group World Against Toys Causing Harm (WATCH) released a list of the summer’s most dangerous toys today.

The list includes toys called The Aqua Bomb, Marshmallow Blaster and the Toypedo; none of which scream safety in their names. The toys featured on the list have not been recalled and probably will not [...]

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If only everything in life were fun to do, getting kids to do chores would be a breeze. You can ask, beg and even demand that a child perform a task or behave a certain way, but chances are they will whine, stall or even refuse to do it.
Responsibility and chore charts are a great [...]

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