Free Shipping Day TODAY!
For all you procrastinators out there! Make hay while the sun shines. Many online retailers have declared Friday as the last day that shoppers can order gifts online and have them delivered by Christmas with standard shipping. …about 700 sites plan to offer some form of free shipping [today], with many requiring a minimum purchase amount. The [...]
Compassionate girl sells toys for funds to help elderly lady
“My mom asked me what types of stuff we could actually do to raise money for this lady and there were a couple of other things and then I was like “maybe I could sell of my stuff?” said Daphne. So Daphne picked out several of her own belongings to post on E-Bay. …Now she’s [...]
Toy Museums – batteries not included
Yang-Fa Chang, the founder of MINT Museum of Toys in Singapore. He has a collection of more than 100,000 toys from across the last century, which he has spent the last 30 years putting together. At any one time, The Moment of Imagination & Nostalgia with Toys (MINT) only has room to exhibit less than [...]
Toys as an investment
Ana Veciana-Suarez at the Baltimor Sun says: My twin granddaughters are obsessed with soap. Doesn’t matter the brand, the scent, the size. Mention the word “soap,” whisper it under your breath, and they bolt for their collection. At last count, they had eight soaps in various states of disrepair, including a Dove, an Ivory, a [...]
Food related toys
Sun Restaurant Critic Elizabeth Large talks about her nostalgia for food related toys in a post on Dining @ Large for the Baltimore Sun. I don’t think I clearly recall any toys that I had that were even vaguely food related. I do remember nagging my mother for the spoon from the cake mix, though! [...]
Toy safety tips
Something that we often forget in the hustle and bustle of Christmas gatherings, presents and celebrations is safety with regards to toys. Especially toys that are new. Please be careful to keep an eye on your little ones as they open their toys and begin to play with them. Safe Kids USA” has some helpful [...]
personalised children’s jewelry
I posted a little while ago about heirloom jewelry and keepsake jewelry for children. My own jewelry that I mentioned in the post may have been christening jewelry. It was beautifully engraved with my name. I recently came across a great jewelry company that makes beautiful personalised jewelry. The ones that made me ooh and aah especially [...]
healthy snacks for children
An estimated one in 10 children in England will be obese within five years, experts have predicted…Last week figures showed that one in four children are now overweight or obese when they start school. ~Telegraph.co.uk Moms and Dads: The American Dietetic Association has some great tips on nutrition for tots and toddlers and also for kids [...]
A Frog and a princess
‘Princess and the Frog‘ bounds to first-place at weekend box office with $24.2 million ~ Yahoo Finance The film, which began production under the working title The Frog Princess, is an American fairy tale, Broadway-style musical set in the French Quarter of New Orleans. A prince named Naveen (Bruno Campos) from the land of Maldonia [...]
The one thing at 40 you wish you’d bought when you were 2
There’s nothing more gratifying than seeing your child’s face light up when you give them the perfect present for the holidays. Oh wait, yes there is: Seeing them succeed throughout their whole life! And guess how you make that happen? You teach your kids about money and investing as young as possible, Cramer says. That’s [...]
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