Toys

I just had cof­fee with a friend who is already shop­ping for Christmas. Since folks are shop­ping already I thought I’d toss out one of our favorite toys. We dis­cov­ered Kapla blocks at a sci­ence museum for kids on the west coast. My hus­band and son were imme­di­ately drawn to them, so we bought two […]

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Pentominoes

June 10, 2008

My son recently dis­cov­ered a puz­zle toy that once sat on the cof­fee table of my col­lege home. Everyone who walked in would try to put these geo­met­ric pieces into the shape of a 3 by 3 cube. Some folks did it quickly, some took hours, and some never fig­ured it out. My son was […]

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Sara’s Toy Box

November 13, 2007

saras-toy-box.blogspot.com There are so many folks out there with advice on which toys to buy… Here’s a new blog inspired by all the recent recalls. It high­lights some cre­ative toys, includ­ing some from one of our new favorite places to shop, A Toy Garden. Enjoy!

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A Toy Garden

September 22, 2007

This web­site was rec­om­mended on a list I was on, and when I checked it out I was WOW-ed. Even my inlaws were WOW-ed and they are some of the most dis­crim­i­nat­ing con­sumers I know (in a good way!). A Toy Garden is filled with lots of thought­fully cho­sen options. If you are look­ing to start […]

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