Now that Christmas is over, there is one thing we often see in malls and even at our very home where kids dwell --- toys!Yes toys. My kids have their share of toys to play; and I had my share of toys to buy for them and my nephews and niece.Perhaps at this time, it is time to rest from toys.But of course my kids do not understand this. Every day is a time for play; and every shopping day might just be the day for buying new toys.I got a doll - something like this - for my niece: And   read more

What you think of Christmas?There are toys that always come as a Christmas present; and one of these is Barbie. I notice that many godfather and godmothers and parents are buying Barbie dolls on Christmas. Seem like Barbie dolls are toys for kids prized on Christmas season.great gift for ages 6 Years - Adult As the snowflakes fall, this 2008 Holiday Barbie doll sparkles in a shimmering white and silvery gown. Celebrating 20 years of holiday-themed Barbie dolls, she wears a glitter-detailed gown with tiered pleated skirt and chandelier earrings. Measures approximately 12" tall. But there   read more

No matter how hard the times can be; there is no waning for good hearts. Thisis what makes as human apart from the rest of the animals whose only motive is survival. The Toys for Tots program has humble beginnings. "His wife made a Raggedy Anne doll and challenged him to find a home for it,” explains Toys for Tots Bay County Chairman John Shepard. Over the years the mission has remained the same - collecting and distributing toys for children in need. In the past four years the Toys for Tots Bay County branch has given toys to 20,000 kids. Toys for Tots will have a toy drive on December   read more

When you are rushing for Christmas shopping and you hardly can think of what to buy for your friends' kidz. Perhaps you should make use of e-gift cards. With this---you don't have to guess on what your friends' kids like. Your friends or the kids themselves can choose what they want through the gift e-card you are giving them.What do you think of this? I think this is better than gift cheques.   read more

Preparing for the Christmas season is enjoyable but taxing. From where I am, giving gifts to godchildren, nieces, and nephews have been something we grow up with.There were times when my role was to receive all the gifts my aunts and uncles and godparents were giving me.This time is a change of role. It is my time to give to all these children. Believing that Christmas is a time to express love (most of all) and a time to practice the virtue of giving, then I better prepare myself. Though many are saying that times are not as before, I still atuned myself to the thought that the more I give   read more

Another safety reminder and tip in buying gifts for our beloved children. This time---it is from Toys "R" Us.As holiday shoppers begin to purchase gifts on little ones' wish lists, Toys"R"Us, Inc., in collaboration with Safe Kids Worldwide, the world's leading childhood injury prevention organization, has developed a list of Safe Holiday Toy Shopping and Play Tips.The tips, available on the company's dedicated Safety microsite, www.Toysrus.com/Safe ty, provide valuable information regarding gift selection, proper assembly and supervision for anyone buying a toy for a child this season -- all in   read more

Ensuring that toys are safe before children play with them is a responsibility every parent, guardian and caregiver should assume.If our attention in buying toys is to make our kids happy, then buying them a safe toy would surely make them happy in the first place. Unsafe hazardoous toys will never make a child happy in the long run. No sick person can really enjoy a toy---in general.According to DTI-BPS, the following markings and labels should be printed on toys or its packaging: Name, trademark and address of manufacturer, importer or distributor; Warnings and/or precautionary indications;   read more

I just love to play wood toys when I was a kid. And i just love to play cooking, No wonder my wife and I have an eatery for our business recently. Now while looking at my kids making their wood blocks into an imaginary food, I wonder how they will do with this food box once they would have them for Christmas hopefully. Perhaps they would play them as toy soldiers. Sometimes I just wonder how their imagination works. Last night I tried to recall how I was imagining when I was at their age, around 3 years old. Perhaps I was cooking my plastic toy soldiers as fish that time. And making my drawing   read more

How do you like to give your kids toys that can both make them enjoy and enhance their IQ? Perhaps this can be a great Christmas gift for your Kids.Online Retailer Fun IQ Toys Inc., announced tToday the lLaunch of www.FunIQToys.com, offering specialized fun educational toys to encourage children's discovery and development of their multiple Intelligences.www.Fu nIQToys.com offers a great collection of carefully selected educational toys, that give children the unique opportunity to experience and nurture their innate verbal, numerical, spatial, scientific/naturalis tic, musical, body, self, and   read more

What do you think of this Kids' stick toys? Have you seen this classic toy?This post is in praise of that classic kids' toy, the simple stickIf you haven't lately, consider for a moment the ubiquitous stick. The mere mention of stick-as-sword, or the sight of a child waving one Harry-Potter-like in the air, coaxes recollections of sillier, pre-Nintendo days, of our once-carefree love for empty tin cans, cardboard boxes and bubble wrap.   read more