The toy world is full of video games, intricate gadgets, kung fu gripping action figures, and complex Barbie concepts these days. That’s all well and good but it feels as if we have forgotten some of the most important aspects of play and have outsourced our imaginations to the toy companies. Toys are supposed to [...]
A child’s bedroom can be a hazardous place sometimes. When they have so many gadgets and toys to play with but don’t know how to properly organize and store them their room can often take on the appearance of a disaster zone. If you’re looking for some ideas for toy storage you should consider investing [...]
The rise of the X-games and the popularity of skateboarding and inline skating have made it possible for skate parks to be constructed all over the United States. Skateboarders have practiced their hearts out and learned new ways to do cool tricks with their boards and on their skates but sometime in the mid 1990’s [...]
Gas powered scooters come in a variety of different types. There’s the full size scooter which looks like a miniaturized motorcycle with two wheels, a comfy seat, handle bars, and rear view mirrors and there’s a miniature gas or electric scooter that you stand on and ride around like a Segway. Both scooters have their [...]
Yes, I know. No one likes to hear about bowel movements and bathroom behavior on the internet but sometimes we must talk about these things to get the right ideas out there. Potty training boys and girls can be difficult. It is one of the first big hurdles in a child’s development as they must [...]
Let me get one thing straight before going forward here: We are not talking about heavy metal babies clad in chains and leather studded vests wearing big frilly Mohawks. We’re not talking about those kinds of baby rockers. We’re talking about the nice kind, the cute kind, the finally get your baby to sleep so [...]
There is nothing worse than a messy room. Toys that are thrown all over the floor, stacked up in closets, and strewn all over the bed are not only awful to look at but they can be pretty dangerous too. Those toys get expensive with all of their little plastic parts and bells and whistles [...]
Disney has created a ton of great female characters over the years. They have a whole line of Princesses that little girls and even grown women adore, admire, and want to emulate. Each year during Halloween it is common to see girls dressed in Snow White costumes, Cinderella costumes, Belle costumes, Jasmine costumes, and these [...]
When you buy a set of playing cards you’re just getting one deck of cards and that’s it right? Well, often times when you buy a specific set of poker cards you will also be purchasing a set of poker chips, a card shuffler, and maybe (if you like poker a lot) a felt table [...]
Model building has always been a popular hobby with young men and sometimes even in older men. Model cars, both classic and modern, adorn house holds and trophy rooms. Their miniature painted chassis shine polished and dusted for all visitors to see and for the owner to admire. It is almost a type of Zen [...]
I don’t know how many times I’ve brought my daughter to my mother’s house only to have her get scolded for trying to play with my mother’s doll collection. My mother has always been the antique collector type of woman and she’s accumulated a room full of porcelain dolls over the years. As I was [...]
Nothing says your child likes cars and trucks like his Daddy more than a bedroom filled to the brim with hot wheels and Hess trucks, Disney Cars themed wall paper and a Little Tikes race car twin bed to top it all off. Most parents will find that their boys develop an interest in cars [...]
The Incredible Hulk has had a couple movies come out recently that have returned interest to this great Marvel comics super hero. The Incredible Hulk is a monstrous and inhumanly strong creature who is really just a mild mannered scientist. The story goes that Bruce Banner was conducting an experiment in his lab with Gamma [...]
Disney is always promoting some new up and coming super star teen idol. The craze began in the early eighties with the Mickey Mouse club and gave rise to super stars like Justin Timberlake (and pretty much all of NSYNC) and Brittany Spears. Now Disney is at again, only this time they’ve struck an even [...]
Doll houses are classic toys for little girls. They’ve been around for so long that their history has been shrouded and no one really knows when they originally started being made as toys. For as long as there have been dolls, girls have wanted to build houses for them to live in and have parties [...]