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Giveaway: My Printies Animal Pets

by Marie

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered. Congrats to #10 Wendy, #73 Carrie Lim, #90 Margo, #102 Hilary S., #108 Pepper. I’ll be emailing you to get you your prize. Have fun with My Printies!
My Printies is here today sponsoring a fabulous giveaway. They sent me a sample of these fun printable [...]

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Play While You Paint

by Heather

You might have noticed by now that I am way into mixing art time with playtime. My boys loved this technique: using a (washable) toy to apply paint to paper. We used some old toy cars to roll in paint and then make a fun painting. Another bonus: using unusual paint brushes makes unique paintings.

Project [...]

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Ready, Set… Mashoonga!

by Marie

My brother, Bryan, introduced me to the art of Mashoonga and we are loving these fun fighting flinging foam toys. Here’s a video Bryan put together of his son’s birthday (Bryan is the mean ugly Ogre at the end :)

Try playing some Mashoonga at your next birthday party! MASHOONGA!!! (it’s just so fun to say!)

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Toys Making a Comeback

by Marie

Come take a poll over at Blissful Kids to see what toys your kids are wishing for that you may have played with as a youngster. Maybe Care Bears or Transformers?

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Toy Bowling

by Marie

Our Happy Meal prizes and Dollar Store figurines are coming in handy with Toy Bowling. My son has been wanting to go bowling and started to learn some of the lingo, like “strike” and I need a “spare”. So I thought it would be fun to practice a little at home.

With our bucket of toys, [...]

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Floating Sponge Boats

by Marie

Once the sun shines down long enough to warm our faces, my kids want to play in the water. But it is still Spring with a little chill, so we are practicing our boat floating in the sink and bathtub instead, just until it’s time for the blowup pool.

Supplies for Sponge Boats: scrub sponges – [...]

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Ice Cube Tub Time

by Marie

Cold ice mixed with hot water makes for fun in the tub. I just ran across this tub time activity from Rookie Moms that will have your kids begging for a bath twice a day (is that good or bad?).

Collect a few toys that can be played with in water. We used toy cars, plastic [...]

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