Wooden Toys
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Removing Crayon Marks on Wooden Toys?
Asked by J.R. from Seattle
on July 23, 2009
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Hello,
I've purchased some wooden blocks and other wooden toys that have crayon marks on them. Before I attempt to clean them, I was curious if anyone has successf...
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- One more vote from me for the Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. I highly recommend them for your wooden blocks. As for the mega blocks, I would just let them soak in the kitche...
- WD40 works well. Takes it right off
- I've had success using Windex to get colored pencil, and i think crayon, but I can't remember, off of oak end tables. I would say if you have plastic legos just to ...
Who Sells Wooden Toy Foods Made in the USA?
Asked by J.W. from Portland
on March 30, 2009
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Hi Moms,
I am interested in where I could find wooden play food made in the USA. With all the lead poisoning and such I figured I would like to play it safe and b...
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- wow- that is a good question! Even the "American" companies seem to be having production done overseas. I did see some wood toys (although I don't recall seeing play f...
- Melissa & Doug for sure. I bought the 4 Food Groups from them & my son loves the set! Colorful & toxic free fun!
- The local toy stores like: Spielwerk (ask them if they don't already carry them). Check on www.etsy.com for homemade wooden toys. You can even search locally on it.
Unpainted Toys Made of Natural Wood
Asked by D.A. from San Francisco
on December 6, 2008
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Years ago when I had two young children, I got them only unpainted toys made of natural wood. No plastic, no small parts, no paint. There were a couple of stores tha...
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- Dear D., If you've got some money to spend ('cause these toys are beautiful, but pricey), check out The Play Store on University Ave. in Palo Alto. 508 Universit...
- There is a new store in downtown Willow Glen called Treehouse in the Glen. They specialize in wooden toys. Hope this helps!
- Hi D.! I didn't expect this, but when I went shopping for some 'Melissa & Doug' blocks at Toys R Us in Phoenix, I actually found unpainted wooden toys. There was a...
Which Toys?
Asked by C.D. from Louisville
on July 29, 2007
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I know this might sound like a silly question but my ten month old little girl is not amuzed (sp) by anything. I don't know what toys to get her. I have bought the fis...
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- I know around that age my son started LOVING those Peek-a-blocks. they're fun to throw, look at, & shake like a madman...also the Leapfrog maracas they light up, make ...
- I've never seen a kid who didn't like the Leap Frog Learn and Groove Table. http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2293345&cp You can put it on the flo...
- My youngest just turned 9 months & absolutely loves 3 toys of hers--The Drop/Roar Dinosaur, The Fisher-Price Roll a round/swirlin' surprise gumball machine (takes the ...
Toy Organization
Asked by L.K. from Chicago
on March 4, 2008
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Does anyone have any suggestions for toy organization. I already store some toys in bins and rotate them every few weeks . How long do you keep a toy if you think they...
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- I use clear rubbermaid containers for some things that have lots of little parts that I don't want to loose and I also don't want the boys to be able to open them too ...
- Check out Ikea in Schaumburg. We bought the Expedit bookcase for our basement toy room (may be a little big for what you are looking for), but they have tons of diffe...
- Hi L., I also rotate once a month (on the 1st). I'd say if they are from their first year (baby toys) you'd be safe in getting rid of them. I probably need to take m...
Outdoor Wooden Playset for Toddler
Asked by K.C. from Evansville
on January 26, 2010
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My son will be turning 2 in April and I am wanting an outdoor wooden playset for him this summer. I have been looking at the Gorilla playsets. Any experience with th...
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- We got a Rainbow - if you ever move, you can move it with you; and it is easy to add additional "big kid" things like monkey bars, and you can switch out toddler bucke...
- My son turned 2 last January and we installed a playset during the summer. He needed some help (confidence) to play on it some of the time but he enjoyed it. I would...
- We got ours from Cosco. It was $1200.00 and worth every penny! It's not like the rainbow brand that has just the tent on top, ours has an actual little house with a ro...
Toy Storaqe
Asked by A.M. from Chicago
on October 21, 2008
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Even though my son is only 6 months old I hate seeing his toys all piled up in the corner. I'm looking for some organization ideas on toy storage in the family living ...
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- I have 4 daughters so I can relate to clutter. What we just bought were the new storage things that Target carries-they are a brand called itso. You can configure th...
- We have two baskets/trunks from Pier 1 that we love. One is smaller that we keep in my duaghter's room and the other is a pretty big one for our family room. It hold...
- We have several of these canvas bins from The Land of Nod. http://www.landofnod.com/family.aspx?c=106&f=957&pc=16 They are about eight dollars each, and just gen...
Toy Organization
Asked by K.M. from Syracuse
on January 6, 2008
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How do you all organize your kids toys? What do you do with the toys that come with several parts? For example I got my 1 year old the busy gears for Christmas. It has...
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- Hi Kathy, I have 2 kids with tons of toys as well. I made them wooden boxes that I painted myself (that's what I do - it's my business) I let them choose the charact...
- The worst part?? If you get too organized, you might end up with someone like my daughter... She NEVER loses pieces to anything....and then I can't justify to her ge...
- Hi There, We went and bought rubber maid storage containers in all different sizes. We labeled them with magic marker. We have one for all of their blocks, one for ...
Seeking Advice on a Wooden Playset
Asked by M.G. from Chattanooga
on May 1, 2008
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I am wanting to purchase a nice Wooden Playset for my 2 1/2 year old son. Have any of you recently purchased one? I did not realize how expensive they were. I do no...
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- My husband built our last year. It was a lot cheaper to do it this way. I think it saved us almost $400 and that was for the cheapest one. My cousin actually builds...
- We got ours at Home Depot and it was $1,100. It is very well made and is sealed so there are no splinters. You can pay to have it built if you want to but my husband...
- We purchased the big wooden play system from Sam's Club two summers ago and my kids (now 4 and 2) LOVE it! It has 3 swings, a rock wall, a little playhouse part, a sli...
Wooden Swing Sets
Asked by A. from Chicago
on May 16, 2008
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I am wondering if anyone has a wooden swingset that they recommend. I have been researching reviews for several weeks now and have narrowed it down (and I will keep to...
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- My husband made our sons from scratch. Getting a name brand you are just buying the name. You said your husband is handy, just get the plans on line or buy a book th...
- We have the one from Costco which we found out is a company of rainbow so it's a win-win!! It is bigger and better this year. We don't live super close to one but boug...
- They have a great one at CostCo right now - it's $1400 in the store with your membership card, so a good $600 cheaper than the cheapest Rainbow set. We've been resear...
