Wooden Toys
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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 ...
Toy Ideas for 1 Year Old Who Doesn't like "Toys"
Asked by A.K. from Minneapolis
on August 11, 2010
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My little guy turns 1 in a couple of weeks and I'm racking my brain on what to get him. Thanks to his older brother, we have a house full of toys, but what my little o...
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- I would honestly say dont get him anything. It sounds like you have tons around the house anyways! He will never remember. :) Go for a fun family outing to commemor...
- If that is not his thing, then that is not his thing. each kid, is different. No need to get him 'toys' if he is not into it, nor yet. My kids liked 'real' things...
- What about a ride on toy? Our sons ride on toys are always a hit at parties where other little ones are attending.
Where I Can Find Thomas the Tank Engine Toys (Wooden Line) at DEEP Discounts??
Asked by R.S. from New York
on April 18, 2011
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Hello fab mamas!
Well, my question is basically in my subject. My toddler has fallen in love with the series and unlike his previous obsessions, his love for Thomas...
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- Ebay, www.kidswoot.com (often has specials), Marshall's and TJ Maxx (sometimes have closeout items), Target (is much cheaper than specialty shops that carry the line)....
- I used to work at Totally Thomas Toy Depot here in San Diego and they have a pretty good selection of the whole line. Hence the name. Anyways you might try them on l...
- my friend bought hers at deep discounts from michaels using their 40% off coupons.......besides craigslist check out bookoo.com
Broken Toys
Asked by L.J. from Chicago
on November 18, 2011
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Hi Ladies,
Have a question in broken toy etiquette. We had a dinner date with a new family in the area whose young man is the same age ours is. Well the boys had ...
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- Put away any toys you don't want broken. that is rule number one. you will have to suck it up this time around but I think in future I would have play dates away fro...
- Since our kids were very young, with ANY playdate... we PUT AWAY any toys or belongings, that we do not want touched or broken or whatever. And we explain to our kid...
- First, my toy etiquette is "put away toys that are off-limits". This is generally the toy etiquette for kids when they want to reserve their 'special' toys:if you don'...
Wooden Play Structure Vs. Metal Swing Set?
Asked by J.R. from San Diego
on January 11, 2010
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We're thinking about buying a wooden play structure for our backyard, but a friend of mine who has one says that the wood attracts a lot of spiders. She said that if ...
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- I know what she means about the wood, so I chose metal patio furniture. Guess what? Yep, it still gets spider webs--and black widow webs at that! However, I have NEVE...
- We used to have a wooden one and it never had spiders. Don't get metal because it rusts and corrodes and that makes it dangerous.
- I have had both a metal swingset and now a wooden one. I found that spiders are on both. The amount depend on where you live. Most of the time the spiders aren't going...
Toy Chest Vs. Toy Storage Organzer
Asked by T.T. from Dallas
on April 27, 2008
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I am planning on buy two toy boxs for our home one for the living room (toy box)
and another for the play room. She has a large and I do mean large shelf unit in t...
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- We had shelves for our girls with boxes/cans covered with cute contact paper to hold the little stuff. We labeled the boxes/cans so they knew what belonged in them. W...
- They make the toy organizers that don't have removable bins. My daughter had one. It was great. I agree with the other moms, definately choose the organizer. I used th...
- I am all for the toy organizer so that she can see what she is wanting to get and doesn't pull 18 things out to get to one. As for dumping all the bins, she is not t...
Wood Swing Sets
Asked by M.L. from New York
on May 28, 2008
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I'm in the market for a wood swing set for my 2 1/2 year old daughter......the prices vary so much from store to store....has anyone recently purchased one? Any sugges...
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- try Adventure Playsets Sam's club and Walmart carries them.
- My sister just purchased one from Walmart for like $400. A nice wooden one. I would go with one from there, you'll spend way more at Toys R' Us.
- M., a girlfriend of mine purchased a wooden one from i believe it was lowe's but it may have been home depot, and my children and i spend many hours at her house usin...
Educational Toys
Asked by H.J. from Spokane
on August 13, 2011
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Besides Lakeshore learning, melissa and doug and discovery toys does anyone know of any other good educational toy brands?
Im not looking for fisher price or anything...
Disinfecting a Wood Furniture
Asked by D.K. from Dallas
on November 26, 2011
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Hello ladies,
Anyone have any tips to disinfect a floor model mahogany wood chest? I do not want to use any strong bleach. Would 7th generation disinfecting wipes ...
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- with my daycare, I spray Lysol on all doors & knobs. ???
- What are you disinfecting aginst? Scarlet fever will need something different than the flu...
- I can't think of any reason to disinfect a piece of furniture so now I am totally curious. If it is just dirty from being in someones barn or something I would use Mur...
Table & Chairs - Wood or Plastic
Asked by B.R. from Salt Lake City
on November 20, 2010
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I'm planning on buying my 18 month old a chair and table set for Christmas. Which would be better wood or plastic.... the price varies quite a bit. Any recommendations...
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- We went with a miniature card table set for our kids and love it! I got it at Big Lots for around $20. It's nice because it folds and goes away easily, but has safet...
- We have had both, I personally prefer the little tykes picnic style table. We have 2 in different sizes. NO chairs to push in/out, trip over, fall over, easy to wip...
- At about 18 months old we purchased a table/chair set for our twins. I opted for the plastic kind because I knew they cleaned up really easy - and I was right! A bab...
