TDmonthly's September Staff Picks Little kids can don a high-quality cape to become a big hero, toss a golden coin to solve sibling conflict, or paint their nails with polish that's as "natural as mud."...
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TDmonthly's September Staff Picks Little kids can don a high-quality cape to become a big hero, toss a golden coin to solve sibling conflict, or paint their nails with polish that's as "natural as mud."...
9/1/2009
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My Best Sellers: The Tutoring Toy At The Tutoring Toy in Salt Lake City, Utah, Owners Diane and Bill Sartain believe that “play is the work of children...
Video Review: Watch Kids Build a House The four Flamenco brothers spent a Sunday afternoon constructing a playhouse with the Zinkotek building system. Aided by their foreperson, Aunt Elba, the boys astounded themselves...
5/1/2009
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Holiday Preview - Apparel, Costumes & Accessories There’s always room for play in a child’s wardrobe, right? With princess gowns, fairy wings, pirate gear and adorable little socks for infants, there should be no shortage of opportunities for fashion flair and creative play this Christmas...
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Costumes and Apparel In February 2009, TDmonthly Magazine spoke with 52 specialty retailers around the country about their sales of dress up, costumes and children's apparel...
4/1/2009
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PlayTown Mats™ Map the Way to Fun When Sam R. Harkreader was told his line of PlayTown Mats™ couldn’t be made in the United States, he saw a challenge. As he works to keep his cost margins down, he told TDmonthly Magazine, he’s “almost ready to jump up and down and claim victory.”...
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In This Issue You’ve nearly made it through the first quarter of a year burdened by recession and challenged by the implementation of new safety standards … so keep trekking!...
Halloween: Tattoos for "Boos" It's one thing to wear a Frankenstein mask, but how much better to flaunt fake scars over real kid skin...
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Make Halloween Hip While children are searching for witches and ghosts in the uniquely interactive Spooky Night book from InnovativeKids, Positive Spin Press has given a new face to the eerie holiday:...
Are Educational Toys Educational? Just how effective are educational toys? Some argue that children learn more during pretend-play time than with structured educational products...
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Get This Boy a Hat My search for “dress-up” hats for my son has led me, rather reluctantly, to the Internet. Sadly, 2 year olds can´t get enthusiastic about choosing a new hat from photos the size of postage stamps on a computer screen...
10/1/2005
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TDmonthly’s Top 10 Most Wanted Spy Toys! Playing spy never goes out of style; each generation discovering a new icon. But the toys we play with get more and more sophisticated...
Picky Eaters? No Problem! As pretend play food products become more unique than ever before, picky eaters may be a thing of the past - at least during play time...
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High Fashion Haunting with InCharacter Costumes In 2004, Chuck Martinez and Bob Pickens, two men with already long careers in the thriving Halloween industry, teamed up to launch InCharacter Costumes...
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Style Paige™, LLC was founded in July 2008 to meet a unique need for creative play in the toy market for girls, primarily ages 5-13. The company's primary product line includes Shailie™, a fashion designer system of extensive mix-and-match dress-up clothes pieces and accessories that empower girls' creativity. With Shailie™, girls design, create and wear their own fashions. Shailie™ promotes interactive play among a variety of ages and the possibilities for creativity and fashion fun are endless... More information on STYLE PAIGE LLC products.
