TDmonthly's ToyFair 2006 Preview--Personalized Product Category

My Dog Scrapbook by BOWWOWMEOW

Celebrate a dog by creating a treasured memory album. Add personal photographs, drawings, stories and more. The scrapbook kit Includes a fabric covered scrapbook, colorful papers, stickers, deckled edge scissors, glue stick, double sided tape, markers and blank pages. All of materials are acid-free, ensuring a long life for the book. This product is a 2008 National Parenting Center Seal of Approval Award winner. 9/27/2007 (Price: $21.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

DIY Cross by OUR NAME IS MUD INC.

Create a beautiful keepsake to commemorate a new birth, baptism or christening. Both girl and boy angels are available, and the back of the cross has a special place where gift givers can inscribe the cross with the date and their name. Launch date: Spring 2008. 9/27/2007 (Price: $22.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

DIY Thanksgiving Platter by OUR NAME IS MUD INC.

Kids can write names and draw pictures on the 13” hand-painted platter. Place the plate in the oven for 35 minutes to seal in the words and images and make the plate food and dishwasher safe. Launch date: Fall 2007. 9/27/2007 (Price: $41.25) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Baby's Journey by TERRA TRADITIONS

Detail all of a baby’s first special moments in the pages of this acid-free, fully archival book. Record anything from the baby’s the first Ultrasound to the first birthday. The book is also available in a Swarovski crystal version, with an MSRP of $69.95.This book is an iParenting Media Award winner for Best Baby Book of 2007. 9/27/2007 (Price: $49.95)

Ballerina Belly Bear Personalized Ornament by DEB & CO.

The personalized ornament measures 3-1/2” in height and 2” in width. It is completely handmade and constructed of polymer clay. 9/18/2007 (Price: $9.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Personalized Tooth Fairy Pillow by WHITEPIGEON ENTERPRISES LLC

Your Tooth Fairy Pillow™ can be personalized with the child's initials embroidered on the pocket sleeve, allowing for the gift to the child to be even more special and loving. Personalization is available for both boys and girls. 9/11/2007 (Price: $29.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Bear With Sweatshirt by HERRINGTON TEDDY BEAR COMPANY

This 13” floppy-style bear is available with your choice of an embroidered name drop on its hooded sweatshirt. The sweatshirt is available in 21 distinct colors, and the teddy bear is available in either old-fashioned honey-colored fur or pink chrislon fur. Lettering is available in six different font styles and eight different colors. “All of our plush teddy bears are designed and handcrafted to insure the highest quality and consumer appeal. They all come with a free certificate of authenticity,” President Chris Herrington of Herrington Teddy Bear Company told TDmonthly. Launch date: August 2007. 8/16/2007 (Price: $20.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Marvel Personalized Music CD by KIDS JUKE BOX

This personalized CD will be a keepsake forever. It has the child’s name sung into the lyrics more than 40 times, with his or her favorite characters from Marvel Heroes™. It’s the perfect gift for any occasion; just watch a child’s face light up as they sing along. “Each one of our CDs has more than 4,000 names available in any spelling on one single CD. We leave the guessing game out of selling personalized products. The customers take the CD home, choose the name they want to have on the CD and minutes later, the CD is finished. No special equipment [is] needed by the retailer,” Brian Davis of Kids’ Juke Box told TDmonthly. 8/7/2007 (Price: $19.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Classic Folding Rocking Chair by HOOHOBBERS INTL

The classic Hoohobbers Folding Rocking Chair is lightweight, so children can drag or carry it around the house — or outdoors — to have their special seat wherever they want. It becomes part of their playtime. When personalized, it becomes a treasured childhood heirloom. The frame is made of solid poly-propylene and the seats are adult-weight canvas or mesh. The chair folds for storage or easy transport. It is available in seven colors. 7/6/2007 (Price: $48.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Dora the Explorer Coloring T-shirt by KOVAC ENTERPRISES

This t-shirt-coloring kit includes one t-shirt and five markers. Pre-printed with one of three Dora images, the shirts come ready for instant coloring fun. The t-shirt sizes are 4, 5, 6 and 6x. Go Diego Go! and SpongeBob SquarePants versions are also available. 6/18/2007 (Price: $9.99)

Dora the Explorer Mug and Marker Set by KOVAC ENTERPRISES

With this mug and marker set, kids can create their very own Dora mug by following three simple steps. The first is to polish the mug with tissue paper; the second is to color the image on the mug with the marker; and the third is to polish the mug again after waiting one minute. A SpongeBob SquarePants version is also available. 6/18/2007 (Price: $4.99)

Care Bears "Music for Me" by KIDS JUKE BOX

This personalized music CD features songs about a child and his or her favorite Care Bear. It is sold like any other product and personalized at home by the customer in just seconds. Each CD represents thousands of names in ANY spelling. No special equipment or mass amounts of inventory are required. Each of the eight personalized songs will hold the child’s attention unlike any other music CD on the market. It is professionally written and recorded to entertain and inspire any child. Launch date: April 2007. 2/23/2007 (Price: $14.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

"My Name" Personalized Gifts by JOHN HINDE LTD.

The family of "My Name" products includes the following: Mugs, Keyrings, Drink Bottles, Piggy Banks, Door Plaques, Picture Frames, Gifted Bears, Gel Pens, Natural Crystals and Something Forever Jewelry.
— The baby mugs, children’s mugs and key chains in this line are best sellers at Clever Kids Toy Shop in Rochester, Minn., Owner Michelle Beyer told TDmonthly in late 2007. 2/9/2007 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

DIY Classic Mug by OUR NAME IS MUD INC.

The 16-oz. Do-It-Yourself Classic Mug is perfect for kids of all ages (some supervision required) to commemorate a birthday or graduation, or just to show love to someone special. It ships with a ceramic pen that works like a marker; mistakes can be removed with a damp sponge. Once signatures are dry, kids, with the help of their parents, can fire their mugs in a home oven at 300 degrees for 35 minutes. It's permanent and dishwasher, microwave and food safe, and comes in purple and green. Launch date: Spring 2006. 10/25/2006 (Price: $22.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Keep It Together Clip Board by AUSTIN-ABBOTT INC.

The Keep It Together Clipboard comes in hot tropical colors that tweens love. It has a handle at the base and opens up for fabulous storage. The clip on the front keeps papers in place. It measures 15-¼” x 10” x 2” 9/19/2006

Paint Pens by AUSTIN-ABBOTT INC.

These Paint Pens are xylene-free, which means they're safer for kids and everyone else, too. They’re available in assorted packs of 15 ... one of each color in medium or fine points. One point size is included per assortment. “Austin-Abbott is celebrating almost 37 years of business in 2006,” co-owner Roxanne Rebarber shared with TDmonthly. 9/19/2006

Alphabet by THAT'S ME PUBLISHING

That’s Me Publishing’s pending process uses incredibly simple software to enable your customers to personalize and print their own children’s books at home. Everything is included in the kit: covers, paper, binding coil, software and directions. In “Alphabet,” a child gives his friend, Frog, a storybook for his birthday. The child teaches Frog to read his new book by finding the letters of the alphabet in the world around Frog’s pond and then in the names of the child’s family and friends. Frog learns quickly. He shows his skill by identifying the letter that begins the child’s name. “Our Alphabet Personalized Book Kit works well for specialty toy retailers because it represents a personalized product where shoppers will always find the name they are looking for, since the simple software in the kit allows any name up to 16 letters,” Mary Dwyer of That’s Me Publishing told TDmonthly. 9/19/2006

Lap Tray by AUSTIN-ABBOTT INC.

The Lap Tray is a colorful plastic tray with side pockets for storage. It’s ideal as a lap desk for homework, snacks and more. Retailers create beautiful designs on this practical and profitable tray. They can even be creative, fill the pockets and then wrap for a wonderful, personalized gift. The Lap Tray is great for all ages from toddler to Grandma. 8/22/2006

Busy Box Fun Pack by AUSTIN-ABBOTT INC.

The Busy Box Fun Pack is a bright plastic storage bin with a sliding chalkboard top. It comes complete with chalk, sponge eraser, coloring books, crayon and pencils. Retailers can personalize the bin and the frame for a unique gift item that is useful and fun. It’s ideal to take on a road trip. The Busy Box provides hours of back seat entertainment and enjoyment.
— “It’s made in beautiful colors … [and] provides hours of creative play with the enclosed components or without! It’s excellent to take on the go,” Roxanne Rebarber of Austin-Abbott Inc. told TDmonthly. 8/22/2006

Ornaments by GIFT GIANT

These resin Holiday Ornaments are designed to be personalized. The items become one of a kind when a name is added. 8/22/2006 (Price: $9.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Piggy Bank by GIFT GIANT

These hand-painted piggy banks are among Gift Giant’s most popular. The custom handpainting sets these piggy banks apart from others in the market. They can easily be personalized for customers on the spot, using a paintpen. 8/22/2006 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Personalized Children's Educational Program by ME A-Z

Each child creates his or her own program. Their pictures are uploaded for the Intro, their names are referred to  throughout the text, and they choose from more than 360 graphics and ideas to describe themselves, such as, "Aa: You are Artistic" or "Athletic" or "Awesome" and "Bb: You enjoy Books" or "Ballet" or "Baseball". They can choose a pre-made corresponding sentence or create their own. There is an audio element, which lists the phonetics of each letter and their choices, along with the full alphabet song. Their names and their uploaded pictures are featured throughout. 8/1/2006

Gift Wrap by THE GIFT WRAP COMPANY

Exciting colors and animated characters take center stage on these gift wraps. Retailers can choose among confetti bows in five different finishes, curlys, curling and multi-channel ribbon or high-quality fabric ribbon. Cards, stickers and tags are also available. 7/25/2006 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Gift Wrap by GLITTERWRAP

Glitterwrap features a beautiful selection of wrapping paper inspired by artists from around the world. 7/25/2006

Gift Wrap by ROBERT H. HAM STORE FIXTURES

These gift wraps for infants range from delicate pastel Baby Gingham bears, Baby Dots and Baby Blocks to funny Hop To It frogs and the Little Bear Garden. Balloon Celebration, Safari, and Stars and Streamers in bold, bright colors are suitable for children. Solid colored paper comes in a range of hues from Navy Ultra Gloss to White Linen to Gold Metallic and is appropriate for any age. 7/25/2006 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]