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Beat Boredom By Building With K’NEX Mighty Makers #IAmAMightyMaker #Giveaways #TMMGG2015
K’NEX has a great reputation as a quality toy brand with educational potential for boys and girls who like to build. I always see their kits fully built out and tricked out inside toy store windows. I love some of the amusement park constructions and the more elaborate roller coaster builds are incredible. So, when K’NEX invited me to become a member of the K’NEX Blogger Network I was happy to join and test-drive the newest toys. Even I would welcome one of these K’NEX kits to build with. It’s fun for adults too. We received K’NEX Mighty Makers Home Designer kit to get started playing with a couple of weeks…
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Kick Flipper For the Wannabe Skateboarder in Your Life #TMMGG2015
I love toys that can be used both indoors and out. This KickFlipper lends itself to both indoor and outdoor play. Plus it’s pretty safe, in fact safer than an actual skateboard. We received this KickFlipper by Plasmart in September. My younger daughter claimed it immediately. She is always asking to take her skateboard to school, which we don’t let her do because there are too many opportunities for someone to get hurt or trip over her skateboard. The KickFlipper has no wheels and is perfect for practicing balance and flips anywhere. My daughter took this one to school to play with at recess. I’m okay with that because the…
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Halloween Printable Activity Package #Halloween
Happy Halloween!! Pumpkins, and candy and skeletons!! Oh my. There’s nothing quite like Halloween to bring out the kid in all of us. I started decorating the moment the cool new toys from Hallmark arrived here. Do you have some special decorations up yet? Do you go all out? Do you simply feature a few small decorations? Some people in our new neighbourhood go all out with haunted houses and front foyers spilling out smoke onto the street for full effect! I love that. So do the kids. You know what else I love? A Free Halloween printables package – like this one! This year I wanted to share this…
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Vex Robotics Hexcalator Construction Set Review: Perfect Gifts for the Science Girl or Boy on Your List #TMMGG2015
I am thrilled to share this first entry in my 2015 Thrifty Momma’s Tips Holiday Gift Guide. The Vex Robotics Hexcalator Construction Kit is the perfect toy for the science guy or gal on your list this year. But be warned this toy/ science and robotics kit is challenging, in a good way, so stick to the recommendations around age limits so your little one is not frustrated. This science, technology, engineering and math construction set will eventually become a series of ramps, pullies, planes, inclines and rotating wheels that lift and move the eight balls that come with the set. It is essentially a small robotic escalator that also…
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Be a Child Again with Hallmark Halloween Toys #Giveaway #LoveHallmarkCA
Every year Halloween promises to turn me back into a child again. Just as it does for many kids of all ages. Oh, I don’t get all dressed up or crazy about the holiday, but there’s something universally appealing about outfitting your house with fun toys and decorations. Hallmark has some extremely adorable offerings as gifts or decorations for your own home. This year I wanted to share some of the best new Hallmark Halloween toys. This year I have to tell you how much fun I am having with these. When a box of Hallmark Halloween toys arrives well that puts a smile on your face that ought to…
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Get The Kids OutSide with These Gravity-Defying Pump Rocket Toys – Air Archer, Bungee Blast and Night Shotz
You know how it’s challenging to sometimes get the kids outside to play? Well, I have a tween and a teen and these days Minecraft and Pinterest absorb most of their attention when not doing schoolwork. It’s tricky to encourage them to get outside sometimes. Even in the midst of some of the nicest weather ever this summer, well all they wanted to do was play on their iPads, or iPods or computers. So, when toys like Air Archer and Bungee Blast and this awesome Pump Rocket Jump Rocket LED Nightshotz showed up I knew exactly what we’d do with them. I threw them in the van for the drive…
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Thrifty Momma’s Tips 2015 Holiday Gift Guide is Now Accepting Submissions #TMMGG2015
Do you have a product you are looking to boost this season? Does your IT Toy need some buzz? Do you want to see your toy, or item, shared with millions? Good news. I have the solution. Every year Thrifty Momma’s Tips Holiday Gift Guide generates millions of impressions. Oh sure, I know it’s September, but soon enough the snow will fly and the holidays will be in full swing. I have already received a few Holiday gift guide submission inquiries in the last month, so in response to those I have prepared a few guidelines and thoughts on what I will and won’t accept here for consideration in the annual…
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Tweet Up a Storm With Little Live Pets #Giveaways
I’ve had my eye on these Little Live Pets for quite a long time now. When I heard they had owls available I was hoping to get one for the girls. Their old school mascot was an owl. And really who doesn’t love owls? They are quirky and fun. These talking pets are hours of awesome. Just place them in your palm and listen to the adorable songs. We received Nightstar Owl mother and Baby and Little Live Pets Tweet Talking Birds. I also have one Tweet Talking Cockatoo Bird to gift to one lucky reader too, so pay attention to the rules at end of this post. Little Live…
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Take Aim with Zing Firetek Zeon Bow Set and a Unicorn Popper #SweetSuite
If you are looking for toys that aim to delight, look no further than the Unicorn Popper by Hog Wild and the Zing Firetek Zeon Bow set. A couple of weeks ago the Zing Firetek Zeon Bow set arrived here and I was waiting for the perfect chance to unleash it on the kids. That chance was this last weekend when my niece and nephews visited. We had a glorious weekend swimming and visiting and spent hours in the pool one day and honestly just needed to get them out to take a little break. The promise of a new toy was just the thing to get them in the shade…
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Water Balloons That Work – Bunch O Balloons Water Balloons by Zuru #BBNYC #SweetSuite15
One of my children gets something in her head and she’s completely fixated on making it happen. This has been the story of our summer. We went shopping in late June at Sears Outlet in our city and she spied a water balloon device and had to have it, so I bought the thing. We planned a fun afternoon out and kept it for when the older cousins came over and guess what? It didn’t work. Not even close. It was missing a part or something and I was mad and she was frustrated. Dad even tried to fix it (remember this was a brand new toy made by Discovery Toys)…