Games for Children 3 to 8
Trash wrapping paper rolls to cheap toys on the fly
Submitted by wendy on January 2, 2009 - 7:22pm.
Feeling bad about the ten rolls of gift wrap you blew through this past holiday? Well, make up for your global destructiveness by tossing those empty wrapping paper tubes to the kids for oodles of quick cheap thrills. Marie from awe-inspiring family site Make and Takes has put together a fun little list of clever ideas for upcycling those empty wrapping paper rolls.
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A fun way to get a little extra joy from those holiday cards
Submitted by wendy on January 2, 2009 - 4:03pm.
Amy from Let's Explore has a simple yet grand idea for repurposing all those holiday cards into a fun activity for young kids. She's provided a fast and easy tutorial on how to make a "Christmas Card Puzzle Game". I can't wait to make a set or two of these puzzle cards for my own 2 year old daughter. It's such a basic, clean matching/puzzle idea that I know my detail obsessed little girl is going to go crazy over.
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All revved up over the new Princess Katie & Racer Steve DVD
Submitted by wendy on December 10, 2008 - 8:24am.I received a yellow envelope in the mail the other day. Not knowing what was inside and feeling like a kid at Christmas I tore it open and to my excitement pulled out the brand spankin' new Princess Katie & Racer Steve DVD "Revved Up & Ready to Rock".
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New Disney site helps techno-challenged parents and no Fable 2 isn't a cutesy fairytale inspired RPG
Submitted by wendy on December 4, 2008 - 1:36pm.
According to a recent Wired article, "Disney conducted a recent survey of 11,500 parents about their kids' technology habits, which provided some interesting results: because children are being exposed to technology at younger ages, it seems some parents are struggling to keep up. The parents are unsure what gadgets are age appropriate and confused about how to keep their kids safe online."
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