Tag Archives: Toys

Old Skateboards Converted into Toys

Old Skateboards Converted into Toys

Portland-based artist Jason Greene makes toys and furniture out of old skateboards. These buses are very cool and he’s only charging $25 a piece (plus shipping)  Only two are available as of this posting. So you gotta move fast!  He also makes chairs, yo-yo’s and tops. This is one of those times when sifting through [...]

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This is a Great Toy: Moonbeam Jar

Would you like to swing on a jar? Or carry moonbeams home in jar. And now you can! Thanks to this cool solar-powered toy. This is a Great Toy – Moon Jar

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Little Tikes Cozy Coup outsells any other car.

  457,000 of these little suckers were sold in 2008. That’s a whole lot of molded plastic being churned out at a rate of one car per minute. At least it gets good mileage. Earlier this month, the toy car was inducted into  the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland.  Little Tikes Cozy Coupe via the Chicago Tribune

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Sit ‘N Spin on this.

An adult size Sit ‘N Spin.  The North Carolina-based artist James True dedicated this work to “everyone who ever told me to sit and spin over the years.” James True via Thingamababy.

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I’m not thirsty anymore, can we play?

If you’re gonna drink your beverages out of a plastic bottle, then why not reuse that bottle for some construction fun? Y Water is totally organic, and comes in four flavors: Brain Water, Bone Water, Muscle Water, and Immune Water. I could probably use a little of each.  When you’re done, you can reuse the bottle as [...]

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Making Paper Houses and Painting Circuits – Bare Conductive

Making Paper Houses and Painting Circuits – Bare Conductive. I came across this safe, non-toxic paint at this year’s NYC [...]

littleBits: EZ Electronics for Kids

littleBits: EZ Electronics for Kids

This electronics kit requires no soldiering and is a perfect way to introduce kids to electronics. The components are designed [...]

Reality is Magical Too! Take That Unicorns!

Reality is Magical Too! Take That Unicorns!

Leave it to an evolutionary biologist to pen a children’s book that describes the “magic of reality”. In the video [...]

Susie Brings Books: 6 Space Books for Aspiring Astronauts

Susie Brings Books: 6 Space Books for Aspiring Astronauts

This is the second in a series of videos with children’s librarian extraordinaire Susie Heimbach, from the Mulberry St. branch [...]