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Fun Kids Crafts for a Rainy Day

Rainy days giving your kids the blues? Tania, over at the Trying to Conceive blog, provides us with a wonderful guest post, to brighten your kids day up with Fun Kids Crafts for a Rainy Day.

Keeping small kids happy and entertained can be a bit of a challenge on a rainy day! I am sure that every mother has been through days where the whole family is desperate to leave the house, and boredom is making the kids whiney and hyperactive. These days tend to be days where mom is a little short of inspiration too, at least in my experience. Wouldn’t it be great if you had some fun crafts to pull out, just like that? These are some ideas for fun things to do when staying home is your only option.

Free Child Safety Kit

24 pages of child safety guidance for us parents. Keep your children safe with a free Child Safety Kit from the Polly Klass Foundation.

"The Child Safety Kit shows you how to teach your children:

* Which strangers to ask for help when no trusted adults are available.

* How to recognize dangerous situations.

* How to respond to those dangerous situations correctly.

Also included in the 24 page Kit is special information on:

* Special no-scare methods for each age group.

* Recording your child's fingerprints in the privacy of your home.

* Sampling and storing your child's DNA in your own home."

The Child Safety Kit is available worldwide, residents of the USA can get a free hard print copy, while residents outside of the US can download the safety kit.

Choosing The Best Toys For Your Children

Guest Post: Choosing The Best Toys For Your Children by Eric Waters.

With seemingly thousands of new toys introduced each year it can sometimes be rather daunting trying to decide which ones are the best choice for your child. Here are some tips and guidelines for parents that hopefully prove helpful the next time you're shopping for new toys for your children.

One of the most important factors to consider when purchasing toys is age appropriateness. The manufacturer-provided age guidelines on toys are generally a good guideline to start with. Toddlers and children up to around a year old typically do well with toys that are engaging to their senses. Toys that are bright and colorful are especially appropriate. In addition toys that provide tactile response and/or produce sounds make suitable playthings for children within this age group.

Toys R Us Geoffrey's Free Birthday Card Club

Make your child's special day more memorable when you sign them up for the Toys R Us Geoffrey's Free Birthday Card Club.

Register your children ages 1 to 10 for the Geoffrey's Free Birthday Card Club and each year when their birthday rolls around they'll receive a birthday card by mail, with a surprise gift of a $3 gift card. You can also choose to have a phone call from Geoffrey on the special date.

Make sure that when you take your child to Toys R Us to use their $3 gift card, you stop by the service desk. They will give the birthday boy or girl a birthday crown, Geoffrey balloon and make a store announcement letting everyone know it's your child's birthday.

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Money Bunny – Teach Kids To Save and Manage Money

Money Bunny is a helpful website to offer kids a place to play, while teaching them to be smart about planning, saving, and spending their money.

There are printables for your children to print out and color, an online paint program where the picture can also be printed out (painted or blank to color) and storybooks the you can download and save to your computer, along with an audio file of the story. The theme behind all of these is that they help your kids learn about being good money managers.

There are also resources for us adults. "Learn how to start the conversation about money with your kids, explore storybook podcasts with your kids, and find answers to commonly asked questions in the kids and money Q-and-A section."

Teachers can also introduce financial education into the classroom with Money Bunny resources and lesson plans to teach your class how to wisely plan, save, and spend money.

You can also read success stories or share you own children's success stories about being good money managers.

A nice job done by Money Bunny in their efforts to promote financial literacy among youth.

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Online Storytime by Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble has a neat feature at their website called Online Storytime, where your children can enjoy stories online, every month. Each month they feature a new popular kids story, with pan-and-scan filming of the picture book and narration provided by well-known authors and celebrities.

“Parents and children can now experience the same excitement and fun found in our in-store B&N Storytimes in the comfort of their own homes with our new Online Storytime,” said Rachel Jarrett, Director of Kids and Lifestyle Products for Barnes & Noble.com.

This month's (August 2010) featured story is "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," read out loud by the author Judith Viorst. You have options to pause the story and to create a full-screen window of the stories illustrations.

Make sure you take advantage of this wonderful program for children by bookmarking Online Storytime by Barnes & Noble and check back each month for a new story.

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Win a Family Getaway to Beaches Resort in Turks & Caicos or Jamaica

How does a nice family getaway to Beaches Resort in Turks & Caicos or Jamaica sound to you? Sounds relaxing to me.

I haven't posted any sweepstakes lately as I only like to post family related or children related sweepstakes and just haven't found anything outstanding lately.

The YoKids® Real Food, Real Fun Sweepstakes, sponsored by Beaches Resorts and KIWI, is offering you a chance to win the grand prize of a luxury-included 4 day/3 night family vacation for 2 adults and 2 children (ages 15 and under) to any Beaches Resort in Turks & Caicos or Jamaica.

The luxury-included Beaches Resort package includes "deluxe accommodations, all meals, unlimited premium brand beverages, daily and nightly entertainment, all land and water sports, including scuba diving (for certified divers), snorkeling, gratuities, and transfers to and from the designated airport".

You also have a chance to win one of the 15 first prizes — a YoKids® backpack. The sweepstakes ends at 11:59:59 PM EST on December 31, 2010 and is limited to one entry per person/email address per day.

Good luck to all!!!

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Free Borders Kids’ Event – The Adventures of OOK and GLUK 8/14/10

Make sure you stop by Borders on August 14, 2010 at 2 pm for The Adventures of OOK and GLUK kids’ event. Borders is calling all kids to party like Ook and Gluk, the zany caveboy characters in Dav Pilkey's upcoming book, "The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-fu Cavemen from the Future."

Join in on the fun with activities, giveaways and more. As per the Border's press release, "These store parties will find kids enjoying an Ook and Gluk read-aloud-and-discussion, trivia challenge and comic book making activity. In addition, there will be samples of delicious treats from the Seattle's Best Coffee cafe served at the parties." Events and details vary by store.

As always with these store events, make sure you call your local Borders to see if they are participating. To find a store that's hosting an Adventures of OOK and GLUK kids' event, visit Borders.com and click on the Store Finder tab.

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Disney Store Kids Event – Make Perry the Platypus 8/14/10

Visit your local Disney Store on 8/14/10 to make a Perry the Platypus Inaction Figure.

Perry the Platypus is the pet platypus for the Flynn-Fletcher family, from the animated kids television series Phineas and Ferb. Perry lives a double life as a crime-fighting secret agent working for the "Organization Without a Cool Acronym" (The O.W.C.A.), going by the codename "Agent P." He reports to his superior, Major Monogram, via telecast in his large, high-tech, underground hideout.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Session 1: 11:00 am
Session 2: 1:00 pm

Minimum age for participation is 3 years. Event subject to change or cancellation without notice. Make sure you call your local store to confirm participation. For further details, click Make Perry the Platypus or the above image and then click on "upcoming events" in the middle of the Disney Store website.

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Two Free Children's E-book - "Mimi Volume One" and "Busy Book for Kids"

Here are two cute children's e-books that you can download for free on your computer.

The first e-book, "Mimi volume one, a picture story book for young boys and girls," is a fun collection of stories suitable for young children and silly adults. Follow Mimi with her mom and dad, as she makes every day into an adventure, exploring the world and imagining all the fun possibilities around.

Mimi volume one is in black and white and I liked that I was able to print out pages (you can print out the whole book or individual pages) and then the kids get to color them.

You can download this free children's e-book over at http://www.drhowey.com or by clicking the direct link here: Mimi Volume One

The second children's e-book is Busy Book for Kids and has 35 fun activities to keep your kids busy. Inside you will find many different ideas families can do together that are inexpensive and free. You'll find great ideas for indoor activities, outdoor activities and travelling activities.

Happy reading!!

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Free National Geographic Kids Book of Fun

Get the National Geographic Kids Small Book of Fun and the Big Book of Fun for Free.

Inside the Small Book of Fun you will find the Fun Fact Challenge, Silly Sudsey Story, Maze, Fun Frozen Facts and more. The Small Book of Fun is available free of charge by download on the National Geographic Kids website.

You can also get a Free National Geographic Kids Book of Fun through the mail. At the end of the Small Book of Fun, you will find a mail in form. Fill in the form with mailing address and 4 UPC codes from any Popsicle Product 18-count or larger, any Skippy Peanut Butter Product 15 oz. or larger, any Suave Kids Hair Care Product or any Suave Kids Body Wash.

Here are some codes to enter to request your free National Geographic Kids Big Book of Fun:

Suave Kids Body Wash:

7940060496
7940067030
7940035422
7940039896
7940092110

Suave Kids Hair Care:

7940035422
7940039896
7940092110
7940060496
7940067030

Skippy Peanut Butter 28 oz

4800127068

This offer is valid everywhere in the United States. Offer ends September 30, 2010 or while supplies last.

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Celebrate Dora The Explorer's Birthday at Walmart (August 14, 2010)

Here's a heads up for all the Dora The Explorer fans in your home.

On August 14, 2010, you can help Dora The Explorer celebrate her birthday at Walmart.

The Dora's Big Birthday Adventure will take place from 11am until 4pm. Help celebrate Dora's birthday with FREE party favors, a FREE 5x7 HP Dora Walmart photo card and cupcakes!! Make sure your bring in your Favorite photo to create the FREE 5x7 photo card at Walmart Photo.

Dora's Big Birthday Adventure is available at participating toy departments in Walmart Supercenters with bakery. When you click on the above posted link you will able to enter your zip code to find a participating Walmart near you.

Have fun and don't forget to sing Happy Birthday to Dora!

Feliz cumpleaños a ti,
Feliz cumpleaños a ti,
Feliz cumpleaños a Dora,
Feliz cumpleaños a ti!

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FREE Jonas Brothers Locker Calendar at OfficeMax

Enter the Jonas Brothers Winning the Dream Sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip for winner and three guests to the Jonas Brothers concert in San Francisco, CA. on September 18, 2010! You also have a chance to win a Jonas Brothers autographed guitar or a $50 OfficeMax® Inc. gift card.

Just by participating in the sweepstakes, everyone gets a FREE Jonas Brothers Locker Calendar!

After you sign up for the sweepstakes, you will be taken to a page with your game piece to bring to OfficeMax to see if you’re a winner. You will also get a coupon to print out and bring to Office Max to get your FREE Jonas Brothers locker calendar.

The Jonas Brothers calendar is 11" x 17" in size and limited to one per customer while supplies last. Coupon expires 9/4/10.

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