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Hallmark launches a selection of bears and gifts for Mother's Day
According to new research from Hallmark Cards, Brits really do live by their international reputation of keeping a “stiff upper lip” and being reserved, with almost two thirds (63%) of people openly admitting they don’t think families in Britain show their affection enough. Hallmark has launched a selection of bears and gifts for Mother’s Day 2008, as part of its ‘Cards for a Cure™’ Campaign that will see Hallmark contribute £1/4 million to Br... [more]
Parents believe that educational toys will advance their child's learning
A survey conducted by Born to Play revealed that 91 per cent of parents believe that educational toys will advance their child’s learning – helping to accelerate them to the top of the class in the New Year. With more than 80 per cent of parents across the UK admitting that they sneaked at least one educational toy into their child’s Christmas stocking this year, it appears that a visit from Santa will boost the IQ levels of the country’s younger... [more]
800,000 tonnes of toy packaging waste for Christmas
The general public should stop and think before buying toys with excessive packaging this Christmas and put into practice more environmentally friendly alternatives. Approximately three million tonnes of household rubbish will be created by householders in Britain this Christmas and for every one tonne of rubbish produced by householders, a further 15 tonnes has been created through manufacturing of the goods and extraction of raw materials ... [more]
Most mums do their Christmas shopping on the Internet
Two thirds of mums will do at least half of their Christmas shopping on the Internet this year, according to a survey of over 1,000 mums carried out by Gogoblin. Toys, books, DVDs and CDs are the most popular items to buy over the Internet, with 90% of mums logging on to buy toys, DVDs and CDs and 85% to buy books. Books, films and music have always been popular online purchases, but toys and gifts look like they are catching up this year with... [more]
Over 2,000 toys to choose from the Early Learning Centre
Christmas is about the magical realms of make believe, imagination and fairy tales. Christmas is always an exciting time for children and this year at Early Learning Centre there are more than 2,000 wonderful toys to choose from, with over 500 new introductions this season. The Magical Fairy Toadstool (ages 3-8yrs), a pretty woodland home for fairies, is just one of the fantastic new Christmas toys available from ELC. Open the toadstool to rev... [more]
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Key Club donates toys, supplies for abused children (The Alexander City Outlook)Executive Director of the Tri-county Children's Advocacy Center, Timothy Birt had to jam his car doors closed after loading so many donated toys and supplies into the backseat the doors refused to close easily. |
Mineola Toys For Tots Golf Shootout Set (Tyler Morning Telegraph)MINEOLA — To raise funds for Toys for Tots and its benevolence fund, Mineola Marine Corps League Detachment 1278 will sponsor a hole-in-one shootout. Qualifications will take place from 9 a.m. to dark May 25-31 at the Mineola Country Club driving range, organizers said. |
'Iron Man' beats 'Speed Racer' to box-office finish line (USA Today)For all of the ads, promotions and toys released to tout Speed Racer, nothing could stop the race car film from crashing and burning. The computer-effects-laden adventure from Andy and Larry Wachowski managed just $20.2 million over the weekend, according to box-office tracker Nielsen EDI. The debut fell $15 million below expectations and left it well behind Iron Man, which took in $50.5 million ... |
Chinese Manufacturers Shun Low-Wage Inland for Vietnam, India (Bloomberg.com)May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Edward Kang spent 15 years building textile maker Ever-Glory International into a symbol of China's world dominance in cheap clothes, shoes and toys. |
Cle Elum's Interactive Toys offers special fun (Daily Record)Interactive Toys owner Christina Callan sits with several stuffed animals she sells at her shop on First Street in Cle Elum. Joe Whiteside/Daily Record |
Police Report (Centre Daily Times)Marijuana found in bag of stuffed toys |
Toy safety on agenda (Florida Today)Congress is working to get comprehensive toy safety regulations to the president by this summer. The issue of toy safety gained national prominence in recent months following massive toy recalls and a number of child deaths and injuries related to hazardous toys. |
Scientist spent thousands of grant dollars on exhaust pipes, entertainment system (Canada.com)A university researcher with a taste for flashy toys used his scientific grants to buy chrome exhaust pipes and aluminum wheels for his car, along with plasma televisions and a home entertainment system worth $17,624.63. |
Don’t need it? Someone else might (The State Journal-Register)PETERSBURG — A pingpong table, cookie jar, hunting bow and frying pan, paint, lumber and carpet, toys, fishbowls, romance novels, barn siding, Halloween costumes, Foster Grant reading glasses, Nintendo games, shower doors, even Easter grass are among items that have been offered online for no cost on Menard County’s Freecycle Network. |
Surge protector good for computer health (The News-Press)Although one should always be aware of the havoc power surges can have on their computer or for that matter all of our expensive high tech toys, May... |
