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Thanksgiving Roses

Thanksgiving Roses

One other thing I should have added to the long list of Thanksgiving weekend fun — arts and crafts with autumn leaves! Kelly (aged 11, my next-door neighbour’s granddaughter, visiting from out of town) came over on Thanksgiving Sunday afternoon — as she often does, when spending the weekend at her Grammie’s house. (And by [...]

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Decorate a Playhouse

Decorate a Playhouse

Designed to be decorated, this sturdy white cardboard playhouse is easy to assemble and folds flat to store away between play dates. It’s 100% recycled material, 100% biodegradable, and a portion of the proceeds go to UNICEF. $49 at Modernseed.

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How To Get Your Kids To Tidy Up Without Going Insane

How To Get Your Kids To Tidy Up Without Going Insane

While I’m off riding the Tilt-A-Whirl and eating candy apples on the midway at the Exhibition, my good friend Sharon Hurley Hall has kindly offered to share a piece of her practical parenting wisdom. Sharon manages to balance a busy freelance career with busy motherhood — and last time I checked, she still wasn’t locked [...]

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Fabric Bin Storage

Fabric Bin Storage

Cheerful and practical, this 6-bin storage unit is perfect for organizing toys, books, and all the other small bits and pieces that have a way of spreading across a child’s bedroom. The pull-put bins are made of heavy-duty fabric in crayon-bright colors — lilac, yellow, red, fern green, orange and light blue — and fold [...]

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Romping Animals

Romping Animals

Furniture for kids… or ride-on toys? Danish design firm bObles does geometric animal forms in child-safe firm foam, suitable for children’s furniture but “designed for creative play” in happy colours and friendly sturdy shapes to climb and roll and romp all over. Easy to see how those Romping Animals give free rein to a child’s [...]

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