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Puzzle Shows How the Body Works

by Honey Berk, Posted Aug 25th 2010 3:00PM

The hip bone's connected to the knee bone ... Credit: Amazon
Show your kids what they're made of with this adorable "Your Body" puzzle that's perfect for curious preschoolers. The 29-piece puzzle assembles into five layers that progress from ...
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Puzzles: Why Old-Fashioned Toys Never Go Out of Style

by Carrie Snyder, Posted Jan 22nd 2010 11:00AM

Sleepy days spent indoors: All parents who stay home with their children know these days well. Cabin Fever is right here, right now. Deep in the clutches of winter. We're snowed in, our senses dulled by lack of sunlight, our motivation to burst into ...
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The Art of Writing Santa Letters

by Carrie Snyder, Posted Dec 16th 2009 3:00AM

'Tis the season when Cabin Fever begins receiving frantic phone calls from grandparents. "What do the kids want for gifts this year?" In fact, the unspoken question is: "What gifts do you want us to get the kids this year?" Or more specifically, ...
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Modern Design - A Puzzle Rug!

by Sabrina Weill, Posted Feb 26th 2009 9:00AM

Shopping is literally a guilty pleasure, especially these days, since it's easy to feel seriously guilty doing it. Online "window shopping," on the other hand, is another story. Well, to clarify: Window shopping for myself, not so much fun. Window ...
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DailyDish - Boxy but good

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 7th 2008 6:00AM

If you're tired of cheap broken puzzle and game boxes spilling bits and pieces everywhere, try this method for keeping it all together. ...
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Eight-year-old swallows magnets and steel balls

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jun 4th 2008 10:00AM

No, this isn't something out of a circus side show. An eight-year-old girl from Indiana swallowed a combined total of 30 magnets and steel balls from a toy. The toys parts tore her intestines and doctors are saying she is lucky to be alive. Haley ...
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Product Recall: Toy Puzzle Vehicle Sets

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 24th 2008 2:34PM

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 198,000 Toy Puzzle Vehicle Sets due to excessive levels of lead in the paint. These puzzles were imported from China for Merchant Media Corporation of Framingham, ...
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Tangram shelves

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 15th 2007 2:03PM

Surely you're familiar with tangrams, a puzzle involving a square divided into seven smaller shapes? The object is to form a picture using all seven shapes without any overlapping of pieces. You can easily make your own, or purchase sets at any toy ...
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Product Recall: Link-N-Lite(tm) Magnetic Light-Up Puzzles

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 17th 2007 11:34AM

Jazwares, Inc. of Sunrise, Florida, in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is voluntarily recalling their Link-N-Lite(tm) Magnetic Light-Up Puzzles. The small magnets used to connect the puzzle pieces can fall out and be ...
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One Billion Mazes

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Dec 27th 2006 12:03PM

I'm not sure whether to write this sounding like Carl Sagan ("billy-yuns and billy-yuns") or Dr. Evil ("One Beeeeeel-yun Mazes"). Either way, the nitty-gritty is the same. One Billion Mazes is just that -- a collection of a whole lotta mazes. If ...
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Product Recall: Target "Play Wonder" Puzzle Tables

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Nov 18th 2006 2:01PM

Target, of Minneapolis, Minn., in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is voluntarily recalling their "Play Wonder" Puzzle Tables. The puzzle pieces have small handles which can come off and potentially choke a child. In addition, ...
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