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All Dolled Up
I love Etsy’s ‘Handmade Portrait‘ series - beautifully produced videos that offer an inside look at the creative process. Their most recent edition just so happens to be an artist I think very highly of, doll maker extraordinaire M...
Hand Puppets (Literally)
Among the many products launched at the New York International Gift Fair this past week were these hysterical temporary tattoos for children’s hands created by designer Héctor Serrano. As of this posting I’ve only been able to find them...
Up With (Paper) People
The classic paper doll is a kid craft that’s been around for ages - the first manufactured version (named Little Fanny) appeared in London in 1810. Below, please find an itty bitty selection of modern paper doll kits, downloads and virtual vari...
Pop-eyed Pets
Jennifer Strunge is a one-woman monster making machine. While you might think her Cotton Monsters have faces only a mother could love, the wild success of her handmade line of beasties seems to disprove this old adage. Each creature is a free-form ...
Give Me Liberty
So I received a lovely email a few weeks back from JrSoc member Molly, buyer and toy guru for Twirl an amazing toy store and playspace in Taos, New Mexico: “…today while talking to a vendor it occurred to me that their products reminded ...
Imagination Taking Shape
Oh man, these are my new favorite blocks! The ShapeMaker wooden blocks set from the UK design house Miller & Goodman. Owners have started to download their designs in the Flickr ShapeMaker Group. And check out the fantastic stop-motion animat...
Warm Woolens
I’m loving the new Cate & Levi collection of over-sized animals (often as big as your baby!) created from thoughtfully selected recycled wool sweaters. Each toy is handmade in their Toronto studio with allot of love and attention to detail...
Planet of the Peghead People
As a kid in the 1970s, Fisher Price toys were a mainstay in the toy box. The folks at FP had created an imaginary world and I owned property: a farm, a ferris wheel, a parking garage, a castle and a cruise ship. And the best part? Each piece of re...
Oh Baby!
Oh friends, we all like a good giveaway and I have a great one to share with you. My pal, the talented Christina Platt of Bamboletta Dolls is currently holding a contest, the winner of which will walk away with the lovely Sally pictured above. To e...
Playing in the Produce
It’s been too long (about six months!) since I shared some of the amazing submissions to the Play Food group I administer on Flickr. There are now close to 3,000 images in the photo pool, 740 members and the projects just keep coming! I am co...
Toy A Day
Artist Joe Chang likes a good paper toy and he apparently he likes a good challenge as well. Every day for a year, Joe will be designing, constructing and posting a new paper toy from a basic template on his blog Toy-A-Day.blogspot.com. What’...
Barnyard Boogie
I recently published a post on Chasing Fireflies‘ treasure chest of great pirate gear. Always a sucker for a thoughtfully realized theme, my inner Old MacDonald compells me to also share their barnyard of farm-centric bounty. For clarificatio...
Booty Calling
Pirate’s booty that is. And the wonderful online shop Chasing Fireflies has plenty of it - from pirate puppets to costumes. My favorite has to be the combo shown at the very bottom of this post - they offer a beautiful Noah’s Ark set, b...
