Children's Discovery Toys

Fisher-Price Peek-a-blocks INCREDIBLOCK 

This IncrediBlock with peek-a-blocks IncrediBlock is a great BIG block of fascinating discoveries, with music, motion, lights, and 5 sides of busy play!
Ages: 9 months & up
Measurements: 16" L x 16" W x 15" H.

Developing Motor Skills
Encourages development of balance & gross motor skills as baby learns to stand & cruise around block.
Grasping & stacking blocks enhances fine motor skills.
Sorting blocks & placing them into activity sides encourages eye-hand coordination.
Stimulating the Senses
See-through blocks with bright colors & movement stimulate visual development.
Grasping & feeling textured surfaces enhances sense of touch.
Encouraging Cognitive Abilities
Helps baby understand spatial concepts like in/out, up/down.
Fosters problem-solving skills as baby figures out how to stack & build.
Offers progressive challenges, from simple activities to more complex stacking & sorting. 

  

Here are some of the Peek-A-Blocks that were sold seperately to go along with the IncrediBlock and other Fisher Price toys. 

Fisher Price - Vehicle Fun                                                                       Fisher Price - Touch Sensations

                                         Fisher Price - Sports Blocks            Fisher Price - Sound Sensations                           

 Fisher Price - Learning Fun Blocks         Fisher Price - Sight Sensations

                                                          
                                                   Fisher Price - Barnyard Friends Blocks

Here is a set of alphabet and numbers blocks.

Here is a few more toys that children really love too!  Same blocks work in these toys also!

Fosters problem-solving as baby figures out how to activate motion, songs & sounds.
• Helps baby understand the sounds different animals make.
• Listening to fun songs & sounds enhances baby's auditory sense.
• Stimulates visual development with colorful animal friends & lights.
• Enhances eye-hand coordination & motor skills as baby grasps blocks & places in openings.
• Requires 3 "AA" (LR6) alkaline batteries (not included)

 Fisher-Price DROP & ROAR DINOSAUR Roll-a-Rounds (peek-a-blocks)

Color coordinated ball drops and ramps allow baby to follow the rounds down one of 4 paths accompanied by 3 colored lights and lively tunes • There are busy activities that add to the play, including a twirling butterfly, a rattle bird, and spinning dinosaur • 10 songs and 5 sound effects encourage and entertain baby • 4 roll-a-round balls • It measures 28" x 9.25" x 16".

Curious babies and toddlers who will delight playing with this friendly green guy.

Four balls are included to roll through various openings and watch come out of other openings, teaching cause and effect while delighting curious young minds at the same time.

The dinosaur has a bumpy tail and a mouth that can be made to open and shut. Ten different tunes accompany the action along with gently flashing lights and fun sound effects while a wiggly ladybug and a wiggly fish bounce along on top.

The design of having the dinosaur lie flat while your little one crawls around investigating will also likely be good for motor skill development.

Roll-a-rounds and Peek-a-block family of toys.

There are so many options with these Fisher Price toys, you can mix and match, buy one, two, three or even more.

Mending Children/ Toddler Clothes

 

 Babies before they learn to walk, tear the knees up on most knit outfits... especially if their on tile floors alot.  There has been several outfits that we have mended lately because they still fit... and we are going to get as many miles as we can before we retire them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I took these little colored flowers and covered the hole in the knee of these capri bottoms, these little flowers matched the colors in the top beautifully.  These flowers were left over from another project that we did earlier this year.... you can not even tell these capri bottom where mended... go as new! 

 

 

 



Vintage Antique Cookie Cutters Boxed Sets

I've been thinking about making memories with my grand daughter when she gets a little older.  So I've been looking for some unique cookie/ biscuit cutters.  So in searching for these little treasures... I will share with you some of my findings. 

I have always loved antique vintage things from the past.  Everything was made to last and was durable, unlike things made today, use once and it throw away or it breaks shortly after purchase. 

You will see that many of these cookie cutters are still used today in kitchen all over the world.

Gingerbread cookies was one of my favorite cookies growing up...  they were so perfect with a thin layer of royal icing spread across the top.

  

Here is a nice set of farm animal cookie cutters.  We had some cookie cutters that were similar to these barnyard cooky cutters.  These cookie/biscuit cutters remind me of the ranches and wide open spaces of the "big sky country."   I have a great love for animals and nature...  I grew up in Montana and sometimes I miss this beautiful countryside and these wide open spaces from time to time, sometimes Montana calls to me.  Living here in Southern California with all the hustle and bustle can make one a little crazy from time to time, so one must escape to the next best thing...  some rest and relaxation at the ocean would be in order!  

Now... every little boy and maybe a few little girls need some dinosaurs cookie cutters.  Here are some real nice box sets.  I don't think that these dinosaur cookie cutters are as old as some of the other cookie cutters. 

Every family with children needs an alphabet and number set of cookie/biscuit cutters. 

   

Making cookies, cutting the cookie cutter shapes into food, craft projects, or even play dough can be great for a rainy day project.

Holly D Photography

I would like share with you today... a great inspiration of mine and that is my niece! 

Her love for art that has created a deep passion for photography.  This all started while she was in her early teens, by the time she graduated high school, she was well on her way as a professional photographer.  

Miss Holly 

She is Bay Area based (Northern California), but has photographed all over the country.  I think she love to travel too!  Since we have done our share of traveling and moving from the Bay Area to to a couple of different states now.   I do miss her being around, but now that we our in Southern California... I do hope to see her more than  I have in the past few years.  Of course that had to do alot with her being in college also!


Holly specializes in weddings, and events, as well as family and individual portraits. She gets real pleasure in sharing the happiness with the people that she photographs, and knowing that she is creating images that will evoke wonderful memories for a lifetime.

You can see her work at Holly D Photography .

Yellow Ruffle Top ~ Children's Clothes

After Stephanie made Gracie birthday dress we had some fabric left over to make a few more pieces of clothes.   I took some of the fabric and made the green polka dot pants, whimsical multicolored flower pants that you can find here in my blog site. 

This little girls ruffle top, I made by using a portion of the same pattern from the birthday dress and added the ruffle to the bottom of the top.  

Now the ruffle piece... I just cut a 3 1/2 inch wide piece and the length I doubled from the length of the bottom of the bodice (top).  If I need to shorten the ruffle piece it won't be hard to do.