Today SafetyWeb.comis here to share some simple and easy tips to keep you safe online as you begin making purchases for the holiday shopping season. With just over two months left until Christmas, many people are already thinking about holiday shopping. In 2010, more than $36 billion dollars was spent in online shopping over the…
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2011 Holiday Toy Favorites from Time to Play Holiday Showcase
Last week Time to Play Magazine shared the hot toys for 2011 at a New York City press event where they unveiled the year’s Most Wanted List. Here’s video from the event where professional toy testers Jim Silver, Chris Byrne, and Shannon Eis share their 19 picks. Besides the 19 hot toys of the year, there were 40…
Favorite Licensed Products from Royaltie$ Brand Showcase
Over the summer I had the opportunity to attend Royaltie$ Brand Showcase to learn about licensing and get a sneak peek at lifestyle brands and branded products that are either on the market or will be for the holiday season. I have to admit that I didn’t know much about the world of licensing except…
Online Guide to April Fools’ Day Pranks
Friday is April Fools’ Day! Are you a family of pranksters or are you lacking inspiration? If you want some ideas for some family fun, be inspired by my Ultimate Online Guide to April Fools’ Day Pranks for Kids on The LeapFrog Community. I’ve searched the web to find fun ways to keep your kids laughing from…
St. Patrick’s Day Online Activities, Resources, and Crafts
Are you getting your green ready for Thursday and planning an Irish meal in honor of St. Patrick’s Day? Little Miss Techie has already picked out an outfit that features green and is excited to make Irish Soda Bread from a cooking club recipe to go with our corned beef, cabbage, and tiniest potatoes!…
Snapfish Provides Personalized Photo Gifts and Overnight Shipping Upgrade for Valentine’s Day (w. giveaway)
Congrats to @Coriwestphal who won the $50 Snapfish gift code! With Valentine’s Day just a week away, take advantage of Snapfish’s free overnight shipping upgrade that will ensure your special photo gifts will be delivered by February 14 when ordered by 6 pm PT / 9 pm EST today. Use the code FASTCUPID for the free upgrade with…
Resources & Activities to Celebrate Chinese New Year in Your Home
Tomorrow- February 3- is an important day because it is the start of Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. Like Korean and Vietnamese cultures, Chinese New Year begins on the Lunar New Year. Around our home, we’re getting ready for the start of the new year. I’m spending the…
Yahoo! How Good Grows- Ripples of Kindness Program
As a member of the Yahoo! MotherBoard, I was provided with $100 to start ripples of kindness as part of Yahoo’s How Good Grows program by surprising strangers and inspiring them to do nice things for others too. I thought for a long time about how I might want to use the money and decided…
Dealing with Post-holiday Thank You Notes
Another holiday season has come and gone and after dealing with the excitement of opening the presents and cleaning up the wrapping paper carnage, it’s time to sit down and get to the business of thank you notes. Thank you notes? Indeed! Expressing gratitude for gifts is a post-holiday tradition that I’m happy…
Giving Back to My Community with Donations of Zhu Zhu Pets, Leapfrog Toys, and Books from Scholastic and Sandra Magsamen
While we live in DC Metro suburb that often appears on lists proclaiming us to be among the “most wealthy” and “most highly educated” in the nation, our county has pockets of poverty where families struggle to put food on the table, send their kids to school in ill-fitting shoes, lack supplies to complete homework,…
