I love finding travel toy ideas and this one is a huge hit! These Playmobil sets come with the fun figures and accessories you love scaled into mini play sets. When it is time to go or stop playing, all the pieces simply fit back inside the cases. Here are some new themes to add to the carry case collection.
The Music Class carry case contains musical instruments for the children include a guitar, two cymbals, two drums, two rattles, and a tambourine. There is a Teacher who uses the piano and a box to store the small instruments for class.
The Camping Adventure carry case set includes two campers, tent, canoe, campfire, backpacks, binoculars, fish, and other accessories.
The newest carry cases are available in 4 themes including Music Class, Go-Kart, Camping Adventure and Magical Mermaids. Visit Playmobil for more fun play time toys and sets,
I have partnered with Lovely Candy Company for this feature
Candy! The common belief is that it is loaded with artificial ingredients, loads of sugars and unhealthy sweeteners that rot your body and teeth. However, they also told us once in a common belief that sugar MAKES our kids hyper and that was proven false. So what is the candy debate results?
Let’s just say that MOST candy is harmful. It can be fun in small doses, but too much leaves your body trying to digest and store a multitude of bad ingredients. So here is how you can eat your candy and feel a little less guilt about it too…..
Eat the candy in moderation and make sure it is made with ingredients such as the ones found in the Lovely Candy Company products of chocolate, gummy and hard candy sweets.
Lovely Candy products are free of high fructose corn syrup, gluten, trans fats, GMO’s and artificial colors and ingredients. The candies are also kosher. This makes a great snack choice to soothe that sweet tooth for you or the kids.
Here are some of the ingredients used to make these candies:
Lovely Candy Company has a variety of candies to choose from including caramels, fruit chews, honey gummy bears, sour bears, licorice, hard candy, suckers, chocolates and more! Visit LovelyCandyCo.com to learn more!
Let’s celebrate the end of summer in a classic way! August 30 is National Slinky Day! This toy from the past, but still available today will be celebrated so remember to share you stories and fun slinky videos and photos from the past and present using #NationalSlinkyDay.
Who can resist the fun of tossing a slinky in your hands or down the stairs? We have the classic Slinky, but you can find many other varieties at AlexToys/Slinky
Below are the Alex D.I.Y. DoDats. They have a name and unique colors and your child has the skills needed to create these fun do-dads to hang from anywhere. The backpacks are a fun place to hang their creations.
Series 1 is available now and there are 6 to collect!
These are a lot of fun for the sports fan! These Break Away Ballz are a 3-D puzzle in itself, but as you bounce it the break away happens and inside is a fun surprise!
Watch Anthony bounce ‘em and break ‘em! Smash the 5in. foam ball to reveal the 2in. bouncing monstrosity inside!
If your at a local retailer, look for the fun Alex Toys available. Don’t forget to check the toy AND craft isles as Alex Toys are sometimes found in the arts and crafts section because the creativity is very prevalent in many of their products!
Thank you to Goddess Garden for partnering with me on this feature
You heard it and maybe you rolled your eyes….Hawaii bans certain sunscreens. Great! Another everyday product you are not supposed to use anymore. The Oxybenzone ingredient that is the center of the ban is in most sunscreens and IS INDEED VERY UNSAFE! Sorry! Like when everyone smoked cigarettes because it’s just what everyone did. Only later did we realize we made a mistake accepting cigarette smoking for so long due to known health effects, so did we accept Oxybenzone and other similar ingredients into our sunscreens for too long.
Please! Before you read on would you humor me and go grab your sunscreen right now?
I’ll help you look at the label and if you go through your label with me and still aren’t convinced or maybe you are using the right sunscreen, then pardon me for this little extra education. If you read through this and toss that sunscreen across the room and run to bathe your child real quick, then this feature was worth it!
Do you see the ingredient, Oxybenzone? This chemical is well-known in sunscreens and absorbs through your skin layers and will enter your blood stream. This chemical is in the same class as BPA, only stronger. The EWG has rated oxybenzone an 8 on their toxicity rating scale, meaning it is one of the most toxic ingredients found in cosmetic products. Yikes!
Do you see Parabens? These are in many sunscreens, bath products and beauty brands. It is a preservative and is genuinely linked to cancer and add in the sun UVB rays to get damaged DNA and an increase in skin aging.
Moving down the ingredient list, do you see Phthalates? These and your hormones DO NOT get along. Guess where you won’t find these ingredients? In mineral sunscreens like Goddess Garden. Natural, or mineral-based, sunscreens instead reflect the sun’s rays, like a mirror on the skin and they rub in sheer and start working immediately.
Goddess Garden sunscreen varieties do not contain the PABA, parabens, phthalates, BPA, Oxybenzone, Avobenzone, Petroleum or toxic chemicals that most brands may contain and absorb through all of the skin layers.
How did your sunscreen fair? Let’s just start right with a natural and mineral sunscreen and take one health worry off of our plates while we enjoy the outdoors!
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