Tenzi Tops the List of Best Toys & Games

What's a great game the whole family can play?  We highly recommend Tenzi, a dice game that creates a fast fun-frenzy.  One of the reasons it's so popular is it's so easy to play and just about any age can play against each other and still be evenly matched.  There are no complicated directions to learn so you get to the heart of the fun faster than you can say, "Tenzi!"  Each player gets 10 dice.  The first player who rolls all 10 on the same number and yells “TENZI” wins.  Award winning, Tenzi makes a great gift this holiday season.

Crafty Joe's Scratch Art 'Chalkboard' Clips

We're totally into the Chalkboard look around here. In fact, this winter we painted untold surfaces with chalkboard paint. As you can see, I even designed our latest advertisement a la chalkboard.

Just the other day, Joe came home with a set of these super cute chalkboard clips for me...how sweet.

Then inspiration struck him.  He loves his little Melissa & Doug Mini Scratch Art Notes, and when things are kinda slow, he [occasionally] likes to pass-the-while doodling.  And then it came to him, Scratch Art-Board Clips!

First he drew his artwork, then he affixed regular old clothespins with Zots, but you could use any kind of adhesive.  He then used some as informative 'shelf-talkers', one of which is (not misspelled, i stand corrected) written in French!  [who knew?]

Fun, cute, and useful, try making some Scratch Art 'Chalkboard' Clips of your own with our Mini Scratch Notes.

It's a Beautiful Day for the Beanbag Game

   My fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Twitchell, let us play the beanbag game in the classroom because we were her favorite class, ever.  Or maybe it was because she could tell when we needed a break from long division and fractions.  Either way, I have the best memories of whipping our shabby class beanbag across the room hoping my opponents wouldn't be agile enough to catch it one-handed as the rules required.  The last kid standing usually won something.  Like a pencil.  And the glorious feeling of superiority.

The beanbag game would probably make a great stress reliever for a lot of groups.  And it's just plain, old fashioned, untechie fun.  So when I came across these so, so cute Beantastic Beanbags, I had, had, had to have them...

I can't wait to take one home to play with!