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	<title>Ally's Toy Box &#187; Mom Tips</title>
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		<title>Great idea for a teacher gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my daughter Ally, age 5, finished preschool, I came up with a cute teacher gift that&#8217;s fast, easy and can cost as much or as little as you would like. I started with a small clay flowerpot and stuck in tufts of green tissue paper. Then I had my daughter make a flower-shaped card, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take a photo scavenger hunt with your kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a beautiful spring day and my daughter Ally, age 5, and I were headed for the park. But before we left, I had an idea for a great new way to explore and enjoy the park together. Ally and I sat down and drew pictures of different things we might see at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to solve the problem of squirming kids at the dinner table</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter Ally, who is almost five years old, used to spend most of her time at the dinner table squirming in her chair. She would switch for sitting on her knees to sitting on her bottom to standing on the floor next to her chair to almost standing on her chair&#8230;.etc. etc. Then there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange goo makes fun craft for Halloween, Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an idea for a fun and easy craft to make with young kids to celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving or any holiday. My daughter Ally, 4, made this craft last year with her friends during a play date and again at preschool and loved it both times. She still won&#8217;t part with either of her bottles of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teach your kids about color mixing with fun project</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter Ally, 4, loves art projects. And lately she&#8217;s become interested in what happens when two colors are mixed together. We&#8217;ve tried to teach her color mixing with food coloring and paints. But then Ally&#8217;s preschool teachers shared a fun way to teach young children about mixing colors. They suggested filling a Ziploc bag [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate what your kids can do with a &#8220;can do&#8221; cup</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, my daughter Ally, 4, came home from preschool all excited to show me this amazing thing she&#8217;d made that day. To my surprise, what had her all worked up was a plastic cup with a bunch of craft sticks (Popsicle sticks) sticking out of it. But then Ally explained to me that this was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ideas to make your garage sale even better</title>
		<link>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/09/new-ideas-to-make-your-garage-sale-even-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Garage sales are often a favorite of mothers of young children. Where else can you find a My Little Pony for a quarter? A bike for five bucks? Or children&#8217;s clothing for a dollar? I love a good garage sale. And I recently hosted one with two other moms. Together we have five children so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use freebie makeup cases to organize kid stuff in your purse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love purses. And I remember a time, before I was a mom, when I could carry teeny tiny purses that were able to hold all of my essentials &#8211; lipstick, keys, credit card and cell phone. But now that I&#8217;m a mom, I find myself carrying around huge purses and tote bags because when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collection of books makes a great baby gift that lasts</title>
		<link>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/09/collection-of-books-makes-a-great-baby-gift-that-lasts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buy it: Sandra Boynton board books Buy it: Guess How Much I Love You Buy it: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Buy it: Don&#8217;t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Buy it: Toes, Ears and Nose When my daughter Ally was born, we, of course, got many great gifts. Friends and family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cover your child&#8217;s artwork with contact paper to make place mats</title>
		<link>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/09/cover-your-childs-artwork-with-contact-paper-to-make-placemats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Mom Tip was passed along to me by another mom as a way to use the many, many pictures, drawings and pieces of artwork that our children make at home or at school. My friend covers her 4-year-old daughter&#8217;s artistic creations with clear contact paper and turns them into fun place mats for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picture phone list helps preschoolers learn phone numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/08/picture-phone-list-helps-preschoolers-learn-phone-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/08/picture-phone-list-helps-preschoolers-learn-phone-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my daughter Ally turned 3, I thought it would be a good time to start talking about how to use the telephone. So we had her talk on the phone to relatives and she helped us dial when we made a phone call. But now that Ally&#8217;s 4 I wanted to teach her some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art supplies make a great gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Ally&#8217;s second birthday, one of my friends put together one of the best gifts I&#8217;ve ever seen. She filled a gift bag with all sorts of art supplies such as glue sticks, paints, safety scissors, crayons, markers, stencils, paper, glitter, pipe cleaners, stickers, etc. Both Ally and I were excited when she opened this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paint the sidewalk with water for fun summer activity</title>
		<link>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/08/paint-the-sidewalk-with-water-for-fun-summer-activity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently stumbled upon a great, inexpensive activity that will keep young kids busy on hot summer days &#8211; paint the sidewalk with water! It&#8217;s almost too easy. Just fill up your child&#8217;s plastic sand buckets with water and find some paintbrushes in various sizes. We use inexpensive paintbrushes from the hardware store. Then let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to help kids get their shoes on the right feet</title>
		<link>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/07/how-to-help-kids-get-their-shoes-on-the-right-feet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/07/how-to-help-kids-get-their-shoes-on-the-right-feet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since she turned 4, my daughter Ally has become more and more independent. And one of her favorite new freedoms is picking out her own shoes each day and putting them on all by herself. However, sometimes Ally would mix up her shoes and put her left shoe on her right foot and her right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painted flowerpots make great gifts from kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When family birthdays and holidays roll around, we like to have our daughter Ally, 4, make something special for her grandparents, aunts or uncle. Usually that has meant taking Ally to the local pottery place to paint a plate, bowl or mug. And while these gifts are always enjoyed and cherished, I think Ally&#8217;s relatives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to protect your backseat upholstery from spills</title>
		<link>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/07/how-to-protect-your-backseat-upholstery-from-spills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Mom Tip was passed on to me by a fellow mom and I thought it was such a great solution to the very common dilemma of keeping your car upholstery clean when your kids are eating in the backseat. This mom said that she solved the problem by buying a large bath towel or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make streets for toy cars with sidewalk chalk</title>
		<link>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/07/make-streets-for-toy-cars-with-sidewalk-chalk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter Ally, 4, has always loved sidewalk chalk. We draw the hopscotch squares and pictures and write our names. And we do this over and over again.  So this summer I came up with a new idea for sidewalk chalk. Ally and I used sidewalk chalk to draw an elaborate &#8220;neighborhood&#8221; of streets, houses, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to keep snacks from getting crushed in your purse</title>
		<link>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/07/how-to-keep-snacks-from-getting-crushed-in-your-purse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always carrying around snacks in my purse for my daughter Ally, 4. I always want to carry a variety of choices for Ally, so I toss granola bars and small bags of Goldfish crackers, animal crackers and pretzels in my purse. But whatever snacks don&#8217;t get picked will stay in my purse and I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new use for Colorforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter Ally has several Colorforms sets, but after awhile sticking them on to the same cardboard scene gets a little boring. And one day Ally went over and stuck her Colorforms on the living room window and came up with a new way to play. Now I let Ally play with her Colorforms on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to make a phonics book with your child</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter&#8217;s preschool teacher recommended reviewing phonics lessons with my daughter Ally, 4, over the summer. To make the phonics lessons a fun project for the two of us, I decided that Ally and I could make a phonics book together. First Ally and I went to the store and she picked out a pink three-ring binder. We also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Your Own Memory Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter Ally has a couple of the Memory Games and loves to play them. So at Christmas time I came up with the idea to make our own holiday-themed memory game with Ally&#8217;s help. First we cut some plain index cards in half to make two matching squares. Then Ally and I each took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your Own Art Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter loves doing art projects. And over the last couple of years we&#8217;ve collected a huge amount of paints, stamps, stickers, glue sticks, crayons, markers, glitter, pipe cleaners, etc. For so long I had all of these things scattered around the house and would haul them to the kitchen table whenever Ally felt the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swim Noodle Bed Rail &#8211; How to keep kids from falling out of bed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ally's Toy Box</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my daughter turned 3, she was ready for the safety rail to be taken off her bed. But my husband and I were still nervous about her falling out of bed. So we bought a swim noodle and stuck it underneath our daughter&#8217;s fitted sheet and positioned the noodle along the edge of her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What day is it? How to teach children the days of the week</title>
		<link>http://www.allystoybox.com/2009/06/what-day-is-it-how-to-teach-about-the-days-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ally's Toy Box</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My preschooler was always asking &#8220;What day is it?&#8221; and &#8220;What are we doing today?&#8221; To help answer her questions and let her see what she&#8217;ll be doing each day of the week, I made a simple calendar for her and taped it to our kitchen door. To make the calendar I bought a piece [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chalk and Bubble Caddy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plastic caddies designed for hauling cleaning products around the house are also perfect for storing and carrying sidewalk chalk and bubble supplies. The caddy can hold bubble supplies upright so there are fewer spills and leaks. And the caddies allow you or your child to carry the items with one hand from the house [...]]]></description>
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