Does Mommy Love It?

As a child, I used to love to create with play dough.  I could not wait for my child to reach the age to share this experience with.  The possibilities are endless as the creative juices begin to flow. As a green mom, I was fortunate enough to find Organic Fun Dough!

Miss Brittany’s Fun Dough is an organic homemade preschool concoction that’s handmade in the US and comes in five fabulous colors!  The deluxe kit includes three 7oz containers of dough, 100% organic toddler apron, wood rolling pin, and four wooden shape stampers.  This is one of the most adorable collections.  This is definitely on the top of my gift giving selections.  Any child would appreciate this.

Fun Dough is easy to work with and you do not have to worry about any harmful ingredients that can lurk into your child’s skin or mouth.  Fun Dough is made of filtered water, organic flour, Mediterranean Sea salt, organic canola oil, kosher cream of tartar, organic vitamin c, and nontoxic USA made liquid watercolor.  The dough is also packaged in 100% recycled containers that are also made in the USA!

You can’t go wrong investing in a Miss Brittney’s Organic non-toxic play dough gift set.  This is a definite must-have in every creative child’s home.  Did I mention how much I adore their packaging as well?  Lovely!

This review is based strictly my opinion. Others may have a different
opinion or experience with the product listed above. Miss Brittney
provided the samples and  I provided my honest opinion. No
other type compensation was received for this review.

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I was visiting one of my most artistic friends, when my eye caught her daughter playing with a beautiful felt board.  I knew I just had to have one.  The Felt Tale storyboards are a wonderful tool designed to inspire the imaginations of young minds. These are most appropriate for ages 3-7. However, I already use them as a teaching tool for my young one. Each play set creates an opportunity for hours of open-ended play for children.  I am a huge fan of toys that promote self-play and active imaginations like these do!

Felt tale storyboards come in a variety of different settings such as Cinderella at the ball, busy day on the farm, busy day at the zoo, and more!  I have used the boards to teach my son his animals, and objects.  This is easy because each board comes with 20 felt pieces and a story starter that is specific to each title to promote interaction and inspire the imagination.  The one recommendation I would suggest is that the storage bags for the felt pieces attach to the board for easier storage and transportation.  All in all, I love these boards and looking forward to collecting more of them!

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THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!  CONGRATS JANET, YOU ARE THE WINNER!

When it comes to tools that help aid in my son’s developments, I try to use all resources that I can. At the end of the day, I often ask myself; did he have study time, activity time, and social time today? A bit extreme perhaps, but something I am very passionate about. That was why as an infant, I started flashing Wee Gallery art cards at him.

Wee Gallery jungle collection is a boxed set of cards that include 6 animals printed on a sturdy board. The 5”x7” size makes for easy looking and flipping for your child. These cards have provided great interaction time between my son and I. He now will go through them alone when playing in his room. The high-contrast visual patterns help promote infant brain development.

As an infant I would allow my son to look and stare at the cards over mealtime. And now, as a toddler, I go through them and help him point and name the animal. I love the versatility of these cards. You can use these as a mobile, art on the walls, or flash cards. I love introducing visual art to my son at a young age. It’s great to walk in the room after his playtime, to see the cards scattered around the area. You can purchase a set for about $13.00.

Wee Gallery has offered one box set to one of our readers! To enter, simply visit Wee Gallery and leave a comment on here on our site with your favorite box set! For additional entries:

1) Subscribe to Does Mommy Love It? then leave a comment stating you did so.

2) Twitter about the contest and leave us a hyperlink to the tweet!

3) If you haven’t, please join our FACEBOOK GROUP!

4) Write a post on your own blog about this giveaway and comment with the permalink to this post.

5) Grab our button and put it on your sidebar and comment with a link to your blog.

6) Email 5 of your friends and tell them why they should check out DoesMommyLoveIt?. Be sure to COPY us on the email (doesmommyloveit@gmail.com)! Then comment stating you did so.

This contest ends September 30th, 2009 Midnight EST.

Click here for contest rules at DoesMommyLoveIt.com

7 Comments | In: Accessories, Ages- Newborn to 1yr., Ages- Toddler, Arts & Crafts, Books, Craft, Educational, Learning | tags: art cards, jungle collection, wee gallery. | #

I find it sad that many people have traded in personal card writing for quick and impersonal emails and now texts!  I find it incredibly encouraging and uplifting to receive a beautifully written message in an artistic card from a friend or loved one.

Egg Press makes the most amazing greeting cards using an old letterpress.  They use an antique press to print art on cards, calendars and more.  What I love best is that the studio resides in an old warehouse in Portland, Oregon.  It’s hard not supporting a line with such a wonderfully vintage look.  I was fortunate enough to receive their 2010 calendar that sits beautifully on my desk and an adorable screen-printed baby onesie.  They are most famous for their hand-made letterpress greeting card line.  I have personally loved using these cards for expressing my gratitude to my closest friends or just saying that I am thinking of them.

Egg press makes sending a personal card to a friend very enticing because they provide such wonderful starting points with their designs. Some of my favorites are “Oceans of Thanks”, “Vinyl Thank You”, and “I Love Your Birthday”.  Shop Egg Press when in need for cards or seek them out to personalize a set for a special occasion!

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THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED! CONGRATS, JENNIFER!  YOU ARE WINNER!

Fellow mompreneur, Lee-Ann O’Neill, saw a need and met it in this unique stamp that gives young toddlers an easy way to trace their name. The Little Stamp is a self-inking stamp that produces easy-to-trace dotted letters in the form of your child’s name.

Whether it’s a worksheet or coloring paper or even a napkin, the Little Stamp allows your child to add their “signature” to anything at anytime. It has been especially useful as my son knows the letters in his name but needs a little help tracing them down. With a little push of the stamp, my son has the encouragement he needs to add his finishing touch!

The Little Stamp can be customized to your child’s name, ink color of choice and you can even choose whether you want the letters capitalized or lower case. There is also no need for a stamp pad, and the ink is child-friendly and eco-friendly and easy to wash off if your child somehow finds a way to stamp his/her hands and arms (which they always will!). This is a great little product for your little toddler as they learn to master their name. Caveat: not sure if it can accommodate longer names such as Genevieve or Alessandra or try this one, NepomucenoMaria.

Little Stamp has generously offered to giveaway one personalized stamp of your child’s name.  To enter simply, visit their site and  leave a comment.  For additional entries:

1) Email 5 of your friends and tell them why they should check out DoesMommyLoveIt?. Be sure to COPY us on the email (doesmommyloveit@gmail.com)! Then comment stating you did so.

2) Subscribe to Does Mommy Love It? and then leave a comment stating you did so.

3) Twitter about the contest and leave us a hyperlink to the tweet! (this is worth 3 enteries!!!)

4) Write a post on your own blog about this giveaway and comment back with the permalink to this post.

5) Grab our button and put it on your sidebar and comment with a link to your blog.

6)If you haven’t, please join our FACEBOOK GROUP!

This contest ends July 10TH, 2009 Midnight.

12 Comments | In: Ages- Preschooler, Ages- Toddler, Contest, Craft, Learning, Personalized | tags: fine motor skills, handwriting, personalized name stamp, The little stamp company. | #

With their great palm grasp and non-toxic, washable crayon, you think you couldn’t go wrong with these little buddies.  They seem like a child’s best introduction to the world of coloring. My 18 month old LOVED them.  As the crayon gets used, you twist the bottom for more crayon to come out.  However, if  the tip of the crayon gets broken, chewed, or simply lost, you are out of luck.  There are no replacements.  This wouldn’t be a big deal, except the price of the 3 crayons is $6.49.  If there were cheap replacements, then I could say that the money was worth it.  After about a week of our new coloring time, we were left with one working buddy. All in all, I paid a lot of money for 3 crayons, which just isn’t worth it.  Now I will say that I haven’t tried the beginnings markers or paint buddies, so if any out there have had good experiences with those.  Please let us know.  

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