Welcome
to The Toymaker’s May Newsletter!
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“Whatever
you are… be a good one.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
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It's
Good To Be Creative!
You
can't use up creativity, creative thinking builds on itself and
increases the creativity of the thinker...You can’t use
up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
~ Maya Angelou
(Computer Tip – If the new toys are not showing up on your
screen, try hitting the refresh button on the browser bar. If
that doesn’t work try emptying your cache.)
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Spelling
Flags!
I
made these little flags in little colors so that you can match
them to your party theme. Glue the letters on the circles to spell
out a special message.
http://www.thetoymaker.com/Toypages/56SpellingFlags/56SpellingFlags.html
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Hello
and hello!
Fun shouldn't
cost a lot of money. Kids don't need expensive parties or
amusement parks to have an enjoyable day. Grown-up parties
don’t have to cost a thousand dollars either.Those both
just end up in stress for everybody.
When
the boy was four I bought an expensive cake, thinking that
is what parents do for their kids. The next year all three
of us baked a somewhat lopsided cake, frosted it with chocolate
and smashed Oreos and decorated it a couple of little toy
trucks from the dollar store. Guess which one was a bigger
hit?
I still
remember a circus birthday party that my mom put together
for my brother. We had a circus train made out of cardboard
boxes with twisted streamers for the bars and stuffed tigers
and lions. A couple of old neighborhood girls dressed up as
clowns. It was exciting! It’s been a long time since
that day but I still remember the warm August air and the
ice in a paper cup.
The
best gift that you can give a kid is time, free time, just
to sort of “be”.
So relax!
Take time to play.
Best thoughts,
http://www.thetoymaker.com/
"O terque quaterque beatum”
We are three or four times blessed.
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"Don't
let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your
curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on
and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live."
~ Mae Jemison
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Flaming
Hedgehog Cards! Cleaning closets! Silly Cats! Shaggy and Velma!
Read
it here....
http://thetoymaker.livejournal.com
And do say hello! I’d love to hear from you!
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“Striving
for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is
demoralizing.”
~ Harriet Braiker
