{"id":1165,"date":"2010-07-22T21:18:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T02:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2011-03-07T14:49:18","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T20:49:18","slug":"make-these-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"Make these toys!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this book sounded just too cute so I had to post it!  Quick and easy craft projects that you can make with your kids with junk &#8211; er &#8211; things you have around your house already!  Talk about a must have  rainy day book to have on hand!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;npa=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=funevents4gir-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;asins=0399535918\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Product Description<br \/>\nAn ingeniously simple and fully-illustrated book for crafting toys from objects found around the house.<\/p>\n<p>This clever guide focuses on fun, homemade projects using materials anyone can find around the house or that can be purchased for a fraction of what a commercially-produced toy can cost. Using everyday objects from cardboard tubing to paper to clothespins, readers will discover how to make such projects as:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A milk carton balloon boat<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A rubber band banjo<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A cardboard tube kaleidoscope<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An embroidery hoop tambourine<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 And more<\/p>\n<p>Perfect for parents and teachers, these projects enable families to spend less while keeping entertained. Because fun doesn&#8217;t always have to come in a box-sometimes, it&#8217;s the box itself.<br \/>\nAbout the Author<br \/>\nHeather Swain is a former third-grade teacher, mother of two, writing instructor, magazine fact-checker, freelance writer, and award- winning author. Her articles have appeared in American Baby Magazine, Time Out New York Kids, and on Salon.com. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this book sounded just too cute so I had to post it! Quick and easy craft projects that you can make with your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[597],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kids-product-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1490,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions\/1490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}