Tag Archives: Beanie Babies

“Wonder Pets” Themed Party Favors for Preschoolers

Are your preschoolers captivated by the ancient heroes Ming-Ming, Linny and Tuck? Do they want to join them on the Flyboat for a day of rescuing animals? If so, you might want to think about planning a “Wonderful Pets” theme this year. If you decide to go this route, here’s a quick look at a […]

Where to Donate Kid’s Clothes and Shoes

Looking for places that accept clothing donations? Are you trying to organize your kids’ clothes and want to remove their shirts, jeans and shoes? I just want to help the family out? Don’t have time for a garage sale? Donating clothes is a great way to teach your kids about ministry. It also has the […]

How to Properly Clean Stuffed Animals, Stuffed Plush Toys

If you’re the parent of at least one child, then you undoubtedly have some stuffed plush toys at your house. Or, maybe you don’t have any children, or, you’re an “Empty Nester”, but you can’t resist collecting some of these cute, soft toys. Whatever the case may be, children and adults alike love stuffed plush […]

Webkinz Vs. Beanie Babies 2.0 – Can They Catch the Online Wave that Webkinz Started?

Webkinz and Beanie Babies 2.0 are now in competition with each other for the online gaming and stuffed animal market. Can Beanie Babies catch the online wave that Webkinz started? Will they be able to appeal to the mass of Webkins collectors, or will they find an additional market of their own? Webkinz brought out […]

Top Ten Toys of Yesterday: 1990s

As a new Century was preparing to begin, with huge advances in just about everything, including artificial intelligence, two of the most popular toys of the 90s were cardboard discs and water guns! Japan gave us a couple of our favorites and of course, most of the rest were highly advanced and revolutionary in nature. […]

High Dentist Fee’s and Low Income Families

What do we do when we can’t afford to get our teeth fixed? For low income families, this is something that they deal with constantly. With not enough money to go around just for bills and food, how are they expected to be able to pay for dental insurance? If they can’t afford dental insurance, […]

Use Excel to Track Your Entire Beanie Baby Collection

I would like to share with you, my solution to keeping track of your Beanie Baby Collection. I developed the solution for tracking your Beanies. This Beanie Baby Collection Program had a debut on my web site http://thebeanienews.com where I wrote all about it. I now have the opportunity to share my enthusiasm and knowledge […]

Retired Webkinz – Rare But Not Extinct

Ask many children, “What would you like for your birthday?” Many times the answer will be, “A Webkinz!” The Webkinz by Ganz line of toys is extremely popular, and seems to be holding it’s own in the children’s toy market. On occasion (I believe once a year) Ganz “retires” a few of the Webkinz, which […]

Renaissance Artists: Titian, Michelangelo, Leonardo

One of the great things about Renaissance art is that each artistic master had a distinctive style. Each one brought to their art a different perspective of the world, a different artistic mission, and a different personality. The four greatest art masters of the High Renaissance were Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titan. Leondardo […]

Calculating Baseball Statistics – Range Factor (RF)

Range Factor (or RF for short) is a baseball statistic designed to help to quantify a baseball player’s fielding ability. Taken together with Fielding Percentage (FP%), it can be quite helpful in evaluating a player’s defensive abilities. Fielding Percentage is simply a ratio that shows the percentage of plays a particular fielder makes out of […]