Silly Accessories for Kids

Kids are like adults. They like to get a little silly now and then.

One fad that has been around since 2008 and seems here to stay are the Silly Bandsz bracelets. These are rubber bands made from silicone rubber. Kids like to trade them and often they wear several as once. Rubber bracelets like Silly Bandsz are not a bad idea for kids because they do not contain the lead or cadmium that a lot of kid's jeweler does.

Another trend is Krazy Korker bows. These are bows that consist of several fabric corkscrews. They make your baby look like he or she has two big bows on her head. They come in nice wild colors like pink and lime or black and pink.

Hair clips are also looking pretty silly these days. Kids love the ones made out of ribbon that look like Elmo, the Cookie Monster and Big Bird. Hair clips in general can help a little girl make a fashion statement. Some of the most popular styles are little pink fuzzy bears, shiny plastic granny smith apples, black and pink 'Punk Rock Princess' crowns and flowers, and the Posh People style which has butterflies, flowers and skulls.

Little girls love the punk look. Why not cinch in their waists with a cute little leather belt imprinted with studs in the shape of metal daisies. You can also get all kinds of fingerless gloves nowadays, many of them with imprints of skulls and bones on them.

Little kids and babies also look cool in baby fishnet tights or tights that have a leopard or zebra print.

The coolest accessories for babies and toddlers are boots that look like Uggs! Black is a trendy color in these furry flat boots. Black Aspen makes a pair of black Ugg style boots with little pink ribbons in them.

Every cool baby is also wearing a bib. The coolest of bibs lately have images of glam rock or punk rock stars. Kidsink makes one with a picture of David Bowe on it.

Everyone knows kids should drink lots of water nowadays. That is why it is a nice idea to get your own kid a little metal water bottle. The company kidbasix makes a really nice with rubber grips, plastic cap and metal body.

It is also a good idea to put sunglasses on your kid as early as possible in life. This prevents their young eyes from being damaged by U.V. rays and causing blindness!

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Entertaining Your Kids Without Going Broke

Are you leaving all of the entertaining of your children to the television? I don't blame you. Watching television is so cheap!

Some recent studies show that now as many as 83 percent of kids are watching two hours of television or more each day, while an incredible 90 percent of toddlers spending that much time around the tube. That does not give them that much time to interact with people.

Activities with others and in the great outdoors allow for happier, less anxious kids that feel better and are more relaxed. A sedentary kid is going to be a fat and unhappy kid.

You do not have to spend a fortune to play with your kids or make them feel more active. All you have to do is make them simple forts out of boxes and blankets. Any big cardboard box can easily be turned into a castle or a fort. Cardboard boxes and tubes also make great rocket ships. You can make your little girl a kitchen complete with fridge and stove out of cardboard boxes.

It is not that hard to find large boxes. You can find them at stores that carry appliances.
One warning – if you are cutting cardboard, do it by yourself. Your child's safety scissors cannot handle thick, stiff cardboard.

There are also hundreds of fun crafts that your kids can make. You can find instructions for most of them online. You can have them build their own kite and fly it in the back yard. You can have them put together a popsicle stick house or have them build a boot scraper mat out of bottle caps. One of the most fun and simplest of toys is a phone connected by a string and made out of two empty tin cans.

Awakening your kid's creativity is as simple as giving them some paper and colored pencils. You can also let them decorate their own room using washable paints. They can draw all over the walls and you can wipe it clean later.

To get your kid off the couch and walking take a field trip to somewhere free. Go view the nearest public government buildings or take a walk in a part. Some kids enjoy strolls through cemeteries. Basically a kid will go anywhere with you. For them, the quality time has to do with the connection to you. So it does not really matter where you go as long as the two of you are together.

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