Two Foot Ox !

OX 24" Ugly Doll

Twice the Size, Twice the Ugly!

 Getting UGLY just got a lot Bigger and more Huggable!

What kind of name is OX? No, not like the animal OX, as in HUG and KISS!

How can he hug you with such short arms? OX uses his ears! He's not a very good listener, but he puts his ears to good use in many other ways!

OX is great at magic, and his best trick is turning your stuff into his stuff! His best buddy Wedgehead calls that stealing, but OX just wants to borrow things from you for a few hundred years. (He promises to put everything back when he's done).

What he wants to steal most are kisses, whether they're in the chocolate variety or just plain, and he promises to be your friend if you would lend him a hand, or an ear...or like Two Dollars!

UGLYDOLL OX IS ABOUT 24" TALL

* Winner 2006 Toy Of The Year Award by Toy Industry Association

* Oppenheim Best Toy Award

* 2006 Parent's Choice Approved Award

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Guess How Much I Love You Poster

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On T&T iPod : Rufus Wainwright / Across The Universe

With images that recall the brilliance of Magritte, Rufus Wainwright's cover of Across The Universe is pure genius. We don't sell music but Rufus Wainwright has made many of our ordinary days extraordinary so we just had to share!

Hey Ugly ! Postcard Box

What better way to keep in touch than with these fun postcards featuring the beloved cast of Uglydoll characters? With hilarious photos and illustrations of the Uglys, this postcard collection reminds you that no one is perfect but everyone is special.

Postcards are 4 x 5-3/4 x 5/8 in; 30 different color postcards

Find additional Ugly Doll stationary items as well as Ugly Dolls in our store.

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Magnetic Poetry - It All Started With A Sneeze

It all started with a song and a sneeze. Dave Kapell, founder of Magnetic Poetry, was suffering from writer's block while trying to compose song lyrics. To overcome this problem, he wrote down interesting words on pieces of paper and rearranged them, looking for inspiration. What he hadn't figured into this experiment was his allergies. One good sneeze and any progress was sent flying across the room. Dave decided to glue the words to pieces of magnets and stick them to a pizza tin. Then he got hungry and the now magnetized words made their way to the refrigerator door. Before too long, Dave wasn't the only one rearranging his would-be song lyrics. When friends came over, Dave noticed they started to move the magnets around, amusing themselves by writing the first magnetic poems.

After seeing his friends having fun, Dave thought he might be able to sell his word kits at a local craft fair. He made up 100 kits and set up shop at Calhoun Square, a mall in the Uptown area of Minneapolis. All 100 kits were gone after 3 hours. That night, he recruited as many friends as pizza and beer could draw and made up more kits--all of which sold as rapidly the next day.

From these beginnings, Magnetic Poetry® has now sold over three million word kits, over one billion word tiles--growing from the Original Kit to a kid's line of kits, to foreign language kits, to Voice/theme kits.

And since March 2008 Magnetic Poetry has been a part of Tuesdays and Thursdays - Making Ordinary Days (and refrigerators) Extraordinary

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Bunnies - they're everywhere

One of our latest additions is Folkmanis hand puppets - we're just amazed at the quality of these wonderful creations. They're actually more like realistic plush animals with a hidden opening that allows for movement.

The Angora Rabbit's head and front paws move - we've played with him a few times holding him in our arms as if he where a real rabbit. (yes, we've fooled a few people). The Angora Rabbit is 14" long and 7" tall and very cuddly.

Find the Angora Rabbit and other Folkmanis puppets at Tuesdays And Thursdays

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The Hour Is Approaching

11 Months From Today is Earth Hour 2009 - Stay Tuned For Details

Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon

Board Book and Bunny Baby Shower Gift Set

Written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd, Goodnight Moon was first published in 1947. It's a true classic in every sense of the word! The story is about a little bunny saying goodnight to everything around: "Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon. Goodnight light, and the red balloon..."

This set includes a copy of the Goodnight Moon Board Book and a 7" version of the bunny from the story. We ship the bunny still factory sealed in a polybag. (please let him out as soon as possible).

Additional Good Night Moon items including the individual bunny, book, plus growth chart and notecards are available at TuesdaysAndThursdays.com

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Glow In The Dark Planets In A Tube

Glow In The Dark Planets In A Tube

Give your solar scene new dimension! This set features the nine planets of our solar system (yes, we still love Pluto!)
packaged in a handy reusable tube. All of these colorful, glow-in-the-dark orbs are ready to give your room a big bang. String them to your ceiling and learn more about the worlds beyond our own. Comes with nine glowing planets, 25 feet of string and adhesive putty.

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I will not ever NEVER eat a tomato !

We love Lola and Charlie and met recently with the company that makes several Lola and Charlie play things. Oh how we love what we do for a living !

( and who couldn’t love a girl who will not ever Never eat tomatoes! )



Lola And Charlie will be joining the fun at Tuesdays and Thursdays soon.

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR HAND PUPPET

The World Of Eric Carle THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR HAND PUPPET

11" Plush

The hero from Eric Carle's classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar can now join your hungry little one for great play!

(Thankfully the mouth on the handpuppet does not open as that could result in some really icky hungry experiments!) However, should the caterpillar become hungry, he is machine washable, cold water, gentle cycle, and can be tumble dryed on low. How brilliant is that!

Fingers reach into the caterpillars head and his top two "arms".

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Everyone Wants To Be Ugly

From the creative minds of two love struck artists David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim emerge the Uglydoll family! What started as a drawing of a playful orange character known as Wage has turned into a whole new world of fun! In 2001, when David's soon to be wife and creative partner Sun-Min had to return to Korea, he sent her many "I miss you" letters with his little Wage character drawn at the bottom.


Sun-Min sewed Wage into a push doll and sent him to David as a surprise gift. David asked Sun-Min to sew a couple more for the Giant Robot store in Los Angeles and they sold out in one day! A very excited Sun-Min sewed many more and those sold just as fast! Sun-Min and David then began to pull more characters from the Uglyverse, a universe where UGLY meant unique and special, to translate into plush Uglydolls. They both met again at their very first Uglydoll Toy Fair booth (a small 6x6 booth made of felt and wood) in New York, where they would go on to win Toy Of The Year 4 years later!

Uglydolls are available at Tuesdays and Thursdays

Carrot Mythology

Carrots are a great source of Vitamin A. Vitamin A deficencies can result in poor eyesight and other occular conditions. However eating more carrots and taking Vitamin A supplements does not improve vision.

The rumor about carrots improving eyesight was started as a part of disinformation campaign during World War II. The Royal Air Force was using an early form of radar and did not want the Nazis to know anything about this new technology. So to explain why British pilots had such an impressive records of hitting their targets, the Home Office explained that the pilots were eating large amounts of carrots.

We find seemingly ordinary stories like this to be extraordinary - from time to time we'll share more stories on the Tuesdays And Thursdays blog roll.

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So Much To Celebrate

With just eight months until Santa's big day, we've just received our first shipment of Holiday Cards including "So Much To Celebrate" shown above, plus cards featuring Maurice Sendak's Wild Things, Ian Falconer's porcine heroine Olivia, Curious George and other favourites!

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Green Magnetic Poetry !

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Yo Ho Yo Ho A Pirate's Party For Me !

Aye Matey ! There be pillaging cake and plundering sweets a-going on soon!

Pirate themed invitations set the theme for a great party! ARGH !

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Favourite Words : Raconteur

Raconteur


noun

a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly

In keeping with our goal of making ordinary days extraordinary, from time to time we will be adding more new, interesting, and sometimes forgotten, words to the Tuesdays And Thursdays blog roll.

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Now Playing On The T&T iPod : Church On Time

Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama team up for this lighthearted take on "Church On Time." We don't sell music but sometimes a song makes one of our ordinary days extraordinary and we like to share the joy!

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A bedtime story sounds right just about now ...

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Reduce Reuse Recycle

We're committed to reducing our environmental footprint every chance we get.

Many of our customers are surprised to discover thatdespite our boasting about our eco-friendly habits, on some occassions an order will contain packing peanuts. Rest assured that we never buy styrofoam peanuts - we reuse the ones that we receive in the office as well as the peanuts our staff collect from orders they receive at home. (That's why you may receive a combination of white, pink, and green peanuts in your order)

We encourage our customers to save the peanuts for future shipping needs, or drop them off at your local UPS store (call ahead first) but most are willing to reuse your styrofoam peanuts.

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Jeero On Jeero

Jeero came to work today and was mesmerized when he found himself on the blogosphere.

A Tussy What-y ?

A tussie-mussie is a small bunch of flowers, typically given as a gift. They have existed in some form since at least medieval times, when they were worn around the head or on the lapel to mask the unpleasant smells of the time - literally, to keep the nose gay (happy). In their current form, they rose to popularity during the reign of Queen Victoria at which time the tussie-mussie became a popular fashion acceesory.

In the late 2oth Century the term tussie mussie came to denote the cone shaped boquet holder rather than the flowers within.

Single Tussy Mussies, as well as sets for your entire Bridal Party, are available at Tuesdays And Thursdays.

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Oh The Places You'll Go

Dr Seuss is brilliant - Oh The Places You'll Go - can you think of a better expression to be said upon graduation, a new job, or relocation?

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It's A Groovy Secret

Sugar and spice and everything nice - but sometimes a young lady has a secret that she wants to share, but wants no one else to know.

A lock and key diary is a traditional part of growing up and makes a great gift. Many styles are available featuring images of favourite characters girls love.

At Tuesdays And Thursdays one of our most popular styles if the Groovy Girls Lock And Key Diary. It's a Groovin' Gift! It's 5 1/4 x 6" hardback journal, with:
240 lined pages, Padlock with 2 keys and comes in an Acetate gift box.

Suntan Target UglyDoll

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Jeero Goes To Church

in his attempt to go to Grace Church in Nutley, Jeero was caught climbing a fence on the way in (I wonder why he didn't just open the gate?) Tuesdays and Thursdays - Making Ordinary Days Extraordinary

Espanol !

Spanish Magnetic Poetry World® Series Kit Magnetic Poetry World® Series Kits are the international versions of the popular American phenomonen. Each was created by native speakers of the respective language, and care was taken to bring out the poetic delights of their mother tongue for natives and learners alike. Find other Magnetic Poetry Sets in our store : Tuesdays and Thursdays

Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit Building Blocks Puzzle

Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit is there with his blue jacket in one scene, with Flopsy and Mopsy and Cotton-tail, plus Jemima Puddle-Duck, Tom Kitten and Benjamin Bunny.

Enjoy these sweet illustrations, which have been bringing delight to parents and small children since 1902! The block set contains 9 2-inch cubes, with each side forming the parts of six different puzzle pictures. They're also fun to use as building blocks! Comes packaged in a sturdy box with sliding drawer. Made for ages 3+.

The Peter Rabbit Puzzle Blocks are available at Tuesdays And Thursdays.

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Growing Up Like A Wild One

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is a children's picture book originally published by Harper & Row which describes the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is angry after being sent to his room without supper. Max wears a distinctive wolf suit during his adventures and encounters various mythical creatures. The book is generally regarded as a classic of American illustrated children's literature.

Written in 1963, it was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1964. It also won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and was an ALA Notable Book.

Needless to say, we are tickled pink to be able to offer a large selection of gifts and stationery items featuring the characters and artwork of Maurice Sendak. Among them are the Where The Wild Things Are Photo Growth Chart.

Children will love tracking their growth with this wild wall chart. It features the classic artwork of Maurice Sendak, plus 4 built in picture frames and stickers to mark heights and dates! Chart height to 4 feet six inches. Made of durable materials and includes hanging hardware.

Of course you may just want to include a mark on the chart to show where you child first read "Where The Wild Things Are" on their own as well!

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Aussie Aussie Aussie

Australia is our first shipping destination in the Southern Hemisphere. Of course Ugly Dolls were the first item to be sent "down under."

When All Else Fails ....

... Blame It On Pirates !

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Now Playing On The T&T iPod : Time Of Our Lives

Paul Van Dyk featuring Vega4 : Time Of Our Lives.

When the Berlin Wall came down millions of people received the gift of freedom and the world received the gift of Paul Van Dyck. Born in what was East Germany, Paul Van Dyck has captured the spotlight on the world music stage. Time Of our Lives is a favourite song here at Tuesdays and Thursdays. The vocals on Time of our Lives are by Vega4 a four-piece band from London whose hit "Life is Beautiful" was featured in Kyle XY, Grey's Anantomy and Pushing Daisies. We don't sell music, but since Paul Van Dyck and Vega4 have made some of our ordinary days extraordinary, we just had to share.

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Advent Calendar Coloform Fun !

Our At the North Pole Advent Calendar is a fun, creative way to count down the days to Christmas! First choose your favorite 24 stickers (bears, reindeer, snow angels, skiers, stars, snowmen, etc.) and place them on the calendar squares. Each day of Advent, move one sticker from the calendar onto the calendar board's background picture to build a scene. On Christmas Eve, add Santa. The stickers are reusable, so you can vary the scene year by year. Make it a tradition!

Illustrations by Kelly Murphy.

Hangable 12 x 18" calendar board

Reusable vinyl stickers

Ages 4+

Available now at Tuesdays And Thursdays - yup - now, Tax Day - with the Uncle Sam Grinch taking away your money why not look forward to Santa Time !

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This Is Our Friend OX

What kind of name is OX?
No, not like the animal OX, as in HUG and KISS!

How can he hug you with such short arms?

OX uses his ears! He's not a very good listener, but he puts his ears to good use in many other ways!

OX is great at magic, and his best trick is turning your stuff into his stuff.

His best buddy Wedgehead calls that stealing, but OX just wants to borrow things from you for a few hundred years.

He promises to put everything back when he's done.

What he wants to steal most are kisses, whether they're in the chocolate variety or just plain, and he promises to be your friend if you would lend him a hand, or an ear...or like Two Dollars!

UGLYDOLL OX IS 14" TALL

OX hangs out at Tuesdays and Thursdays

Jeero Finds His Solmate

Jeero tagged along for my visit to the International Gift Fair in New York City and found his soulmate in Solmate socks!

Solmates are colorful mismatched socks for adults, children, and babies from Vermont's socklady and soon will be featured at Tuesdays And ThursdaysSpunk, color and a conscience! There are so many reasons to love these mismatched socks. For one, they are an American-made product: the yarns are dyed, spun and knit at small, family-owned businesses here in the US.

Here's the part I love - from the very start, Solmate cotton socks have always been knit using recycled cotton yarns. These yarns are recovered from the production of other cotton products (mainly t-shirts), and re-blended with other fibers and spun into yarns for Solmate Socks. Reduce reuse recycle - woo hoo!!
While Jeero loves them for the colors, the story behind the company is what knocked my socks off (okay, not literally since I am so often in flip flops) - making new and wonderful things from discards, how awesome and inspiring is that. It's a lesson we can take with us everywhere we go!

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A Lesson From RFK

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert Kennedy

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Children know this. Children live this. So why do we as adults forget this important lesson?

Daring to fail greatly starts in infancy: pushing our bodies to roll over, to see our world from a different vantage point that WE decide. Of course later on there is walking. Boom! Fall down. Get up and do it again, know that a fall could happen again. Babies, and even the adults around them do not see the falls as failures, they all seem to know that it is a part of the process of learning to walk. So why is it that we as adults are so afraid of the stumble in our lives?


Are we afraid of failure, or is our fear more deeply rooted in the words and reactions of others who may see us on that journey? Does the reaction of others, or our perception of the reaction of others really matter? In that vein does failure even matter, perhaps failure is a perception as well. Thomas Edison referred to all the attempts at creating a lightbulb '1000 way of how not to make a light bulb.' Of coure there are all those lab workers who crash cars into walls, looking for failure points, all in the name of learning how to make a safer automobile.

Perhaps the biggest misnomer of failure is its absoluteness. The Kennedy family has had more than its share of triumph and tragedy, but every member of the family picked themselves up, often multiple times in their lives, and worked to complete the tasks at hand. Failure doesn't have to be final, it can be a speedbump on our journey, a chance to slow down and really examine all that is around us, then continue on the journey, toward success.

Degas Dancers at Rest Museum Puzzle

Edgar Degas is most famous for his portrayals of ballet dancers. While Impressionists worked outdoors to explore the changing effects of natural light, Edgar Degas was fascinated by artificial light. He was also a perfectionist, who asked the dancers to pose for long periods while he refined his drawings. Said Degas, "No art was ever less spontaneous than mine."

While away your waiting time backstage by assembling this 500-piece Dancers at Rest puzzle. The original pastel drawing is in the Musee d'Orsay, Paris.

Puzzle measures 16" square

4-1/2" stackable cube package

Informational insert with artist information

Available now at Tuesdays And Thursdays

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Eric Carle's Hungry Caterpillar Bank

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Bank

Stoneware bank. 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" x 3 1/4". Coin slot on top.

Features our favorite green hero on top and the variety of fruits he ate along the sides.

Just as our Caterpillar put a little bit in his tummy at a time, you can start teaching your child about money with this wonderful gift. (put a little bit in, a little bit more, and suddenly you have a whole bunch!) Not as exciting as becoming a butterfly, but you get the idea!

Made by Lunt Silversmiths under license from Eric Carle. Visit Tuesdays And Thursdays to find additional items inspired by The Hungry Caterpillar and other Eric Carle books.

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SAT (not) for Dummies

SAT Game For Dummies is a fun, trivia-style board game that includes 500 questions covering all five SAT categories, plus reading-passage booklets for the critical reading and writing skills sections. Questions are timed so you can experience the test pace. Risks and rewards encourage you to answer opponents’ questions, while wild cards and hidden exam-room locations add to the excitement. SAT Game For Dummies is great for teen study groups, SAT preparation classes, and families looking to get involved in the SAT experience. For 2 to 8 players, ages 12 to adult. Available now at Tuesdays and Thursdays

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Goodnight Moon

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Enchanted Secrets

Sugar and spice and everything nice - but sometimes a young lady has a secret that she wants to share, but wants no one else to know.

A lock and key diary is a traditional part of growing up and makes a great gift. Many styles are available featuring images of favourite characters girls love. At Tuesdays And Thursdays one of our favourite styles is the Fairy Writing Lock And Key Diary. It's an Enchanting Gift!

It's 5 1/4 x 6" hardback journal, with: 240 lined pages, Padlock with 2 keys and comes in an Acetate gift box.

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go ahead - blame the dog !

Walter The Farting Dog plush toy

From William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, Elizabeth Gundy and Audrey Colman's hilarious books.

When Betty and Billy rescued Walter from the pound, they never imagined that such a cute dog was capable of such unpleasant and frequent smells — Walter passes gas constantly! But just when the dog seems destined to be returned to the pound, a remarkable event turns him into a hero, and his new family learns to live with his smells.

Squeeze him and he farts!

Walter is 8" long. There are some people out there who have not yet heard of this literary classic. Can you believe such a thing!

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Little Ugly Bop Beep (pink green)

A two sided ugly doll - they have each others back ! (isn't that what friends, even ugly friends, are supposed to do?)

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the Very Hungry Caterpillar for dinner

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Dinnerware Set, created by Lunt Silversmiths, licensed by Eric Carle. Stoneware, microwave and dishwasher safe. Set includes Cup, Bowl, and Plate.


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What's Better Than A Blanket Fort ?

Your Very Own Play Tent!

Made in Texas by "Lucy & Michael," these playtents are unlike any we've seen on the market. (Most play tents are plastic, and have such annoyingly bright colours that we are sure they can be spotted by aircraft overhead). Most important, "lucy & michael" is a company created by Moms who wanted playtents that would last not only for child, but could be used by their younger brothers and sisters in years to come.

Made simply of whimsically combined beautiful fabrics and trims and solid pine supports, lucy & michael play tents fit the bill. Reinforced with years of design and redesign, the tent pattern grew from daily research performed by the most important and uncompromising investigators - the children who play in them.

Lucy & Michael playtents come in a wide range of colour patterns. Play tents are 5 feet square and stand 5 feet tall when open; when closed they stand 6 feet tall.

Coming soon to TuesdaysAndThursdays.com

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Now Playing On The T & T iPod : Clocks

Rhythms del Mundo featuring Coldplay : Clocks. Okay, we admit, there is a lot of Coldplay on the Tuesdays And Thursdays iPod. A whole lot. We're especially fond of this take on Clocks. It's sheer brilliance. We don't sell music, but Coldplay has many many of our ordinary days extraordinary so we just could not help but share!

Huggable Wild Things

7" Plush Set

from Where The Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

Four soft and cuddly 7" plush toys based on Maurice Sendak's classic book, set includes:

Max / Bernard / Sipi / Moishe

Written in 1963, Where The Wild Things are has become an American Classic, and one of our favourite books! The book tells the story of Max, who one evening plays around his home, "making mischief" in a wolf costume. As punishment, his mother sends him to bed without supper. In his room, a mysterious, wild forest grows out of his imagination, and Max takes a journey to the land of the Wild Things. We'd love to tell you more of the story, but that would spoil the ending...

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Garden Fairies 100 Piece Puzzle in Tin

Our challenging 100-piece puzzle comes in an irresistible (even to adults!) hinged storage tin. (Only the storage tin is metal, by the way.) The artwork is great and the puzzles are fun!

Julia Breckenreid illustrated the poppies, dragonfly, butterflies, and fairies of the Garden Fairies Collectible Tin Puzzle. 100-pieces to put together with your friends.

100-piece puzzle measures 18 x 12"

Storage tin measures 7-1/16 x 6 x 2"

For ages 6+

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