It’s snowy outside my window here in Minnesota and that’s putting me in the mood for the holidays! I know, I know. We still have Thanksgiving to celebrate and I need to hold my horses. However, today also marks the …
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Orange Marmalade: 2018 Little Literary Holiday Gift Guide
All year long I make it my aim to introduce books to Orange Marmalade readers, any one of which would make a great holiday gift 🙂 For this year’s holiday list, I’m highlighting: Something Old — a vintage or classic …
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Orange Marmalade 2018 Non-Electronic Gift Guide: Games and Puzzles
Puzzles and board games for all ages today! Wrap them up for the holidays and enjoy them for years to come! Links will take you either to a website where you can purchase the item or to Amazon. If you …
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Orange Marmalade 2018 Non-Electronic Gift Guide: artistry all around!
Today’s list celebrates artistic endeavors… the joy of creating in wide-ranging forms, from blacksmithing to bread-baking, bell ringing to tap dancing. Let these gift ideas inspire others that are particularly suited to your child…or yourself! I’ve provided links to cool …
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Orange Marmalade 2018 Non-Electronic Gift Guide: investigate! build! invent! imagine!
Today — a fountain of toys, projects, kits, and clubs so full of juice and joy I’d be happy to see them under the Christmas tree with my name on the tag! I’ll steer you to a few sites you’ll …
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Orange Marmalade 2018 Non-Electronic Gift Guide: #optoutside edition
It’s time once again for Orange Marmalade’s annual non-electronic gift guides! Non-electronic pastimes enrich kids’ bodies, minds, and souls. Here’s to holiday gift-giving that encourages outdoor play, creative messes, imagination, ingenuity, exploration, family time, in the juicy, real world. Once …
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2017 Orange Marmalade Non-Electronic Gift Guide: Create! Imagine! Investigate! Edition
 Cardboard, dirt, sticks, water — these are some of the best tools of play out there! The gift ideas on my blog today may come in stores, but are still geared toward creative, imaginative, investigative pastimes. There are lots more …
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Orange Marmalade’s 2016 Non-electronic Gift Guide: Little Literary Lovers Edition
If you’ve got any young bookworms on your giving list, I’ve got some book-themed ideas today. Of course, books themselves are the best idea of all! Scroll through my blog to find a gem, or ask the knowledgeable folk at …
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