Grandparents Day in the United States is on September 7, 2008.  That’s just a few days away, so I thought it would be appropriate to share some products that I think are a wonderful idea for grandparents.

First, here is a great book filled with activities for grandparents and grandchildren to do together, Kids and Grandparents: An Activity Book.

I also came across a variety of books for grandparents to record their memories for their grandchildren.  I think this is such a wonderful idea and a keepsake that grandchildren are sure to treasure as they grow into adulthood and have children (or grandchildren) of their own.  Here are a few suggestions for grandparent memory books:

For My Grandchild: A Grandmother’s Gift of Memory: A book from the AARP for grandmothers to record their memories.

From Your Grandfather: A Gift of Memory for My Grandchild: A book from the AARP for grandfathers to record their memories.

A Grandparent’s Legacy: Your Life Story in Your Own Words: A gender neutral memory book.

Grandparents’ Memory Book: Did You Really Walk Five Miles to School?: A gender neutral memory book.

You can find more books like these by doing a quick search on Amazon.  Check out the great products I found by doing a search for “grandparents book“.  There are so many great items to celebrate grandparents this Grandparents Day!

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Here’s another cool contest.  Five winners will each get a Super Soaker Blaster package including a Super Soaker Sneak Attack 4 Way and a Super Soacker Bottle Shot.

The Super Soaker Sneak Attach 4 includes hidden side nozzles, so kids can surprise their opponents and drench them from any angle!  The Bottle Shot lets kids turn an ordinary beverage bottle into a huge water supply, meaning fewer trips to the water spout to refill.

The contest runs through September 20, 2008, and you can follow the link to enter to win the Super Soaker Blaster Package.

Good luck!

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I just found this huge sale and have to share!  The online Disney Store is having a big Labor Day sale with up to 75% off popular products. 

Check out this High School Musical Mix Max Digital Video and Audio Player that normally retails for $79.99 but is on sale for $29.99!  It holds up to six hours of videos or 240 mp3 songs.

With High School Musical 3 due to hit theaters in October, this looks like a great gift for the holidays with a great price!

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Wow!  I just published a post about Tooth Tunes during Tween Week last week, and now I found a contest where 10 lucky people will win a Tooth Tune! 

Very cool!

You can follow the link to enter the contest to win a Tooth Tunes musical toothbrush.  The contest ends on October 31, 2008.

Good luck!

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To wrap up Tween Week on PlayLibrary, I’m suggesting an entire store filled with great products for tweens.  Actually, there are great toys, games and products for kids (and adults) of all ages at this store, but since it’s Tween Week, I’ll focus on products for tweens.

I’m talking about the Discovery Channel Store.  Visit the Discovery Online Toy Store, and you’ll find so many ideas for educational and fun toys, games and products for tweens!  Here are a few ideas:

Cube World

With Cube World, you can create your own interactive world of stick characters.  Each set costs $29.95 and includes 2 cubes.  You can connect up to 16 cubes to create an entire world.  Four characters, Handy, Dusty, Mic and Hans, move around the cubes and interact with each other.  Motion sensors allow you to interact with the characters, too.  You can play with them, pester them or shake the cubes and see how the characters react.  Tween boys would love this product!

Sparkle Greeting Card Kit

Tween girls love to write notes to their friends, and the Sparkle Greeting Card Kit will help them create the coolest notes!  The kit includes a 64-page book that shows you how to create more than 50 great cards as well as tons of glitter. sparkles, paper, rhinestones, ribbon, stickers and more!  At just $19.95, this looks like a great activity for tween girls to do by themselves or with friends!

Great States Game

The Great States Game looks like an educational and fun board game for tween boys and tween girls.  It includes 400 questions that teach states, capitals, landmarks and more in a fun game.  This game retails for $19.95 and is a winner of the Parents’ Choice Award and the Oppenheim Best Toy Award.  It is for kids ages 7 and up, but for younger kids, there is a Great States Junior Game. 

What do you think?  What’s your tween’s favorite educational game or product?

Images: Discover Online Toy Store

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