Unique Toys For Unique Kids

Riddle - 9/18/09

2009-09-18T11:17:00.001-04:00

What has roots that nobody sees, and it taller than trees. Up, up it goes, but never grows.

What is it?

Riddles

2009-09-16T16:29:00.001-04:00

Two babies born on the same day in the same year with the same mother and father are not twins. Can you explain how this can be?

Riddles

2009-09-16T16:26:00.001-04:00

I've decided to start posting some riddles, feel free to try and answer!

Put a coin in a bottle and then stop the opening with a cork. How can you get the coin out of the bottle without pulling out the cork or breaking the bottle?

2009-08-10T12:34:00.001-04:00

Unfortunately, we did not get enough entries for July to run the contest, we will combine the July entries with the August entries.

RoseyToys.com is located in Saratoga Springs, NY - near the historical Saratoga Springs Race Track, so ....

August's Art Contest Theme: Horses!

1. Must be 12 years old or younger.

2. All entries must be electronically emailed to Contest@RoseyToys.com and must be in jpeg format (yes, we can and will accept any artwork that has either been digitally photographed or scanned in). Sorry at this time we cannot accept "paper" drawings in the mail.

3. The email MUST include the following:

Contestant's First and Last Name (only first name will be posted)

Parent / Guardian First and Last Name
Home Address
Home Phone Number
E-Mail Address
Age
Title of Art Work

We ask for address, phone number and email address to be able to either contact the winner and send them their prize, or contact you in the event we can't see the picture sent. We do not sell our lists nor "tele-market" our customers (we hate those calls during dinner too!)

4. You can optionally include an explanation of

what your picture is and your piece of art means to you (100 words or less).

Now, kiddies go have fun and start creating beautiful pieces of art - we love seeing them!

ok, now the boring "Rules"....

5. All entries must be accompanied by a parent or guardian name and must come from their email address, this will indicate parental/guardian approval.

6. The only information that will be included on our website with your child's art will be the following:

First Name (no last names - ever - no exceptions)
Age
Title of Art Work
City & State.

For example, "I love RoseyToys.com", Ellie, age 4, Pearl River, NY

If you do not want this information posted, please include this in your email and we will only post the age and title of the artwork for voting purposes.

7. All entries become the property of RoseyToys.com / Gift Mercant, LLC

and may be used by RoseyToys.com / Gift Merchant, LLC in any and all media now known or

hereafter developed for non-commercial and commercial purposes alike.

8. The subject of all art must be in the genre of each month's theme.

9. The Dates:

Entries received from the 1st of the month thru the last day of the month will qualify for that month's drawing.
The "top five" will be posted by the 5th of each month - and the voting will begin!
Voting closes on the last day of each month.
The winners will be notified by the 5th of the following month and the winner's drawing will be posted on our site at that time.

Employees of RoseyToys.com / Gift Merchant, LLC and their families are not eligible for this contest.

Rules are subject to changes without notice.

There must be a minimum of 15 entries each month for voting to commence. If 15 entries are not received, the contest will not be held that month.

Keep Track of Your Kids Chores!

2009-02-16T22:25:00.005-05:00

As a parent we sometimes had issues keeping track of our kids chores, and keeping track if/when they were being done. Well we gave the Melissa & Doug's Magnetic Responsibility Chart to our kids and it made life a lot easier! We were able to add or replace chores as needed and our children had fun keeping track of the chores they accomplished!

Too Much Snow!

2009-01-29T22:58:00.002-05:00

We moved our warehouse from Pearl River, NY (just north of NY City) to Saratoga Springs, NY (just north of Albany, NY) this past summer. Why did we move you ask? Well, we love Saratoga Springs, it is beautiful! It has more than just the track (although the track is very pretty). There is a cultural arts center, the school district is great, a great downtown and a lot of things to do with kids.

When we inquired about the amount of snow from all of the people we knew, we were told over and over, that this area just didn't get much snow over the last decade or so. Most felt it was due to global warming. "Whew" we thought, great (not about global warming, just the lack of snow)! Now let's make our move!

Well it is our first winter up here, and let's just say they were all WRONG! We have been it with over 31 inches of snow since January 1st, and it does not seem to want to let up. When we ask the people who told us that they "hardly ever get snow".... well they blame it on us - because we moved here!!

Maybe they are right, perhaps we should tell Mother Nature that we are moving to Florida, so that all of our snow will end up there and perhaps it will be 80 degrees here! :)

Customers, don't worry, our faithful warehouse folks will still get your orders out on time! Their fingers and toes might be freezing (we do have heat, but there is only so much you can do when the tempurature is 0 degrees!), but they will all work very hard to get your orders out in a timely fashion.

For all of you that live in the Southern portion of the US, we beg you, please send us some of your heat! We can really use it!

The Staff at RoseyToys.com (this blog post took hours to write due to the cold!)

Melissa & Doug Toys - New for 2009!

2009-01-13T15:25:00.012-05:00

We have started to get some of the Melissa & Doug toys that are new for 2009! They are all really cute and we love them all. Below are some examples:

Best Friends Forever Magnetic Dress Up by Melissa and Doug
There are a bunch of new role play sets (so cute!):

Doctor Costume Role Play Set by Melissa & Doug

And the cookies, yum!!

Slice and Bake Cookie Set by Melissa & Doug

Want to check out ALL of the NEW Melissa & Doug toys for 2009, click here.

We will be constantly adding to this category, so check it out often!

15% Off Orders over $25 - Plus Free Shipping For Orders over $75

2009-01-01T23:40:00.002-05:00

Save 15% On Orders Over $25

2008-12-10T03:11:00.005-05:00

Biggest Sale of the Season - Plus Free Shipping

2008-12-01T02:33:00.006-05:00

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

2008-10-16T00:03:00.003-04:00

At RoseyToys.com we believe that one of the things we leave to our children is the environment. With that said, we feel it is important to reduce, reuse and recycle whenever we can. Matter of fact, just for viewing this page, we would like to reduce your costs by offering you a coupon - 10% off any order over $25. Use the code reduce10 at checkout to receive discount (yes, you can combine this with our FREE ground shipping offer for all orders over $75!

If you receive a "reused" box from us, this is one way we feel that we can help save our environment (plus we save some money, which gets passed to the consumer, you!).

Everyone in our office recycles our aluminum cans, paper, glass, plastic items, magazines and newspapers.

We also do not purchase any foam packing materials. If you receive a package from us with foam packing materials, it is because it was shipped from the manufacturer to us in this method. If you receive foam packaging materials, please try to recycle them (contact your local town to see what your local recycling rules and regulations are).

While no one company or person can save the environment, we feel it is our duty to try - every little bit helps!

Your recycling mission is not impossible! In fact, it is very simple:

Don't throw away anything that can be recycled!

Here is a list of things you should always recycle (or reuse!) ...

Acid Batteries
Aluminum Cans
Building Materials
Cardboard
Chemicals
Electronic equipment
Glass (particularly bottles and jars)
Lead
Magazines
Metal
Newspaper

Oil
Paint
Paper
Plastic Bags
Plastic Bottles
Steel Cans
Tires
White Goods (Appliances)
Wood
Writing/Copy Paper
Yard Waste

Some of the items listed above will require special handling procedures and special recycling places or events. Just ask your local recycling office (city, county, or state) for assistance and information.

Now isn't that easy? There is so much that YOU can do with very little effort. And the best part is you will probably save yourself a lot of money while you are at it!

RoseyToys.com tries to be as "green" of a company as we can be. If you have any information that would assist us in recycling, we would be more than happy to read and hopefully implement it! Email us at
ContactUs@RoseyToys.com!

We have been nominated for The Bloggers Choice Awards - 2nd Year in a Row!!!

2008-10-14T23:24:00.001-04:00

Click to vote for us!

Check Out The Newest Melissa & Doug Toys

2008-10-14T20:28:00.007-04:00

We have added a new link on our site to make it easier to find the Newest Melissa & Doug Toys.

This link will updated regularly - so check it often to see what toys have just come out!

Click here to have a look!

Montly Art Contest is Sadly Over :(

2008-10-08T21:26:00.000-04:00

Due to lack of response, we have discontinued the Art contest. We are sorry to see it go. If we receive enough emails to keep it going, we will consider doing so in 2009.

If we start this contest up in the future, we will notify all of our customers via email. Please add your name to our email list to be notified about this and any other contest we have in the future!

You can add your name to our email list by clicking here.

We are also offering gift certificates for craft ideas that include our products. Click here for more info!

Enjoy!

Take a Look At These New Beads!

2008-08-14T20:32:00.001-04:00

We love finding new vendors and WOW have we found a great one!

Bead Bazaar!

Their line of beads are so cute, you may not want to let your child play with them (but, please let them!).

We love Crocodile Creek

2008-07-14T20:44:00.002-04:00

We love Crocodile Creek.

Their line of quality puzzles, backpacks, lunchboxes and mealtime favorites are almost (almost) too adorable to use and play with!

Wow Look At How We Resdesigned Our Site!

2008-05-28T20:33:00.000-04:00

We have redesigned a large portion of our site. Our goal was not only to make it much more visibly pleasing but also easier to navigate. Easy site navigation is always our main focus - if you have a suggestion on how we can make it easier for you to navigate - we would love to hear your suggestion! Please email customer service at ContactUs@RoseyToys.com.

Monthly Art Contest - Win Prizes!

2008-03-15T05:15:00.000-04:00

We have announced our monthly art contest! All children 12 and under can enter and potentially win prizes! Visit www.RoseyToys.com/Art for more info and for each month's theme

Get $$ For Your Craft Suggestion!

2008-02-20T21:14:00.000-05:00

At RoseyToys.com we think the most important thing you can do is spend time with your children. It doesn't matter what you are doing as long as it is together. We have found that doing crafts with our kids is not only fun, we usually end up learning new things from our kids including what is going on in their lives. With school and all of the other activities kids are into, sometimes we don't get that "quality" time to just have fun together. So enjoy these crafts with your kiddies and have fun (feel free to email us at ContactUs@RoseyToys.com with pictures of your crafts, we would love to post them on our site!)

Have a great Kid's Craft Activity??? Email us at ContactUs@RoseyToys.com with instructions, a picture, age range, and difficulty level (please put Kid's Craft Activity as your subject line). If we put your idea up on our site, we will give you a $5 gift certificate as well as credit you for the idea on our site! Send us a craft idea using at least two of the items we sell on our site, if we put your idea up on our site, we will give you a $10 gift certificate!

HUGE Melissa & Doug Toy Sale - Take 20% off ALL Melissa & Doug Toys!

2007-12-01T11:20:00.001-05:00

Hurry Sale Ends Tonight at Midnight!

RoseyToys.com

Get 20% off all Melissa & Doug orders over $25 - plus FREE ground shipping for all orders over $75!! Use code MD20 at checkout. Sale ends 10/3/08.

Visit us at www.RoseyToys.com/MelissaAndDoug for more info!

Missed this sale, make sure you are registered to receive our Newsletters, click here!

2007 Holiday Season Notes

2007-11-11T17:11:00.000-05:00

We are ramping up and getting ready for the (hopefully) busy holiday season. We strongly suggest, if you have not already done so, adding your email address to our emailing list (you can do so by clicking here) as we will be having a SALE A WEEK. Each week we will email you about the weekly sale we will be having - you will need to enter the code to receive the savings in your shopping cart!

We are also planning a big prize drawing for our customers! An announcement on this will be coming up in one of our newsletters!

Well, TTFN... need to catch up on some much needed sleep as we have all been working very hard to keep our customers happy!

June Sale Event

2007-06-13T17:11:00.000-04:00

We have had an advertising blast in various parent papers announcing our sale (if you did not receive our discount code for 10% off, email customer service at contactus@roseytoys.com, I am sure one of our happy agents will be more than glad to email you a code.... although we probably can't say the same for our shipping department

We have been nominated for Bloggers Choice Awards

2007-05-17T13:23:00.000-04:00

We have been nominated for "Best Corporate Blog" Please vote for us go to www.bloggerschoiceawards.com

Spring Sale

2007-05-07T23:21:00.000-04:00

Our big spring sale starts next week! Boy, the warehouse folks are going to love this... but is not about that... we want to keep those kiddies out of their parent's hair... er I mean "busy" all summer long!

If you did not get an email from us (with the coupon), please either email us at contactus@RoseyToys.com or even better, sign up for our email list by clicking here- this way you NEVER miss a sale!

New "Rosey"

2007-03-11T15:19:00.000-04:00

We have redisigned our little "Rosey", she used to look like this:

we decided she needed to have legs and a body! Plus be a litle more hip :)

Take a look at new the new and (hopefully) "improved" Rosey:

We have started a blog!

2007-02-08T13:12:00.002-05:00

We decided to start a blog! This way you, our customers, can see what is in our heads! ooooh scary! If you want to see something posted here, by all means, email us at ContactUs@RoseyToys.com.

We would love any parenting tips, advice, etc.