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Category: Play

  • Culture and Society

Name That Tune

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on July 17, 2020

Like many folks born into musical families, I grew up around people always playing and…

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  • Costumes

Costuming for Everyone: Cosplay

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on July 10, 2020

Imagine being able to dress up for more days than just Halloween. You could opt…

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  • Culture and Society

Ten Reasons Why Play is Essential (for Children AND Adults)

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

Play is good to do and good for you! That’s why play is universal in…

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  • Culture and Society

Fabrics and Findings

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on June 26, 2020June 25, 2020

Today, with the plethora of home improvement shows and lifestyle blogs, many of us want…

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  • Play

“Bicycle Face” and Other Warnings About Having Too Much Fun

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 22, 2020May 26, 2020

I am on the 19th floor of my building, but I can still hear the…

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  • Play

Life in Plastic: It’s Not Just Barbie

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 15, 2020May 26, 2020

Like many Americans, I have been home with my children 24/7 for nearly six weeks.…

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  • Advertising

Star Wars Day: The Action Figures that Almost Weren’t

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 4, 2020May 30, 2020

Not long ago—1977, to be exact—in our very own galaxy, moviegoers witnessed the birth of…

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  • Culture and Society

Playing with Almost Nothing

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 8, 2020June 4, 2020

In these days of lockdowns and social distancing, resourcefulness has become a watchword in so…

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  • Art

Activity Sets: Playing with Glass, Foil, Plastic, and Goop

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 3, 2020June 4, 2020

Spending most of my time at home with my young children has revealed that I’m…

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  • Culture and Society

Playing with Sidewalk Chalk Brings Us Together While We’re Apart

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 24, 2020June 4, 2020

Museums, schools, gyms, and malls are closed. Basketball games, poetry readings, dance recitals, and playdates…

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  • Art

Down the Rabbit Hole

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 15, 2020June 4, 2020

Working at The Strong museum sometimes involves surprises—of the good kind. That was the case…

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  • Play

Is Experiential Play a Threat to Toy Play?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 11, 2020December 22, 2020

Toys don’t just compete with other toys. They compete with any other entity that sells…

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  • Catalogs

Preserving Rubber Toys

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 6, 2020June 19, 2020

Rubber has been used to play ball since the first Mesoamerican ball games of the…

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  • Art

Collection of Street Photographer Martha Cooper

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on February 28, 2020

The Strong recently acquired the photographica collection of world-renowned photojournalist Martha Cooper. Kodakgirl, the nickname…

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  • Culture and Society

Coloring Fun: National Toy Hall of Fame Inducts Coloring Book

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on January 17, 2020

Crayola Crayons were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame way back in 1998,…

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