So What is Bub’s Toys and Gifts All About?

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Bub is not a “who,” but a word that evolved from “Bubbadah!” an exclamation often spontaneously spouted when one of our family members is unable to contain his or her excitement.  (Try it out!  It rolls off of your tongue so much nicer than “Bingo,” or “Holy Cow,” or “Oh My Goodness and All the Stars in Heavens to Betsy!”)  Bubbadah is actually a word one of my nephews created when he breathlessly attempted to tell us several things all at once.  Poor fella!  He was about three years old then, and he’s now all grown up.  You know how it is with families – some things you just never live down!

Bub’s Toys and Gifts sprouted from Bubbadah’s Buys, an online store I created several years ago that sold discount family fashions, gifts and toys on eBay and Amazon.  The store did so well and grew so big that it exploded into two separate stores.  In fact, you can still visit Bubbadah’s Buys on eBay and Amazon and find some fabulous deals on designer clothing!

Here at Bub’s Toys and Gifts I have one very stern desideratum that I call the Peter Pan Precept – “Never Grow Up!”  In order to sell toys, one must simply be the child.  And I think you’ll find from our outrageous selection of bouncing monkeys, smashing Hulk hands, grinding RipStiks, fluttering Tinkerbells and even “pharting” elephants, that everyone might be taking this little rule of mine just a bit too seriously!

Not to leave out our discerning gift shoppers who are searching for the perfect present to celebrate a birthday, marriage or new baby.  Our Wedding and Baby Time Capsules and extensive Bearington Bear Collection are just some of the lines we offer that are sure to cajole an extra hug from that special someone!

I hope you sit back, browse and enjoy what our store has to offer.  And if you’re excited by your purchase and/or service from Bub’s Toys and Gifts you are certainly more than welcome to give us a  “Bubbadah!” shout out as often as you like!

Sincerely,

Joann Woods Yoder

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Rainy Days and Family Fun

Rainy days, there's bound to be at least one during your vacation day at the beach.  I think families secretly crave them after days of crisping our skin under the sun.  They provide us with an excuse to escape to a movie or play a game together or, my favorite, peacefully settle around a jigsaw puzzle while listening to the pounding drops of a passing thunderstorm.

Leave it to the ingenuity of a dedicated teacher to invent what we now call the "jigsaw puzzle."  "For the purpose of teaching geography," John Spilsbury, a teacher in England, created the first jigsaw puzzle in the year 1767. Adhering his maps to flat hardwood, he used a fine saw to cut along the borders of the European countries, and the jigsaw puzzle was born (until the jigsaw was actually invented, however, this was called the "dissected puzzle.") Hand-painted and made of wood, the puzzle was a map of England and Wales, with each county making up a separate piece.

People actually seemed to enjoy this learning tool enough to begin creating jigsaw puzzles for entertainment.  The earliest known light-hearted puzzle was a 1785 depiction of John Gilpin's wild ride on a runaway horse from a comedic ballad by William Cowper.  None of these were interlocking, of course, until nearly a decade later when power tools were invented.

The first jigsaw puzzle for children, "The Smashed Up Locomotive," was designed by Milton Bradley in 1880.  By printing a lithograph of a steam engine locomotive and cutting it into pieces, the "smashed up" effect was achieved when a child opened the box and saw the locomotive all in pieces. Because of his Puritan upbringing, Bradley's nature was to seek order. Therefore, the object of the "The Smashed Up Locomotive" was to make the locomotive whole once again.

And I guess, maybe, that's why so many of us enjoy our "puzzle time" - it allows us a brief respite, one quiet moment to piece together a little jigsaw island of order in the sea of our crazy chaotic lives.

25 piece kids' puzzles and Springbok puzzles up to 2000 pieces available at

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