Kids need packages swap --matches p. 4 & p. 5

[Becky]

Ok, this is a swap for kids, depending on the age of your kids it is lots of fun to let them help put the package together.

Follow through and don't be late. It is just not cool to leave a child hanging. Shop from the list, it also isn't cool to give a kid something they can't use.
If you are outside the US, please if at all possible ship a week or two early, same thing if you are shipping outside the US. Do not be late.
I am serious about this. I can't believe how many people were late last time. If you have to tell yourself it is due a week earlier than it is.
Make a seperate post for each child. Each child participates seperately.
Min. value of $20 before shipping.
Sign up close May 30th and forms are due by noon pst on May 31st. I will make matches that day.

Ship by date is June 30th.
On your sign up post, include age, likes, dislikes, allergies, etc.
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[Becky]

If you are signing up for multiple children do so in one email, but you need to include all of the children's name.
In the subject put kid swap and a number for how many children you are signing up for.
I would put
kid swap 2
Swap Form: Email this to me at becky@beckyspapercreations.com after the swap is closed or if you aren't going to make requests for who you receive you can send as soon as you want.
HC name --
Child's/children's name --
Email --
Address --

If you have multiple children how important is it for you to only ship one package? If it is important I will try to assign you siblings of the same quantity, but I can't promise anything.

Can you ship outside of the US?

Is there anybody you do not want to give to or receive from? (no reason is necessary and I will not share this information)--

Are there any particular children you would like to send to? I am more likely to be able to do this if you give me multiple choices.

Anything else I need to know.
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[Becky]

Stiles is turning 9 this summer.
He is obsessed with whales, vehicles, and legos.
He likes car and whale clothes. He is a skinny size 10.
First chapter books would be great.
He is allergic to dairy, eggs, nuts, peanuts, pistachios, red dye, cats, and dogs.
He would love a safe treat if you know how to shop for somebody who is allergic. If you don't skip the treats.
He can have yummy earth suckers and drops and surf sweets gummys and goodies from
http://www.nonuttin.com/usa.htm . They are all completely safe with no red dye.
Webkinz. He is vroomvroom4.
He loves the color red.

We will be going on vacation to the Oregon coast on the 29th, so it would be great if the package was a day or two early.
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[Becky]

Maren will be 13 on the 1st of June.
She love to read, especially mysteries and non fiction Science and animal books. She reads at an adult level.
She loves animals.
She think ov an bv are the world's coolest fabrics.
I'm not sure what size she is anymore, but can find out.
She loves patchy, ruffly, hippy type clothes.
She knits and loves cool yarn especially mini skeins.
She likes bags.
She loves crossword puzzles, brain teasers, mad libs, word searches, etc.
Her favorite color is turquoise.
She isn't allergic, but her brother is. Absolutely no peanuts or pistachios are allowed in the house. If you were to send other goodies, please mark on the box for her not to open around Stiles. She loves fudge, milk chocolate, salted caramels, and really any goodies.
She also loves penpals (email and snail mail).
Her favorite animas are sharks (especially the great white) and snakes
She loves The Princess Bride (we do have the movie).
She does not have pierced ears.
She likes itunes or amazon gift cards for music downloads.

We will be going on vacation to the Oregon coast on the 29th, so it would be great if the package was a day or two early.
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[mamamo]

I'm in. DD did a swap not long ago and her older bro was very interested in getting in on the next one.

Zac just turned 13.
He loves playing hockey (ice and street) & drawing (anime, animals, dragons, tribal, people etc). He's also interested in survival stuff (firestarters, first aid, emergency fishing kit, etc). He hunts and fishes and camps. He likes teenaged-boy style jewelry (shell necklaces or funky crosses on a leather cord, etc). He likes to read but is picky about books. Since I am not a recreational reader myself, I'm not good at picking for him (most recently he liked the 'Hunger Games' series, Lorien Legacies and the series that just ended with 'Inheritance'). He collects foreign currency.

ETA: He asked me to edit my previous edit. Since he's not doing so much knitting, sewing or guitar playing lately, he wanted to omit those from his post...
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[stacey19804]

Im in, Be back later
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[Erin]

Micah will be 5 next month. Enjoys swimming, gardening, sports, rocket ships, and robots. Size 5

We just joined a pool club and he would love pool toys like rings that sink or other cool pool toys that sink or dont sink. Rocketship pool toys. (we can't use floaty toys in the pool though)
size 4T swim shorts would be loved by him. (gently used is fine too)
Really likes Mario Bros characters, so anything mario or Luigi. Store bought is fine. A shirt would be neat or any little toy mario cars. Loves Mario Kart.
He thinks transformers are cool (the actual transformers and not shirts)
He LOVES camping and anything for camping and specifically for him, would make him happy.
He likes flash lights, but he has a headlamp.
handmade medium size draw string bag to put his cars in. Maybe 8x12" or so
For a super big treat on occasion, he gets to play the nintendo gamecube. Any old used gamecube games that are younger kid appropriate would be loved.
He just started playing go fish, so maybe a simple card game. We have uno already, but maybe a go fish game with pictures or old maid. Things like that.
He loves nature and spends a lot of time outdoors. He swims a lot too.
Croc jibitz.

Feel free to ask me questions. He is very appreciate of packages sent to him.

No candy, play dough, stickers, bubbles, art pads,
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[satiglenn]

This sounds like fun!
First, there's Isaiah. He is 4 1/2, birthday in September.
He is homeschooled, and loves any kind of learning toys. He has an ant farm and butterfly habitat, as well as Cuisinaire rods, and would love anything along those lines.
He loves Metallica and Avenged Sevenfold stuff. No CDs please, but poster, tshirts, etc. are great. He is in 5t or just size 5, repending on where you shop.
He likes cats and whales.
He is on a puzzle kick right now. My floors are dotted with puzzles he has completed.
He would adore a leaplet card for his Leapster Explorer.
He loves Mickey Mouse and Curious George. But no books, please. I imagine we have almost all of them
He is not allergic to anything, so any treats would be fine EXCEPT Caramel. He doesn't like it.
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[satiglenn]

Rosy is turning two in July.
Funny as it sounds being so young, she loves clothes. Especially woolies and dresses (I swear. I'm not just trying to get free handmade stuff! Lol) She is in 3t.
She likes Minnie Mouse.
She likes cats.
She loves little purses and bags.
She does not have enough hair for hairbows.
She loves to follow Isaiah around and try to do the things that he does, so very young puzzles or learning toys (like Laurie or Waldorf stuff) would be great.
Wooden playfood and kitchen stuff would be great, as well.
She isn't allergic to anything, but is very picky and nurses more than she eats right now, so a treat would have to be healthy, since she eats so few calories as it is.
She loves loves loves baby dolls.
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[Kaylene]

Melanie is 8 (birthday is Sept. 4th) She loves swimming and tennis. She is aspiring to be an author/illustrator, and her favorite color right now is purple.
She wears a skinny 10 for most things, but she has a long torso so dresses need to be a 10/12. Skirts & leggings get a lot of love here
She LOVES rodents (mice in particular) So anything mouse/rodent related: books, clothing, accessories etc. They can be real looking, cutesy or cartooney (just please no Mickey and Minnie)
She has long dark hair and prefers traditional non-elastic headbands, but all hair stuff is appreciated.
She also has an 18" doll named Marcella (American Girl knockoff, but fits AG stuff and things sized for an AG doll)
She drinks tea (or cocoa) almost every day (mint blends are a fave as well as fruit blends; caffeine-free, please)
She really likes those 'doodle' books that are becoming popular (like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Doodle-Diary-Art-Journaling-Girls/dp/1423605292/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336718160&sr=1-9 or http://www.amazon.com/Fabulous-Doodles-Pictures-Complete-Create/dp/0762436530/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336718160&sr=1-10)

Other ideas:
- Craft kits (i.e. make your own lip balm, small hand sewing projects, jewerly making, latch hook etc)
- Puzzles (300-500 pieces is her current skill/challenge level)
- She got a sewing machine for Christmas, but we haven't used it much yet. A beginner sewing machine book would be nice. Something like this maybe: http://www.amazon.com/First-Machine-Sewing-Book-Stitching/dp/0935278885/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337200135&sr=1-12

[Kaylene]

Malachi is 3 (birthday August 21)
He is just the sweetest, most appreciative guy. If it's meant just for him, he loves it and just can't thank you enough!
Size 4/5 for most things. Can always use socks and undies...just what every kid wants, right? (But he really would love them)
His favorite colors are blue and green. He's a pretty typical boy and likes monster trucks, bugs, soccer, firetrucks (all trucks, really), Angry Birds, Legos, sword fighting & ninja-type stuff, Phineas & Ferb, bubbles and outdoorsy things (camping, running through the sprinklers, gardening etc)

Other ideas:
- Cool flashlight and/or kid sized sunglasses for summer campouts
- He would love a watch
- Fly Guy books by Ted Arnold (we don't own any, but have to check them out EVERY time we go to the library, lol)
- a Beading kit w/more boyish colored beads (but they need to have large holes, please)
- Pre-school age craft kit

No allergies, but limited sweets please. Thanks! He LOVES gum!

[jenncatsmeow]

DD (Lorynne) will be 7 on June 11

She is a "rough and tumble" girly girl (loves dressing up, frills, glitter, nail polish, etc., but is quite into mud and climbing and that sort of thing as well.

--She just got her ears pierced and would LOVE a few pairs of earrings. (Currently she only has the ones they pierced with.)
--She also just got her hair cut kinda' short (about chin length) and likes hairbands, and bows that would work with short hair.

--She wears size 6/7 clothing and loves playing dress-up.
--She LIVES in her jammies (as soon as she comes home from school, she changes into them) and could use a few more WAHM made ones.
--Her favorite colors are purple, aqua blue, & pink.
--She likes Disney princesses, the Smurfs, Alvin & the Chipmunks, My little Pony, Madeline, Mona the Vampire, and Scooby Doo.
--Loves lip balms and lotions
--Loves to read EVERYTHING
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[ozarkmountainmama]

Daisy is 12
She is interested in science & nature. We joke that she's a buding herbalist She's not a tom boy, but she's not a frilly girl either. She does not like pink, her fav. color is blue. We homeschool and live in the woods. She is very outdoorsy, she loves books, although she has a million already! She makes jewelry, almost professionaly! She has all the tools but would love some funky beads I'm sure. She spends hours on etsy looking at fancy glass beads She's pretty average in size, she wears a size 12. We are mostly vegetarian and we don't need any sweets! She loves the tv show "the Office" and her favorite actor is will ferrell. She's in love with all things twilight and hunger games.... If I think of anything else I'll come back and add it
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[jenncatsmeow]

DS1 (Nolyn) will be 3 on July 14

He's my gentle soul.
--Loves Elmo, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Dragon Tales.
--Favorite colors are blue, orange, red and (pink---takes everything his sister has.)
--LOVES anything transportation related (cars, trucks, trains, planes, helicopters, motorcycles, etc.) and coloring/drawing related (books, markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.)
--Would love a collection of little flashlights and/or sunglasses.
--He wears 2T/3T clothing (WAHM is always good) and it completely Potty Learned, so boys boxer briefs would be really cool (like daddy).
--Loves bags (totes, purses, etc.) that you can put "stuff" in.
--He is VERY FAIR skinned (strawberry blonde) so a cute summer bucket sun hat would be really cool, too.
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[ozarkmountainmama]

Lily is almost 8, her b-day is July 7th.
She is more girly than her older sister. She likes pinks and purples and frilly things. She wears dresses and still plays with dolls and stuffed animals. She has a 15 in. waldorf doll named Holly. She she also likes to read, her favorites are the BabyMouse graphic novels. She wears a size 8. She is going to her first sleep away camp this summer, at our local science center. She is starting to enjoy cooking and she is learning to knit and crochet. She also loves to draw.
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