Button Up Amelia Earhart!

I learned that November 16 is Button Day. Unfortunately I can not find any information as to what Button Day is supposed to celebrate. The button in general? Political buttons? Belly Buttons? Button up the sassy talk Miss E day? Practice buttoning your clothes day? We are still mastering the button on some of our clothes. Zippers have been mastered and snaps, well they are a snap. The button is still a challenge. Pretend dress-up helps master larger buttons and dressing your babydoll helps too. Of course, the few dolls in our house prefer to be "au naturel." The beautiful dolls by Corolle, however, love to dress up. Kobold especially likes The Les Cheries doll for older children. She comes in a fashionable outfit that your child is sure to love. Each doll's hair is individually rooted, so it can be brushed and styled, and their vinyl bodies have a soft vanilla fragrance.

November is also considered National Aviation History Month. In honor of Amelia Earhart and the Wright Brothers, Kobold celebrates our favorite flying toys available at Kobold Toys:

Turboprops were part of the Jet Age of our Avaiation History. They promised greater fuel efficiency and reliability than piston-engine aircraft. Beginning in 1955, when Capital Airlines bought the British Vickers Viscount and when the Dutch Fokker F-27 first flew, turboprops found brief success on medium-range routes before being replaced by pure jets. Kobold loves the Turboprop Airline with Pilot by PlanToys - perfect for medium-range routes from the living room to the kitchen!

Jet passenger service began in the United States in the late 1950s with the introduction of Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 airliners. According to a Pan Am Jet Clipper brochure, the jet was "the new way to a magic world of travel." The Playmobil Jet Plane let your child take command of the skies. It has a removable roof to have easy access to the main cabin. You can also remove and re accommodate seats or remove them if you need extra space for cargo. The Jet Plane features a lavatory, seats, a pilot, a flight attendant and passengers with luggage.


The helicopter's origin can be traced back to ancient China and of course, Leonardo Da Vinci, but it was not until after 1936 that the helicopter made vertical flight a reality and not a dream. Kobold Toys offers the Playmobil Police Copter which features a working rotor, an opening cockpit and a cable winch, and the COBI military helicopters like the Army Foxtrot.

College Park Airport in Maryland was established by Wilbur Wright in 1909 and is considered to be the world's oldest airport. Kobold Toys offers a few variations on the airport. We have the ZipBin Airport which Kobold thinks is the perfect way to store and carry your planes, helicopters and airport vehicles. We also offer the PlanToys Airport. This eco-friendly airport comes complete with a 2 story play area, flight control tower and movable elevator, connecting the ground and second floor. Car park is on the first floor while the second floor features the check-in counter, luggage conveyor-belt and sky-path is connected to the plan. This Plan City Airport playset includes an airplane, cargo trailer and 2 figures of the co-pilot and captain.

This month celebrate the history of aviation with a trip to the airport- a favorite adventure of both my children. And if you do it today, and the children get noisy... you can always tell them to "Button It, Please!"