Tie Buddies Review and Giveaway
This giveaway is now over. The winner is Kelly F. Congrats!
Am I the only one who has noticed that kids shoes just don’t come with shoe strings anymore? I personally think that if Madison actually had non velcro shoes, she may already know how to tie shoestrings. However, that isn’t the case. She starts kindergarten in the fall, and I figure shoestring tying is something she’ll probably need to know. That’s where Tie Buddies come into play. Now, their site explains how they work way better than I could ever. However, they basically remove the loops you normally have when tying your shoes. It makes it about 100 times easier to teach them to tie.
Now, Madison isn’t an expert yet. However, these have definitely take away some of the frustration she was having. We are also practicing on an old pair of daddy’s shoes, so I am not sure if that is making it harder or easier for her (since his shoes are the only ones actually needing to be tied in the house). Your child still needs to practice tying, so this isn’t going to happen overnight.
However, I would definitely recommend this product for any of you who have little ones who are needing to learn to tie their shoes. It definitely removed a lot of the frustration we were having. Now, I do have one of these to giveaway to one of my lucky readers. Here’s what you need to do:
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April 8th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Kindergarten teachers recommend these
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April 9th, 2009 at 1:06 am
Tie BuddiesTM offer children ages 3-9 the independence of tying their own shoes while quickly teaching them a method which is based around characters and stories depicted on the Tie BuddiesTM themselves.
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April 9th, 2009 at 1:06 am
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April 11th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Helps keep the shoes tied too. Tighter laces-less slipping!
Thanks for the great giveaway!!
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April 12th, 2009 at 7:14 am
I learned that these were invented by a mother of two who was inspired by her own children learning to tie. Thanks for the giveaway.
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April 12th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Tie Buddie was born in January 2007 by inventor and mother of two, Wendy Welling
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April 12th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Tie BuddiesTM first offering includes one design each for boys and girls but rest assured more great characters are to come!
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April 12th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I like that when the children have learned to tie their shoes without tie buddies, you can still lace the characters onto another part of their shoe.
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April 12th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
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April 12th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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April 12th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
The kids are ready to have tie buddies taken off when they can pull the laces tight.
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April 13th, 2009 at 9:29 am
This would be great for my two boys
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April 13th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
These are recommended by Kindergarten teachers everywhere. I can see why!!
Thanks for sharing~
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April 13th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
recommended by k teachers, they should know
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April 14th, 2009 at 10:23 am
I learned that Tie Buddie was born in January 2007 by inventor and mother of two, Wendy Welling. Thank you for a great giveaway!
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April 14th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Recommended by Kindergarten teachers!! Great invention. Thanks for the chance.
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April 14th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Tie Buddies first offering includes one design each for boys and girls but rest assured more great characters are to come! My daughter could definitely use these, she is learning how to tie her shoes but can’t tie them tightly and they always come loose! Thanks so much for such a great giveaway!
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April 14th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I also tweeted: http://twitter.com/furygirl3132/status/1520307528
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April 14th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I am also an email subscriber.
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April 14th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Tie Buddies offer children ages 3-9 the independence of tying their own shoes while quickly teaching them a method which is based around characters and stories depicted on the Tie Buddies themselves.
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April 15th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
These products are recommended by K teachers. My grandson needs this:)
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April 16th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Recommended By Kindergarten teachers.
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April 16th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
They were created in Jan.07.
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April 16th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
They come 2 choices Fairy or Cars, but more choices are coming.
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April 17th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
i learned these kid-friendly devices act as easy pull-tabs for small hands
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April 18th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
I’ve learned they’re recommended by kindy teachers! Got to be good!
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April 20th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Once s/he’s got the shoe-tying down, Tie Buddies can assist your kid in tying a more secure knot. So there are mulit-purpose in use
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April 20th, 2009 at 9:10 am
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April 20th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Never heard of this product before here and would love to try it out on my 2 boys.
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April 20th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I like that it is recommended by kindergarten teachers. Thank you
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April 20th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I subscribed in a reader. Thank you
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April 20th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
they held keed the shoes stay tied! this would be great for my daughter.
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April 20th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Tie buddies act like pull tabs for small hands. These would be perfect for my son! Thanks for the chance.
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April 20th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
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April 20th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Tie Buddies was born in January 2007 by inventor and mother of two, Wendy Welling.
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April 20th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
This is pretty cool, (:
i`ll keep my fingers crossed for this one!
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April 20th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
kindergarden teachers recomend them!!!!!!
how cool these are.
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April 20th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I learned that Tie Buddies act as easy pull-tabs for small hands, taking messy loops out of the equation.
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April 20th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
You are not supposed to leave a loop above the tie buddy.
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April 20th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
These would of made teaching this skill to my 5 children so much easier and quicker. I like that you make a game or story out of them tying their shoes so they learn quicker.
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April 20th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
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April 20th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
I learned that the company was started by a mom whowanted to teach her children to tie their shoes without frustrating them
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April 21st, 2009 at 1:52 am
I learned that the lady who invented tie buddies is a mom of two.
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April 21st, 2009 at 5:56 am
I learn that Tie Buddies are not recommended for children under 3 years.
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April 21st, 2009 at 8:22 am
Tie Buddies became available for purchase October 2007.
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April 21st, 2009 at 8:42 am
I learned that Tie Buddies was born in January 2007 by inventor and mother of two, Wendy Welling.
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April 21st, 2009 at 9:27 am
I learned that it has easy pull tabs and was created by a mom
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April 21st, 2009 at 11:50 am
I learn that Tie Buddies are not recommended for children under 3 years.
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April 21st, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Something I learned was Tie Buddies was born in January 2007 by inventor and mother of two, Wendy Welling.
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April 21st, 2009 at 2:20 pm
They were invented by a mother of two who was inspired by her own children learning to tie
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April 21st, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Tie Buddies come in designs for both boys and girls, and new designs are coming soon!
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April 21st, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Invented in 2007… and at 7.95 reasonably priced to reduce the headache of teaching a kid to tie his shoes.
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April 22nd, 2009 at 3:31 pm
This item is recomended by kindergarten teachers as a learning tool.
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