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Did you know that the few days before Halloween are the busiest times for ghosts, witches and other flying types of Halloween goulies? It’s true! They’re busy carting around Halloween candy, Halloween toys, plastic spiders, rubbers snakes and all kinds of treats in preparation for the big scary day. And if you haven’t noticed, Witches don’t have a lot of trunk space on those brooms. And Ghosts, well, they have a hard time holding on to all that stuff seeing as how they’re more or less vaporous. That’s why our family builds Candy Catchers every October!

Each morning, take a peek together to see if anyone (or anything) dropped any Halloween goodies during the night!

All you need is an empty oatmeal tub or milk carton, some white glue, safety scissors, color construction paper and some twine or string. Simply decorate your container with Halloweeny type creatures, run the twine through and hang it in a tree out in your yard. Now the fun part begins!

Your candy catcher can be any old spooky thing. Have fun with it! Be sure to place it in an open area for maximum candy catching.

Once your Candy Catcher is all set up, explain the idea to your little goblin. Then, every night, sneak out after bed time to drop a treat into the catcher. Maybe it’s just one Tootsie Roll. Maybe the next night it’s a plastic zombie finger and some other fun Halloween toys. Use your imagination! When you check the catchers in the morning, you can both have fun trying to figure out who (or what) might have dropped each bit of treasure!

One word of caution: While this is probably the funnest tradition you’ll share during Halloween, be sure not to do this too early. We got too excited one year and hung ours on the first of October. I was going outside every night all month long filling up the Catcher! Too much of a good thing, Friends! Keep this in mind when you launch your Candy Catching project.

Need a snuggly Fall Halloween outfit for baby to check his/her catcher in? Look no further than our exclusive cute baby Halloween outfit. Only $28 and only available at wrybaby.com. And check out the other fun Halloween baby clothes from the goopy brains of your pals at Wry Baby.

With two debates behind us, November fast approaching and our retirement portfolios becoming smoking craters, Wry Baby has done the patriotic thing by marking down their funny political baby clothes in a massive way. Right now, any political baby outfit, political baby snapsuit and political baby t-shirt is only $12! That’s right, no typos. FYI, you’re best bets are the hilarious political outfits that were once retailing at the pre-economic melt down price of $40 each! So get ‘em while they last and have the most politically charged baby at the polls!

As I said, the baby political outfits are regularly $40, the baby political tees are normally $34 and the political baby snapsuits are usually $24. That means your saving over 70% on some of these top quality baby clothes! Click here to see e’m big.

Probably not the kind of little ones you thought we’d be talking about, but Wry Baby’s always been a fan of these little pet costumes (images courtesy of cuteoverload.com, of course). So cute and so disturbing and so demeaning all at the same time. Speaking of Halloween outfits, we’ve got a nice little unisex Halloween outfit over at wrybaby.com right now (just $28) and our famous Super Snapsuits is a fantastic Halloween costume for baby no matter how hairy (as proven here).

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Halloween is our favoritist holiday ever! So how could we not do a special Halloween baby outfit for the occasion? Happily, our fun Halloween baby outfit is up and ready to trick-or-treat over at wrybaby.com. Our Halloween baby shirt declares baby an “Official Candy Tester” and, with the little black leggings (accented with bits of Halloween candy and confetti), makes a snuggly warm outfit for a night of toilet papering harmless Halloween fun!

That’s right, our limited edition Halloween baby outfit is only $28 and only available here at wrybaby.com.

FYI, our big, fun baby political outfit sale is in it’s final day. Our limited edition political baby clothes were a big hit this year and continue to be well received as we head into voting season. Be sure your little bundle is decked out in comfy cotton style on November 4th!

Tiny Democrat and Teeny Republican are now on sale! Plush cotton onesie and legging sets were $40, NOW JUST $20! But hurry, sale ends today (Sept. 8)!

This toy used to creep me out big time. I always wanted one really bad, but simultaneously secretly dreading having him around. I finally bought him years ago and he’s lived in his box, in another box (with a stack of heavy books on top!) until this very afternoon. Yes, I took him out on my own. But I’m going to California this afternoon and SOMEONE has to stay behind to scare the bad guys away. And Hugo’s the man for the job!

Hugo, Man of a Thousand Faces, is seen wearing Wry Baby’s funny baby outfit, SOMEDAY I’LL HAVE A HAIRY CHEST. He originally asked for a shirt that said “Someday I’ll Have Buck Teeth, Mutton Chops, A Scar on my Cheek and and Eye Patch”. We don’t make that one. Yet.

Hugo was created in 1975 and has been a source of joy/terror for many. While I have his many disguises, I can’t be sitting around gluing them on all day. I’ve got other stuff to make! Learn a little more about my smooth featured man Hugo at retroland.com.

The Fourth of July is fast approaching and Wry Baby has marked all our funny baby clothes with a Fourth of July theme down by 40%. Now little Horatio or Henrietta can look smart at that 4th of July parade by sporting the finest in Wry Baby’s line of funny baby clothes. And at 40% off this limited edition of July 4th fare, you may even have some money left over for sparklers! And smoke bombs. Don’t forget the smoke bombs!

40% off these funny baby clothes sounds good, but it’s actually better than you think. Check it out…

• GIVE KIDS THE VOTE t-shirt was $34 and is NOW ONLY $20
• TINY DEMOCRAT and TEENY REPUBLICAN outfits were $40 and are NOW JUST $24
• Our TOTALLY NON-PARTISAN snapsuit was $24. NOW IT’S $14
• The wildly popular VETO VEGGIES bib was $14 but it’s NOW ONLY $8.40

And there’s even more funny baby stuff for the Fourth, so hurry over to Wry Baby to order before this awesome sale ends on 7-06-08.

The Wry Baby Veto Veggies baby bib, one of the most loved bibs in Wry Baby’s limited edition line of funny baby clothes, is becoming more limited as I type. Kelly just told me we only have 50 49 left. And like Democratic presidential hopefuls, when Veto Veggies is gone, it’s gone for good.

You’ll find more politically themed funny baby clothes and unique baby gifts at wrybaby.com. Baby t-shirts declaring “Me for President” are also close to disappearing for good. Our cute baby outfits featuring your baby’s party affiliation also make a great shower gift this summer now that there’s actually a battle between Dems and Reps. Check them all out at wrybaby.com

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Kelly and I were in Target last week and we discovered that Target totally stole our Someday I’ll Demand A Pony outfit design AND our Photo With Baby Sanpsuit! And what’s worse, they look terrible! Wait. Maybe I should feel good about that. What’s with the camera illustration? Cheap! They’ve released our designs under their private label called “Look Who’s Talking”. Wry Baby’s been selling the Someday I’ll Demand A Pony outfit and the Photo With Baby Sanpsuit for a couple of years and Someday I’ll Demand A Pony’s been a perennial best-seller at www.wrybaby.com. We always wondered when we’d get lifted by Target and now we have. I guess we’ve arrived?

Everyone knows that places like Target can rip off little guys like us at Wry Baby because there’s nothing we can do about it. But you can. Please support us little guys by buying your fun baby gifts at Wry Baby instead of the knock-offs at Target. Kelly and I thank you!

The infinitely nicer Wry Baby outfit, Someday I’ll Demand A Pony is $35 at www.wrybaby.com
Photo with Baby 25¢ comes in a cute vinyl bag for $24 at www.wrybaby.com

Oh, and in case anyone from Target (or Look Who’s Talkin’) reads this, maybe you should rip off our popular Wry Baby twin set next:

The Wry Baby twin set is a great baby gift for, you know, twins.
Stop Copying Me double snapsuit pack is just $39 at www.wrybaby.com