MADE BY HANDS, INC

Made By Hands, Inc.

little hands ~ big ideas™

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October 31, 2003 Made By Hands, Inc.

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Made By Hands Wins Parents’ Choice Awards, Again

(Chicago, IL) – Made By Hands^TM announced today that two of their Make-Your-Own™ crafts kits received Parents’ Choice honors. Make-Your-Own™ Puppets received the Parents’ Choice Approved Award and Make-Your-Own™ Cards^II (for BOYS!) received their FunStuff Award. Their other two kits, Make-Your-Own™ Cards and Make-Your-Own™ Frames, each won a Parents’ Choice FunStuff Award in July.

Established in 1978, Parents' Choice Foundation is the nation's oldest not-for-profit evaluator of children's books, videos, toys, audios, computer software, television, and magazines. The Foundation's mission is to provide parents with information to participate wisely in their children's learning. The Foundation’s purpose is to search out and recommend products that help kids grow – imaginatively, physically, morally and mentally [and to recommend] fairly priced products that are fun, safe and socially sound.

Claire S. Green, president of Parents’ Choice Foundation says, “The Made By Hands^TM products show kids that they can, on their own, craft a frame, a greeting card or a stick-puppet. The company’s philosophy, “Little Hands, Big Ideas” is one we can wholeheartedly applaud.”

Make-Your-Own^TM Cards, Make-Your-Own^TM Frames, Make-Your-Own^TM Puppets and Make-Your-Own^TM Cards^II can be found in specialty toy stores, children’s clothing boutiques, art supply stores, gift stores, stationery stores, museum stores, independent bookstores, and even spas. Each activity kit has a suggested retail price of $17.95. A New kit will be launched at Toy Fair in February, 2004. For more information visit www.made-by-hands.com

Made By Hands, Inc., a mom-owned company based in Chicago, Illinois, is the manufacturer of the Make-Your-Own^tm line of children’s art activity kits. These products can be found in specialty toy stores, children’s clothing boutiques, art supply stores, gift stores, stationery stores, museum stores, independent bookstores, and even spas in the US and Canada. Suggested retail price - $17.95. For more information visit www.made-by-hands.com