| What kid doesn't love a good toy? However, today | | | | a Cinderella toy and Prince Charming. This helps to |
| there are hundreds of toys on the market and it can | | | | fuel the imagination more as the toddler can act out |
| be difficult to determine which are age appropriate, | | | | the scenes with the dolls, and in the castle they built |
| and how to find toys that will work well, stimulate, | | | | with their megabloks. |
| and improve the learning of a toddler while still | | | | For the toddler who loves games: |
| allowing them to have fun. The following is a guide to | | | | A great game for toddlers that helps build hand eye |
| great toy gifts for toddlers: | | | | coordination, and leads to reasoning, cause and |
| For the toddler with a lot of imagination: | | | | effect, and understanding of other relationships is, |
| Some toys are not great for toddlers because they | | | | "Don't Break the Ice". This fun game allows the |
| are too complex, and do not offer the toddler the | | | | toddlers to place "ice cubes" in a frame, with a figure |
| chance to come up with their own uses and | | | | on it. They then take turns hammering out sections |
| functions. The Bilibo does not. It is a very simply toy | | | | of the ice, and whoever makes the figure fall loses |
| that can be used for just about anything. It is | | | | the game. It is a lot of fun, and helps kids learn to |
| designed for little hands, and creative minds. It has | | | | control their movements, and think about which |
| some holes in the sides for fingers to wiggle in, or | | | | blocks of ice to hit so that they do not cause the |
| eyes to peek through. It can be used as a seat, a | | | | whole thing to fall in. |
| hat, a carrier for toys, a stage, or whatever else the | | | | For the artistic toddler: |
| toddler thinks of. It is the equivalent of the box or | | | | Many toddlers love to draw. One great toddler toy |
| bucket that the child finds and spends hours playing | | | | for the girl artist is Penny the Pink Doodle Bear. This |
| with. It is sturdy, durable, and easy to clean. | | | | bear comes with four washable markers. The toddler |
| For the toddler who loves the girly stuff: | | | | can color all over the stuffed animal, and then a |
| Most toddlers love to build, and play, and imagine, so | | | | parent just has to stick it in the washing machine, |
| if you know a toddler who fits these qualifications, | | | | and it comes clean and the child can color on it again. |
| but also just loves princesses, then the perfect gift | | | | For the boy artist the Toy Story Boy's Art Tote |
| would be the Disney Princess Cinderella Musical | | | | Activity Set is a great choice as it comes with a |
| Megabloks. It is a set of musical blocks. They make | | | | number of tools to make artwork easier and fun! It is |
| noise, have princess pictures, and can be used to | | | | Toy Story themed with Woody and Buzz on each |
| build castles, fortresses, or other scenes from the | | | | artistic tool, making it a fun toy for boys. |
| classic Disney movies. This block set also comes with | | | | |