Toys R Us Hot Holiday Toys for 2009 include:
Barbie Fashion Fever Fashionista dolls, Zhu Zhu pets (no surprise there!), Moxie Girlz Jammaz dolls, Crayola Beginnings Color Me A Song, Hasbro Scatterpillar Scramble, LeapFrog Text and Learn, Tickle Me Elmo (yep, the original Tickle Me Elmo is still a favorite!), Little Mommy Baby Ah-Choo Doll,and Fisher [...]
Zippity Learning System by Leap Frog. Featuring Disney characters, including the likes of Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, and Little Einsteins, this learning system that plugs into the TV inspires children to move as they learn. Expensive when you take into account that kids will want at least a few of the specially designed games [...]
The new Fisher Price Smart Fit is an interesting system that includes an activity pad that plugs into your television, and kids follow on-screen activities that encourage them to run, jump, stomp, and walk. Kids learn about letters, shapes, colors, and numbers; they play games; do warm-up activities; and they take part in exciting races. [...]
What’s a Christmas toy season without a new Elmo offering?
Fisher Price Elmo’s Tickle Hands allow kids to don a pair of red, furry, interactive Elmo-style gloves. Kids put on the Tickle Hands, press Elmo’s nose (his face is a badge on one of the gloves), and the hands begin to vibrate and move, along with [...]
The UK’s Hamley’s has revealed what they predict to be this Christmas’ hottest selling toys–the “must-haves” for the 2009 Christmas season.
Included on the list are:
Transformers Bumblebee Helmet – Role-playing at its buzziest!
Rubik’s Cube 360 – no cubes here–balls in this new brainteaser.
Battle Strikers Tournament
Bop It by Hasbro
Vtech – Kidizoom Digital Camera – Orange
Transformers Movie 2 [...]
Yahoo.com released its Holiday Shopping Top 10 lists, and its list of Top 10 Toys for this holiday season are as follows:
Fur Real Friends Biscuit My Lovin Pup A large interactive puppy with a large price tag as well!
Fisher-Price Elmo LiveSo cute! Elmo tells long stories, encourages, and interacts like no other Elmo plushie to [...]
2008 Best Toys for Kids Passes Over Super-Hyped ‘Hot’ Products in Favor of Creative Toys for Back-To-Basics Play
GOAL IS MORE IMAGINATIVE, MAKE-IT-UP-YOURSELF, BELLY-LAUGHING PLAY FOR KIDS AND EASIER SHOPPING FOR MOM AND DAD
Toys don’t get much better than these. If you’re a kid just wanting to have fun, or an overworked parent looking to keep [...]
Each year, Amazon.com releases its Holiday Toy List, showcasing the most desired and recommended toys kids want for the holidays. This year, the toy list is again organized by children’s age groups and by price, but it’s a little different this year–they’ve showcased the toys through videos–an improvement, I’d say! See the Amazon’s Holiday Toy [...]
Toy Wishes Magazine is a preeminent guide for toy shopping, children’s entertainment, and parenting tips. It’s a one-of-a-kind publication that previews and reviews the hottest new toys throughout the year, in their semiannual issues. The Toy Wishes “Hot Dozen”—the 12 toys predicted to be the most in demand—has been the most consistently cited hot toy [...]
Marianne M. Szymanski is America’s most recognized independent expert on toy reviews, juvenile lifestyle products and developmental play. She is the founder of the Toy Tips Research Institute, an author, publisher, university lecturer, media personality, entrepreneur and a mom to two young children.
For the past 18 years, Marianne has provided parents with unbiased information on [...]