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1 Get Your Grill On! 10 Ways Kids Can Get in on the Holiday Grilling Action
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2 5 Baby Toys to Add to Your Infant's Repertoire Now
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3 Which New Toys Will You Be Purchasing This Year?
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4 The Great Outdoors: 10 Summer Toys to Get Kids Up and Out!
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5 6 New Toys to Add to Your Toddler's Toy Chest
Infants
6 Classic Toys For Modern Tots
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7 Lego to Introduce Girl-Friendly Lego Friends Sets in the New Year
Music and Books For Kids
8 Playtime! 5 Creative Additions For Your Toy Box
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9 Tops Are Making a Resurgence, But You Won't Recognize Them!
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10 Building Blocks Rock! 5 Construction Sets
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11 20 Favorite Finds From Toy Fair 2012
Eco
12 Paper Toys That Put Printers to Work
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13 Where Are They Now? 9 Toys From the '70s Making a Comeback Today
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14 Play Like the Gosselin Eight in a Kids Crooked House
Editor's Pick
15 6 Tips For Buying Safe Toys This Holiday Season
Infants
16 Crib Toys to Keep Babies Busy in Bed
Editor's Pick
17 The Most Interesting Things at Toy Fair 2011
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18 10 Outdoor Toys to Jump-Start Summer
Let the official start of grilling season commence! Memorial Day weekend may be known as the unofficial beginning of Summer (and the day you can start wearing all of your white clothes), but it's also the unofficial start date for grilling season. While a backyard barbecue is a great way to get family and friends together, bringing wee ones near an open flame is just plain dangerous. Before Read more
For 44 years, kids have been racing Hot Wheels cars around their homes, on the sidewalks in front of their houses, and, if they're my kids, down the slides on the playground. Playground play aside, most die-cast car play has been strictly horizontal since that time. Now Hot Wheels is shaking things up — really up! — and moving car play vertical! Hot Wheels Wall Tracks, the company's new line Read more
Say bye-bye to playtime boredom! It's not usually infants that get bored with the toys in their toy chests, it's Mom. There are only so many times you can play with the same rattle before Mama needs to move on. And while I certainly don't advocate confusing tots with an overwhelming variety of toys to choose from every day, shaking things up every now and then can bring some welcome change. Here Read more
All seesaws are not created equal. The up and down motion of a traditional teeter-totter has provided generations of tots with hours of fun (and sore bums when their seats come crashing down), but the classic toy is getting a much needed upgrade. Consider the Spiro Bouncer ($72), the pimped-out version of your favorite playground toy. With cushioned seats and a bouncy ball attached to the bottom Read more
Kids quickly develop favorites when it comes to toys. Pull out the toy box and they always seem to go to the same things day in and day out. Though they may be perfectly satisfied with them, mama may feel the need to change things up a bit. Even if your toddler's birthday is a ways off, there's nothing wrong with adding a new toy or two to the mix every now and then. Over the next few weeks, a Read more
Warm weather's not just an opportunity to shed your jacket, but to get the kids up, moving, and outside. While the sun may be all it takes to get mama outdoors, tots often need a little enticement — that's where the toys come into play. We've checked out the hottest new toys of the season and have narrowed down our favorites that will have lil ones begging to enjoy the fresh air. Check them Read more
Everything old is new again, right? That certainly seems to be the case today! A press release announcing the reintroduction of the Original Big Wheels had us sharing our favorite stories about the low-riding trikes. It got us thinking about some of our favorite childhood toys that have received modern makeovers. Take a look at these nine '70s classics and tell us, which have appeared in the toy Read more
When there's a foul odor coming from my kids' bedrooms, the first place I look is the pile of stuffed animals that sits near their beds. While some parents consider stuffed animals to be little more than dust collectors, in our home, they are a necessity, helping soothe my kids to sleep each night. But cleaning them has always been an issue — I fear the day one of their loveys is destroyed in Read more
Finding a really good toy can be like searching for a needle in a haystack. There are so many out there, but nothing stands out from the crowd. Luckily that wasn't the case at Toy Fair this year. One toy truly wowed me with its unique take on combining fun and music education — B. Toys' Symphony in B Orchestra ($60). A virtual orchestra pit, the Symphony in B is preprogrammed with 15 songs and Read more
Oh, this was tough. After two days scanning the endless aisles of Toy Fair, mama certainly found a few things to put on her lil one's wish lists this year. While this year's Toy Fair trends may have us dreaming of glow-in-the dark bubbles and iPad-based games, there were several other items that struck my fancy! Keep reading to see my favorite finds from this year's show, and tell me, which looks Read more
