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5 Gifts for Your Little Princess

SunnyChanel — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:23:00 GMT

There are some facts that you just can’t deny. Girls like princesses. Well, most of them. If you find yourself with a tiara encrusted toddler or little girl, procuring presents that don’t have “I’m a Princess!” exclaimed loudly on it or that have one of the various Disney royals such as the iconic Cinderella, Belle or Ariel branded on them can be quite the challenge. Here are five presents perfect for the princess in your life that doesn’t scream mass commercialism or have an overtly “I’m a total diva” tone.

Topsy -Turvy Priness Doll (above)
It’s two, two dolls in one! Yeah, this ain’t no infomercial worthy schlocky piece of kid-dom. This is a totally classic doll that gives your child the choice between two different princess characters, the Day Princess and the Night Princess. $38 here.

Melissa & Doug 24-Piece Magnetic Princess Elise Dress Up Set
For those who like to play dress up, in a small scale, the Melissa and Doug 24-Piece Magnetic Princess set includes a colorful array of magnetic outfits and accessories to use create all sorts of looks for this wood based princess. $8.75 here.

Royal Puppet Theater
Every princess needs her own kingdom. This castle puppet theater includes a cast of puppet characters such as the King (a lion), the Queen (a elephant), a Wizard (a unicorn), a Princess (a pig), a Prince (a bear), and a court jester (a monkey). The cardboard theater includes velvet curtains and folds flat for easy storage. $69 here.

Wooden Foldable Princess Castle
Every little princess needs a castle. This wooden foldable castle by toy superstar Melissa and Doug has hand-painted details and includes “two removable turrets, balconies, flying buttress, flag and a working drawbridge” yeah, you can’t disappoint a kid with a flying buttress. And best of all, Amazon has it on sale right now for $57.67 (regularly $99.99).

Princess Toddler Bed
Every princess needs her beauty rest. The Princess Toddler Bed is a perfect (and pretty) transition from crib to big girl bed. The pink bed is detailed with gold flourishes and has gold crown finals on each of it’s four posters. You can get your bed fit for any and all toddler princesses here for $198.

Fabulous Pizza Party Play Food

AmandaHill — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Melissa and Doug have once again shown up the rest with the fabulous Pizza Party play food. The six slices of pizza even make a slicing sound when cut. This set, durable and adorable, is available from Good for the Kids for $17.99 which is 10% off from the normal price of $19.99. This would be a great holiday toy!

Unit Blocks with Zip

elizabeth leach — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Did you know the first unit blocks were designed in 1837 for the first Kindergarten? Now, you can buy unit blocks everywhere and most are, to tell the truth, a little blah. Melissa and Doug's unit blocks are brightly colored, come in their own pull along wagon, and have a little more zip than the others I've seen on the market.

Buy these solid wood blocks at Modern Tots for $14.99. (36 in total)

7 Days of Educational Toys: Lace and Trace Pets

elizabeth leach — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT

We had Lace and Trace games at my Montessori preschool. Montessori is a method of teaching that supports learning through individual exploration instead of classes led by a teacher. Your child can experience the Montessori method even if she doesn't attend a Montessori school by giving her the tools like these classic lace and trace cards.

This Melissa and Doug set comes with six jumbo, double-sided cards and six color coordinated laces. And like most Melissa and Doug toys, this one comes in a wooden storage case. Purchase Lace and Trace Pets ($9.97) and many other Montessori toys at Wonder Brains.

Big Deal: 20% Off All Toys at Oliebollen.com

Chris Ford — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:05:00 GMT

RIght now at Oliebollen.com they're having a toy sale, so now might be the time to do that birthday gift shopping you've been putting off. There are over 300 products to choose from - brands like Melissa and Doug and Sesame Street. Personally, I'm kind of partial to the Oscar the Grouch play set (pictured).

The sale is going on now through July 21st. Just use the coupon code "TOYTIME" at checkout.

Check out the selection at Oliebollen.com. The sale info page is here.

Big Deal: 20% Off Anything at Gifted Imaginations

Meredith Broussard — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:03:00 GMT

We love a good sale, especially if it's a sale on cool-but-expensive wooden toys from Melissa & Doug, HABA, and more of our favorite eco-friendly toysmiths. Gifted Imaginations is currently offering 20% off everything in its online store, plus free shipping on items over $65. I like this wooden treehouse, which looks like so much fun I'm pretty sure I'd play with it when my kid was out of the house.

Coupon code 041769 gets you 20% off at Gifted Imaginations. Melissa & Doug wooden treehouse, $109.99, measures 35" by 27" by 42" when fully assembled.