Must Have Farm Toys from HABA

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We are from rural America and even live on a farm. I must tell you that finding cute and fun farm toys can be very tricky. I must say that these are the perfect addition to our household as the winter months will be keeping us inside more. Check out these great farm toys from HABA.

About HABA:

At HABA, kids rule. You won’t see a lot of them running around the factory, but their needs and wants are foremost in the company’s mission. HABA is owned and operated by the Habermaass family for more than 80 years. The HABA USA division is located in Skaneateles, NY, a quaint town in the Finger Lakes area. HABA prides itself on the fact that children love playing with their toys.

About Peter and Pauline’s Farm Magnetic Game:

Little farmers are sure to love this animal-themed magnetic arranging game!  This great game does feature a variety of background scenes and a plethora of farm inhabitants, animals and plants allowing them to create and recreate life on the farm.

This great game inspires creativity and imagination.

You get 1 box, 4 background scenes, 122 magnetic puzzle pieces.

About Baby Book Farm Friends:

This great book with bring even your smallest child right to the farm. There are colorful, layered wooden pages are threaded on a sturdy cord and are easily grasped and flipped over.

My Thoughts:

I am absolutely in love with each of these toys. My daughters, ages 2, 6, and 8 each are in love with these two new toys. I have purchased an additional one of each of these games for a friends children for Christmas. This is a great addition to any family!

Purchase:

If you would like to purchase these or any of the other amazing toys from HABA, head on over to their website.

 

GeoSafari Jr. SubScope from Education Insights

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Finding great educational toys for your kids to play with in the summer is always important to me. I was so excited to find this GeoSafari Jr. SubScope from Educational Insights. My girls were so excited to be able to discover the amazing world around them.

About Educational Insights:

Educational Insights aims to create experiences filled with sheer joy and uncontrollable laughter. They are champions of curiosity and those “eureka” moments of discovery. In addition to inspiring creativity, imagination, good sportsmanship, and out-of-the-box learning, their inventive line of kid-powered toys and engaging games are packed full of fun, designed to delight, and are certain to satisfy kids’ natural curiosity.

Educational Insights:

  • Are playful
  • Are Creative
  • Believe in learning through play
  • Are experts in their fields

Educational Insights Playful Promise:

We want to exceed your expectations. We work hard to ensure that our products are of the highest quality, and that kids feel happy, confident and inspired after playing with them. If the product you’ve purchased is not giving your child an exceptional experience, then you can simply return it and you will get your money back. That’s it! No short return windows, no endless rationale needed—just ship the product back within a year of purchase and you’ll get your refund.

Thank you for stopping by—now let’s play!

The Educational Insights Team

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About the GeoSafari Jr. SubScope:

With this amazing product, curious minds can discover wonderful underwater worlds – without even getting their heads wet – with this super submarine-shaped scope. It’s 2x magnification is just strong enough for “whoas” and “cools” but low enough to allow for a wide field of view, which is essential for young children’s understanding of up close exploration. This great product is perfect for STEM learning and pretend play.

Some great perks:

  • Ideal tool for underwater exploration
  • Encourages outdoor exploration and discovery
  • Perfect for STEM Learning
  • Sturdy, focus-free, water-resistant scope with 2x magnification and 3 LED lights
  • Two large eyepieces with comfy goggle and nose cut-out guide for perfect eye placement
  • 2x magnification

This product is great for children ages 3-6.

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My Thoughts:

What a very fun and awesome toy! My girls had loads of fun playing with the SubScope while they were swimming in our pool. They were amazed at how cool different things looked underneath of the water. After our new addition arrives in the next few weeks we plan on going to visit some family that lives on the lake. The girls are absolutely excited about looking into the water at the lake and seeing all the great things that there is for them to be able to see. I love toys that my kids enjoy playing with and toys that serve good educational purposes as well.

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Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing this great toy, head on over to their website and purchase one for that exploring child in your life.

Learning Resources New Sprouts Grow It!

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Finding great toys that help strengthen the imagination of my children is incredibly important to me. With The New Sprouts line from Learning Resources I have not been disappointed.

About Learning Resources:

Learning Resources is a leading global manufacturer of innovative, hands-on educational products trusted by teachers and parents and loved by children. The company has 1100+ products that are sold in more than 80 countries. Among the company’s brands are Pretend & Play, Smart Snacks, New Sprouts, Gears!Gears!Gears! Primary Science, now!Board, simple technology, Hands-On Standards publications, Rainbow Fractions, and Reading Rods.

About New Sprouts Grow It:

A garden full of imaginative play! Plant and grow flowers and veggies right before your eyes with gardening essentials including a watering can, a shovel, and 3 pots. Colorful mix-and-match flowers and veggies encourage role play and early vocabulary development while nurturing an appreciation for nature. Includes 2 flowers and 2 veggies (carrot and radish). Largest piece (watering can) measures 5 1/2″L x 4 1/2″H.

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  • You can grow imaginations
  • Simple in/out play along with learning new words keep kids active, learning, and having fun
  • Sized perfectly for small hands
  • Part of the New Sprouts line perfect for inviting early imaginative play with pieces that are durable and easy to hold-soft, plastic parts make them especially safe for toddlers
  • Ideal for ages 2+

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My Thoughts:

My girls had a great deal of fun playing with this great new toy. They just turned 4 and 6 recently and still had a great deal of fun. So if fun can start around 2 for your child, they are going to for sure get many years of great fun out of this awesome toy. The girls had fun mixing this and I was impressed at how much their little imaginations grow when they play new things or topics. The toy is perfect for little hands. It is going to last and will in no way break apart.

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Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing this great toy from New Sprouts or any of the other great ones that they have to offer, head on over to their website and get one ordered today.

Melissa & Doug Unit Blocks Cart

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Toys for little kids are always fun to shop for, but I absolutely love shopping for items that are personalized. Things Remembered is a great place to hit up if you are looking for personalized items of any kind.

About Things Remembered:

Things Remembered is the nation’s largest and most prominent retailer of personalized gifts, has collaborated with leading education toy and game brand, Melissa & Doug. The line will feature some of the brands’ most popular toys, games and immersive arts and crafts collection.

Melissa & Doug has long been a holiday favorite, offering parents and children a line of classic-style products that encourage children’s educational development. The collection features ten technology free, education items for families to shop from including: Melissa & Doug Fire Truck, Stacking Train, Unit Block on Wheels, Alphabet Truck, Xylophone, and Wood School Bus Play Set to name a few. 

About Melissa & Doug Unit Blocks Cart:

Kids will love the Melissa & Doug Unit Blocks Cart, personalized just for them! The wheeled pull-along cart has 36 colorful blocks for creative stacking and building! Engrave their name on the large aqua block.

-Great gift for kid’s birthday, niece, nephew, granddaughter or grandson!

My Thoughts:

I was incredibly impressed with the quality of this great toy. It was made very well and I know that it is going to last for many years into our future. I also was impressed that it was such a great toy and also at an affordable price. My niece is 1 and a half years old and had a great deal of fun playing with the blocks, as well as the fact that my daughters who are 3 and 5 also had just as much fun playing with the blocks. I know that these toys are going to be well played with many years into the future, as well as the fact that they are made well enough that they will last that long as well.

Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing this awesome toy for the child in your life, I promise you that you will not be disappointed. You can head on over to the website and get yours ordered today.

Miles from Tomorrow Land Awesome Toys

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Miles From Tomorrowland is a favorite around this house! My girls have the schedule memorized, even with school in session, we still wake up and have time to watch it after we get ready :). We were so very excited to be able to host our very own Miles from Tomorrowland party and invite our friends over to play with the awesome new Miles From Tomorrowland Toys from Tomy.

About Miles From Tomorrowland:

Miles from Tomorrowland is an animated Disney Junior series. It centers around the Callisto family who live on a spaceship called the Stellosphere and work for the Tomorrowland Transit Authority.

Miles is an enthusiastic boy with a rambunctious boys streak. Miles has a sister Loretta Callisto who is the ‘brains’. Their mom Phoebe and dad Leo are the captain and the engineer of the ship. M.E.R.C. is the family’s pet robo-ostrich who is never far from Miles’ side.

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About the Toys:

StarJetter: Miles and his family, the Callistos, are on a mission to connect the universe. The StarJetter, their most nimble and versatile exploratory shuttle, transports them anywhere in the galaxy. Let the StarJetter help your child on any missions with all 3 of its exploration modes:

  • Space Mode, with the Stellosphere and the Callisto family
  • Once they land, put the legs down for extreme height to walk over any obstacles
  • For rocky and mountainous terrain, pull the legs down for extreme height to walk over any obstacles

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Stellosphere: The Callistos are on a mission to connect the universe. Explore the galaxy on the Stellosphere, the home base space station for the Callistos, where they relax, recharge and receive new missions from the TTA.

The Stellosphere comes apart into 3 separate ships to make space explorations easier. Open up the large Stellosphere playset to reveal the Callisto’s command center where Miles and the Callisto Family 9figures sold separately) can receive missions from the TTA. For short, quick missions, take the mini StarJetter that is stored in the Stellosphere. For longer missions that require a greater distance to travel take the Zip Ship that can be removed from the top of the Stellosphere.

To boost any ship with lights and sounds remove the XVR system form the bottom of the Stellosphere and attach to the other ships. With that many ways to explore, no mission is too difficult.

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Superstellar Blastboard: Blastboard, go!

Miles rockets through the cosmos in nanoseconds on his Blastboard and your child can too! Choose from three different game modes to practice balance skills on the Blastboard:

  • “Blastboard Surfing!” Keep up with Miles’ Blastboard surfing directions to complete the mission.
  • “LightSpeed!” Lean towards the flashing lights as fast as possible.
  • Miles frequently moves to his own beat, and your child can too with “Let’s Race!” Your child can race against herself and move in any direction she chooses with the music.

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Figurines:

There are many figurines of each of the different characters that are featured in Miles From Tomorrowland. We were able to play with a few of them and they were lots of fun!

About The Party:

We had an absolutely amazing time trying out all of these wonderful toys. The kids had so much fun playing with each of the awesome toys. There was a great variety of toys. The kids never got bored and were great at sharing all of the toys. I can say from observing them playing for the 2 hours that they were here I can’t tell you what their favorite toy would be, as they all played with each toy equally. The kids at the party ranged from ages 2 to 7.

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Here’s a little photo of most of our party guests!  As you can see they couldn’t sit still for long as they were ready to play some more with their amazing new toys!

Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing any of these great toys, head on over to ToysRUs and pick out the perfect toys for you Miles from Tomorrowland fan!

Win Breyer Color Changing Horse

Disclosure: The Ella Color Changing Horse from Breyer Horses was provided for me in order to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information.  
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My girls absolutely love being in the water. Between bath time and pool time, I’m surprised they haven’t grown fins this summer. They were so excited to receive Ella the Color Changing Horse to be able to play with in the water.

About Breyer Horses:

The Breyer Animal Creations brand is Reeves International’s largest line. Underneath the Reeves International umbrella, Breyer manufactures plastic, porcelain, and resin model horses, animals and accessories for play and collecting.

Approximately 20 different artisans handle each individual Breyer model from start to finish – a process, which, 62 years later, is still done by human hands, not machines. Even today, no two Breyer model horses are ever exactly alike!

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About Ella Color Change Surprise:

Ella understands the importance of staying true to herself, so while she is full of energy and enjoys playing on her soccer team, she loves to pamper herself after a big game. A bath is the perfect way to relax and reveal her true colors! Kids are in for a surprise when they play with Ella’s hair. Put her in water and all her purple markings, mane, and tail turn pink.

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Ali’s Adventure Park from Planet Orbeez

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Every child loves a little imaginative play. I know that my girls definitely fit in with that category. What better way than to have great imaginative play than with Ali’s Adventure Park.

About Maya Group:

They Maya group works to bring safe, high-quality and original toys to the market – toys that amaze, wow and dazzle long after the packaging has been opened. They are dedicated to applying new, cool technologies to longstanding play patterns.

The Maya group produces toys that both surprise and satisfy. They find out directly from kids how they like to play, so their products remain fresh, relevant, and exciting.

The Science of Orbeez:

Orbeez are superabsorbent polymers – that means they are made of several smaller molecules joined together. With the addition of water they can grow to more than 100 times their volume. If you just place a tiny Orbeez bead in water and watch it swell! The water will be absorbed into the spaces between the molecules. These polymers were invented for agricultural use back in the 1960s to irrigate crops during times of drought. Today you will find superabsorbent polymers in diapers to prevent leaks, in food packages to absorb liquid and in floral vases to hydrate cut flowers.

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Little Pnuts-Imagine.Create.Play – Review

I received the Little Pnuts Toddler Special Delivery package, in order to facilitate her review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information.

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With a 3 year old and a 1 year old, I find myself always trying to find the perfect items for them to play with, and most importantly not bring more “junk” into my house. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone would just send you the perfect items right to your house? Well guess what? I have found that perfect company. Little Pnuts is just that.

About Little Pnuts:

Melissa realized that there was a real need for high quality, all natural, non-battery operated toys. When her children were young she started researching and trying to find toys that would work and be great for her kids. She realized that the American toy market could not provide her with what she was looking for, attractive toys that would enhance every sensorial perspective toys that would provide challenges, toys that would engage while providing a sense of accomplishment. These toys needed to enhance gross and fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and help develop the focus and concentration.

Melissa then decided to turn to the European market and after a great deal of research, found exactly what she was looking for. Unfortunately, at the time, these toys were not easily accessible in the US, but she had family there that was more than happy to send them to her.

Beginning in 2012, Melissa decided it was time to combine her former skills and her newfound admiration for high quality educational toys to develop a company that would bring these toys to families in the US.

**You can choose one of 3 unique special delivery programs.