Our Favorite Gifts and Toys 2009
If you are looking for a good idea for a gift this year look no further. We've sold most of these gifts for years and they continue to be both favorites of ours as well as some of our best-selling items. We recommend only what we think of as quality toys and gifts. This means that most are American made, environmentally responsible, safe, non-toxic, and FUN. Take a look below and see if anything catches your eye…
Our Recommended Toys and Gifts:
 Tallest Tree Stacking Blocks
Winner of the national park service best product award, these blocks help young minds learn to read, count, and discover the forest animals that live where the redwoods grow. They are easy to store and young kids love to stack them high. They are surprisingly sturdy little boxes and stand up to younger kids play well. Read more…
 Green Toys Tea Set
This sturdy little set of colorful tea-time toys is a favorite around our house. Set it in front of kids and soon they are filling it with imagination, and offering you some as well, fresh and steaming from the tea-pot. Simple, fun, and environmentally responsible this set is made from recycled plastic milk jugs and is safe and non-toxic. Read more…
 Gemini Specs
Great inexpensive stocking stuffers and fun to boot, these holiday glasses are always a hit. Try a pair on and you will find every point of light (like Christmas lights for example) magically transformed into a holographic design. Children are wowed, and adults become like kids again. Many different designs are available, choose one or get a sampling of many. Great for the holidays! Read more…
 Flitter Fairies
These battery-operated fairies flap their wings and “fly” on their fairy-silk threads in a way that is always fun to watch. Clip the fairy silk to your shirt, belt, or whatever with the enclosed clip and guide the fairy with your magic wand to make it appear to fly about with you. A great toy to inspire imaginative play, and their background story helps bring kids interest to the natural world and how they can protect it. Read more…
 Bananagrams
Looking for a new word game? Try Bananagrams. It won the 2009 Toy of the Year award, and is always a hit with everyone who plays it. Not only is this game great fun for anyone old enough to spell, it's great practice with words and comes in a fun banana shaped zipper bag that is uniquely fun and easy to carry around. Read more…
 Rubber Band Powered Dragster Car
This is the kind of simple and sturdy toy that will last for generations. Not only will this toy last, but it is fast and fun! Kids love to wind it up and watch it speed off over and over again. Like most of our favorites it also inspires imagination as kids put the dragster into their own imaginary settings. Give this toy to your kids and maybe one day they will be giving it to theirs. Nothing to replace except for rubber bands! Read more…
 Science Wiz Inventions Kit
We can't say enough about the Science Wiz science kits in general. They are high quality and affordable kits that cover a variety of sciences. They have won several awards and have inspired many young scientists through the years. They use some common household items together with the contents of the kit to create inspired experiments that kids find fun as well as educational. Read more…
 Automoblox
Completed Automoblox are not only fun and stylish to look at, they are also great fun to put together! Sturdy wooden pieces fit together with real rubber wheels and colorful plastic trim or “windows” to make all kinds of interesting vehicles. With multiple sets you can mix and match parts to create whatever your imagination allows. As a (primarily) wooden toy these kits are made to last a long time! Read more…
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