Gorgeous Products Balances Fun and Skill Development
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he Boikido Wooden Flying Saucer Pull Toy, from Gorgeous Products, helps kids take their first steps. The saucer promotes balancing and encourages walking. Kids can watch the flying saucer’s head move as it is dragged along. The Boikido Wooden Comet Pull Toy promotes balancing and encourages walking. Kids can watch the comet tail go up and down, and hear the click-clack noise as it is dragged along. The Boikido Wooden Balance Game Circus is a fun game of nine circus characters and shapes that will help kids develop motor skills and color recognition. The game also helps kids name animals and learn shapes. The kid that stacks the characters on the base as high as possible without collapsing in the shortest time is the winner. Boikido Wooden Multi-Activity Center is easy to carry. The bead coaster, shape sorter, maze, and puzzle are all crucial elements in developing hand-eye coordination, problem solving, and fine motor skills. Kids can take this center along with them on the go.
Boikido Wooden Multi-Activity Center
Cartwheel Kids Has a Sweet Café Galt Toys Softens Playtime
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alt Toys’ Playnest Gym & Farm is a soft, multi-sensory environment with a farm scene around the Playnest and the Gym as the sky above. The Playnest is a fabriccovered inflatable ring that supports babies during play. Babies can explore textures and sounds in the four Gym toys and the eight activities around the Playnest while developing hand-eye coordination and manipulative skills.
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he Hello Kitty Cupcake Café, from Cartwheel Kids, is a two-in-one kitchen and café. The café features stylish detailing that is customized by the world of Hello Kitty. The café includes an “open” sign, menus, a fabric awning, an ice-maker, a light-up oven, and sweet treats to serve. A baking pan, two play cupcakes, a serving tray, a spoon, a coffee pot, a timer, and a cup are also included. The Peter Rabbit Playset helps kids discover and play out their favorite stories from Nickelodeon’s Peter Rabbit series in a fun tree fort. Peter Rabbit can swing in the tire swing, take flight on the hang glider, or make an escape down the slide. This play set encourages motor skill learning and creative play. Hello Kitty Cupcake Café
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