November 2010 New Specialty Toys — Pretend Play

Spice up imaginative play while learning shapes, colors, and fine motor skills. This new cottage contains six holes that match six chunky candy shapes. The sorter engages children as they explore shape recognition, spatial reasoning, color recognition, fine motor skills, and imaginative play. Pieces store in the durable plastic house, which encourages clean up, and then empty through the door. Durable plastic pieces wipe clean. Good product for home and school.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

This clever and complete shopping cart enhances pretend play with over 55 pieces that include play food, packages, and cans. The removable basket stores underneath. Shopping cart has a place for your child’s favorite doll or stuffed animal—and can be used with or without this feature. Also included is assorted play money to expand the play value. Caster wheels allow for easy turning. This cart is easy to assemble—no tools required. Will provide your young shopper with plenty of active pretend play and lots of assistance when you go grocery shopping.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

This adorable Alice in Wonderland Tutu features a fluffy royal and light blue tutu, embellished satin aporn with harlequin trim and glimmering red sequence heart. Also includes satin hairbow. S/M - Girl's 3-6, M/L - Girl's 6-12. Costume comes wrapped in package with hanger for display.

This dramatic play wooden workbench is designed to be the right size for young children, right down to the nuts and bolts. The set includes a functioning vise, a tool rack, wooden tools, hardware and a storage shelf. A booklet with creative play ideas is included.
— In a February 2012 survey about wooden toys, Mike DiAndrea, manager of Hardware Toys in Paoli, Pa., told TDmonthly that they sell six of this item each month.

Like its parent unit the GloMate PLUS, the GloMate Jr. uses LED Technology to illuminate in blue, green, red and rainbow hues. It is completely portable and operates on 3 AAA batteries. The GloMate Jr. is designed to last over 80 hours on fresh batteries, and can be used for for home, travel and even camping. "The ease of portability with great features puts the GloMate Jr. in a class of its own," MOBI Technologies National Sales Manager Andrew Buckband told TDmonthly.

The GloMate PLUS is a portable, rechargeable play and night light designed to fit perfectly into a child's hand. The built-in lithium-ion battery lasts over 10 hours on a single charge. The base features an LED ring that lights when charging and makes the it easy to find in total darkness. The GloMate PLUS lights up in blue, green, red or a rainbow mode that cycles through all of the colors. "The GloMate PLUS is designed as the perfect play friend. The multi-color LEDs make any child's adventure a colorful one," MOBI Technologies National Sales Manager Andrew Buckband told TDmonthly.

Girls can explore, play and help make the world a little better while looking just like their favorite Groovy Girl superhero! In Starletta fashion, the Starletta Dress Up comes with a matching cape and dress.

This set gives girls wings of their own that match Groovy Girl Becca Butterfly. The dress-up includes Becca's dainty pink and yellow dress and shimmery wings.

Girls can take Baby Stella or any of her friends with them wherever they go in the Cute Comfort Car Seat. Any of the Stella dolls will sit comfortably and safe on the go with this seat. The Cute Comfort Car Seat features pastel colored fabric and extensive detail. It can even be buckled into a car with the seat belt attachment loop.

Girls can keep their Lilydoll snuggly, warm and stylish all winter long with the Warmly Wooly Winter Wear outfit. The outfit comes with a super soft red knit hat and a yellow winter coat with white fleece trim on the neckline.

Giselle's intricate details are designed to fascinate listeners during storytime. Pretty in pink, Giselle features multiple patterned fabrics and textures and will fit all hands.