February 2010 Notable Toys — Gifts

This 100% cotton canvas diaper bag is just the right size for children to carry. The bag includes a cotton diaper and has plenty of room for children to add their own essentials.

Baby GoGo™ Goes Home comes with the baby doll in the Baby GoGo™ Introductory Set. This storybook follows Baby GoGo™’s experience coming home from the hospital, meeting the family, having a bottle, and earning a nickname. "The book and doll combination for helping a child prepare for a new sibling," Katie Wylonis told TDmonthly.

Lola the friendly gorilla not only serves as a cute wall decal, but can also be used as a chalkboard. Write and draw on it, then erase it when you want to start over. Completely removable and reusable, Lola can be transported to any room.

Each pack contains friendly squirrels, cheerful rabbits, a curious deer, birds, flowers, trees, and more. With bright and colorful hues and patterns on each design, one can create their own woodland scene on the wall. Since these can be removed and reapplied, multiple configurations are possible.

Trendy decoration item for nurseries and kids rooms. The tree is five feet in height and comes in several pieces so you can create your own design. Also includes birds and butterflies to add more color and detail to the tree.

This Amazing Spider-Man giant wall graphic works well with all ages. Can be used for the bedroom, media room, play room, or even the office. Other available Spider-Man themed items include wall stickers and self-adhesive border.

No More Monsters! A Light In the Night™, created by a mother to comfort her oldest son when he moved to his big boy bed, is a gift set which includes an adorable light-up creature and beautifully illustrated board book. Just one soft press of the tummy emits a bright glow which proves once and for all there’s nothing “going bump in the night.” Each nighttime guardian is available in bubble gum pink, mint green or ice blue. Each gift set includes a Light Up Creature, Children's Board Book, Display Box, and online access (register A Light In the Night online and receive an official "Certificate of Bravery").
Awards: Creative Child Magazine 2010 Preferred Choice Award, Storybooks With Character category

Mood necklaces with assorted pendants.

This small, soft teddy bear zips open in the back and holds a black tote bag. Kids can have their teddy along for a trip, and mom or dad will have an easy way to tote things around. Watch Teddy Tote: Top-5 Video, Toy Fair 2010

Cate & Levi stuffed animals are all handmade and eco-friendly. Especially unique, each one is made from reclaimed wool whose colors and textures are individually selected. This one-of-a-kind Monkey stands between 16"-22" tall and is customizable by gender.

Piggy Paint™ is a natural, eco-friendly nail polish designed for fancy girls. Its non-toxic, hypoallergenic, water-based formula makes it perfect for little (and big) piggies. Piggy Paint™ is a kid-friendly polish that dries to a hard, durable finish and comes in fun, vibrant colors. The Flower Power gift set is another addition to the Piggy Paint gift set line, with polish colors of Forever Fancy, Mac-n-cheese Please and Dandelion Dance.

These bright, eye-catching flip cover designs are created to make revisiting the past more fun than ever before. "The lenticular flip front covers flip from one colorful image to another," Leslie Montalbano, Prepress Manager, ISCREAM, told TDmonthly. Launch date: January 4, 2010.
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With these cool stationery books, kids just write it, seal it and send it. It includes 40 full-color letters and matching stickers. "Our designs are hip and fun," Leslie Montalbano, Prepress Manager, ISCREAM, told TDmonthly. Launch date: January 4, 2010.
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Kids can dress up lockers and other magnetic surfaces with these magnets available in attention-grabbing flip and motion designs. Launch date: January 4, 2010.
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These lenticular flip, motion, zoom and 3D bookmarks are printed in full color front and back and packaged in a clear plastic. Launch date: January 4, 2010.

Shaped like cute animal characters, these 10 Snuggle Duffle bags and four Snuggle Backpacks are 3-D character-shaped bags that come with a storybook hangtag to showcase each character's personality. "All of the Snuggle characters are signature Laid Back Kids characters and posses their own unique charm," Jessica Brunner, Graphic Designer, Oak Patch Gifts, told TDmonthly. Launch date: 2010.

These lenticular stickers flip from one colorful image to another, designed to add fun to any notebook, binder or folder. Each design includes one sheet of six stickers. Launch date: December 2009.

Kids follow the numbered pattern to create sparkling greeting cards to send to friends and family. They can be used for birthdays, holidays or just to make someone feel special. "To make the Pretty Cards even prettier, we die-cut the front of the card, so tiles placed on the inside pop out of the front when the card is closed!" Damien Crocker, U.S. Specialty Sales Manager, The Orb Factory Limited, told TDmonthly. Launch date: March 15, 2010.

Gift givers can add their personal touch by filling the "secret compartments" with gifts. To discover each surprise, the recipient opens the lid doors and punches through the tissue. First, assemble the box. Then, wrap your gifts in the tissue and "STUFF" the 24 secret compartments. This patent-pending products is made in the USA. Launch date: November 7, 2009.

This simple project from The Little Experience includes everything kids need to create this cute, clever key chain character. Pre-cut felt pieces are hand-stitched together using two colors of embroidery floss from the kit, and then stuffed and attached to the included metal keyring. 

One of six collectible characters in The Little Experience's line of Stitch-It Keyrings, this puppy is a simple project that children do from start to finish. The pre-cut felt pieces of the puppy are embellished with other felt shapes in the kit, hand-stitched together, and stuffed with batting. The kit includes everything necessary to finish the craft.

At bedtime, kids can use these 96-page memory books  to draw and write about their day with their parents. The books have a lenticular 3D/motion front cover. Launch date: February 2010.

This set includes an apron (size 4-8), an adjustable cotton chef's hat, and a silicone flower trivet. It is machine washable. "The included child-size hat and silicone trivet make this kit one-of-a-kind. Kids can really dress to play the part, and use the trivet to help in the kitchen or use for pretend play," Lisa Grass, Graphic Designer, Sassafras Enterprises Inc., told TDmonthly. Launch date: May 2010.

In bed at night, Amy peers from under her covers at the dark shadows on the wall. But what is that flicker of light from the window? As she discovers the source of the mysterious light in her own backyard, she also learns something important about herself. The light, like many things in life, is something to be treasured but not contained, appreciated but always free. Inspiration for the book came to Robert Nutt, author and illustrator, one summer evening when he and his wife were walking and came upon a house with a yard full of dancing, flickering firefly lights. At that moment, he knew he would write about it. The photo illustrations are his own daughter, Amy. Launch date: March 2010.

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