January 2010 New Specialty Toys — All

This set includes a Police Officer T-shirt with toy whistle. Available in three sizes: small (3-4 yrs), medium (4-5 yrs), and large (5-6 yrs).

Designed for children ages three to eight years old, Pipperoos’ creative drama kits include dress-up materials and illustrated storybook. Each kit focuses on one theme, and includes either a single or an ensemble set of character costumes. Costumes include Opus the Octopus, Terry the Turtle, Julie the Jelly, and Mark the Shark. This product was named one of Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products 2009 and 10 Best Creative Products 2009. Launch date: 2009.

The holiday season would not be as joyous without the musical composition “Jingle Bell Rock” written by Joe Beal and Jim Boothe. The Jingle Bell Rock petticoat style skirt is made of red and white soft tulle.  The skirt is adorned with a candy cane striped bow finished off with a silver jingle bell.  This fun flowing skirt is perfect to rock around the Christmas tree or pose for a holiday picture. Skirt also features an adjustable waistband, which allows for maximum size versatility. Skirts fits most little girls aged three to eight. Music device is hidden within an interior front pocket. Press on for music and it continues with motion. Three AAA batteries included. Winner of the Oppenheim Platinum Best Toy 2008.

The musical Swan Lake petti-skirt features Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake music. It is made of light pink and white soft tulle.  The skirt is adorned with a large satin bow.  This fun flowing skirt is perfect to pirouette around the room. Skirt also features an adjustable waistband, which allows for maximum size versatility. Skirts fits most little girls aged three to eight. Music device is hidden within an interior front pocket. Press on for music and it continues with motion. Three AAA batteries included.

The game where players make up hysterical new lyrics to popular hit music. Are you witty enough to write a song about fast food, homework, doing the laundry or perhaps rabid squirrels? A good sense of humor is better than a great singing voice when you play Smash or Trash. Put your creativity to the test as you compete for top praise from the critics (other players) who will declare each song you write to be a Smash hit or just plain Trash.

Leah May’s soft hair is ideal for hours of brushing and braiding, while her pink highlighted eyes and silver sparkly hooves are sure to delight any girl’s fancy. Leah May comes with her own hairbrush and a sweet pastel-patterned saddle blanket.

Pay no heed to the fainters and screamers. Blanche takes pride in being your ugly stepmonster — not to mention the first pillow ever with rainbow highlights and a mutated crown.

Bright colors and high-contrast patterns offer visual stimulation; hidden noise makers, including rattles, squeakers, and crinkle paper perk up little ears; and a variety of textured fabrics keep busy hands occupied. Small enough to tuck into a purse or diaper bag.

The pebble-like stilts have rubber anti-slip guards and adjustable ropes. Once the ropes are removed, the stilts can be used as stepping stones; both sides can be used to train for balance. Dimensions are 6" x 4" x 3" and maximum loading is 132 lbs. "The new twist on an American favorite offers multiple ways to play. The stones can be used as stilts in two different ways with the curved side up to give the feet a new angle or with the flat side up for a more complicated way to walk. Also the ropes can be removed and kids can just walk across them," Lynn Toves, in sales and marketing for Wee Blossom, told TDmonthly. Launch date: October 2009.

This equipment targets the cerebral cortex and can be used with one or two players. Movements can be achieved by simple motions exerted from the waist and arms. The large board with a 26" diameter comes with two base mounts of varied curvatures to provide different levels of challenge and fun. Maximum loading is 132 lbs. "These fun and entertaining boards allow children to move easily in multiple directions," Lynn Toves, in sales and marketing for Wee Blossom, told TDmonthly. Launch date: October 2009.

Duncan® Wiz-z-zers® are a set of 12 battling tops. There are three collectible themes, including BioBugs, BioNinjas and BioSaurus. You can battle Ninjas, Dinos and Bugs for World supremacy.  Wiz-z-zer revs up to 10,000 rpms. Each Wiz-z-zer comes with a base, trick stands, battle belt and battle trick book.

Through story-telling and song, children learn by listening and singing along with Come Dance With Us.  This vocabulary-building CD from the producers of the award-winning DVD series, Fundamentals, teaches young children about time, geography, ecology, phonetics, arithmetic, emotions, and many more subjects.  Educators have discovered that children can learn and remember concepts particularly when these concepts are set to music and rhythm. This CD has received the following awards: Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products 2009, Dr. Toy's 10 Best Audio/Video Products, and Creative Child Magazine's CD of the Year 2009. Launch date: October 2008.

Fundamentals: Think is the second level of our educational video series. It builds upon many concepts introduced in Fundamentals and adds additional subjects for higher order thinking. Video teaches reading by building from letter recognition and phonetics sounds to 3-letter words and simple sentences, and demonstrates geometry, addition and subtraction, and numbers up to 20.

Fundamentals is the first of a series of educational videos produced by The First Wave, LLC, a mother-daughter team. The video provides basic tools for children to learn about their new world and to inspire speech. It introduces letters, colors, the body, opposites, verbs, prepositions, numbers, shapes, and more.

This 11-oz., two-in-one sippy to straw bottle is equipped with a stainless steel body, a thermo plastic rubber sleeve for insulation and grip, a straw-shaped spout to support physical and speech development, removable handles, a tapered waist with ribbing, a dust cap, a travel plug to prevent leakage, and a straw and straw adaptor to easily convert the Safe Sippy2 as a child grows.

Made of food-grade stainless steel, this  12-fl.-oz. sippy cup features a cap and spout constructed from BPA-free polypropylene, has a large mouth for simple cleaning and to hold ice cubes, and is 100-percent recyclable. It is available in seven colors, plus natural Sport.

This clinically tested castile soap is made with pure, organic ingredients and is free from phthalates, artificial preservatives and synthetic surfactants. It comes in three sizes: 50 ml, 160 ml (shown) and 1 liter.

This two-piece, dishwasher-safe drying rack features a flexible grass top to hold baby utensils and accessories and a lower tray to catch water as it drains. It is free of BPA, PVC and phthalates.

This light blue mermaid set features a two-piece swimsuit and mermaid fins.

For crawlers to toddlers, these stylish baby kneepads — made from cotton with silicone pad protection — are designed to keep little ones' knees feeling and looking good. Designed for comfort and ease, they slide right over baby’s knees to protect and keep them scrape-free from hard and irritable surfaces as they crawl and explore their surroundings. The machine-washable pads are one size fits most and come in blue, green, orange and red.

This colorful kit includes string, charms and wooden beads, and is packed with alphabet letter beads as well as decorative swirl beads in different colors.
— Magic Beans in Brookline, Mass., sells 50 craft kits per month by Bead Bazaar, CEO Isaac Judd told TDmonthly in fall 2009.
— Powell Phillips, owner of Phillip's Toy Mart in Nashville, Tenn., told TDmonthly in an October 2011 survey that Bead Bazaar items are their best selling jewelry and accessory products.

This tiny little animal figurine is a racehorse handmade of porcelain clay. Launch date: October 19, 2009.
— “We sell about 400 [Clay-mates] in a month,” Marianne Kearns, owner of Second Star to the Right in Bridgehampton, N.Y., told TDmonthly in fall 2009.

Ready to be personalized, this friendship scrapbook is stocked with quizzes, slumber party ideas and a foam wheel and floss to make friendship bracelets.
— Two of 39 retailers named friendship bracelets as a best seller for tween girls during a fall 2009 TDmonthly survey.
― Of 39 retailers surveyed in October 2009 about their top-selling jewelry and accessory items, one listed Forever Friends by Alex as their best seller.