New Kids Toys from LeapFrog

Get a sneak peek at two new toys from LeapFrog, the LeapFrog Scoop & Learn Ice Cream Cart and LeapPad Ultimate tablet. LeapFrog products are available on Amazon.com.

The Scoop & Learn Ice Cream Cart, for age 2+ children, makes role play so much fun! This toy ice cream cart delights and surprises with a range of buttons, lights, sound effects, music and fun phrases. It also features eight scoops of ice cream, three toppings and three flavors of syrup to teach kids 10 colors and flavors. Kids can create tons of delicious looking and imaginative combinations!

 

The new LeapPad Ultimate tablet is child-friendly, durable and safe. Plenty of memory and processor speed make it an educational, fun tech toy for kids. Featuring more than $100 worth of pre-loaded learning apps and videos, the LeapPad Ultimate helps kids build core skills in mathematics, reading and science as well as music, problem solving, logic and creativity to help prepare kids for preschool and beyond. LeapFrog is also launching three new cartridges featuring this year’s hottest licenses, including a new mathematics game for kids ages three to five featuring PJ Masks, a PAW Patrol problem solving game for kids ages four to seven and a colorful Trolls creativity game that will foster imagination for kids ages four to seven. Learn more at http://www.leapfrog.com.

Hot, New Toys from VTech

Discover the latest toys from VTech’s Go! Go! Smart Friends line. Offering a comprehensive, multi-faceted play experience while delivering manipulative play features and charming details, the new fantasy-themed Go! Go! Smart Friends play sets are designed to captivate young children. Kids can explore a magical mermaid world with mermaid Pearl and her sea friends in the Go! Go! Smart Friends Shimmering Seashell Castle™, featuring three MagicPoint locations for children to interact with, boosting their imaginations and encouraging social play. Learn more at http://www.vtechkids.com.

VTech’s Monster Trucks and Vehicles: Press and Race trucks and stunt vehicles provide hours of play for children ages 12 months to 5 years old.

VTech’s Race & Play Adventure for 12 months to 5 years old is a roller coaster ride of fun!

Play Calliope Games For Family Fun!

Calliope Games offers a variety of tabletop games for today’s busy families. Two games were featured at Toy Fair ’17. Roll For It! is everything you want in a game. It’s fun, it’s easy, and it’s fast!  The rules are simple. Roll your dice, match a card, and score some points! Be careful, though—other players may challenge you for the card you’re after. The first player to collect 40 points wins! Available on Amazon.com.

 

 Create your own journey with Tsuro: The Game of the Path! Place a tile and slide your stone along the path created, but take care. Other players’ paths can lead you in the wrong direction—or off the board entirely!

Mixin’ Up Fun with Magic Kidchen

Kids will love to get creative in the kitchen with Magic Kidchen products. A Popsicle Station, Brain Freeze Slushy Maker and Popin’ Corn maker are a few of the cooking items available for young foodies. Leah Maycraft of MadebyMommy demonstrates the Slush Maker in this video from Toy Fair ’17. Find Magic Kidchen items on Amazon.

 

 

 

 

Candylicious Bubbles You Can Eat!

Have you ever tasted typical bubble mix by mistake? It’s soapy and bitter. Now Candylicious Bubbles let kids have fun playing with and eating the bubbles that taste like candy. Safety tested, gluten free and non-toxic flavors include new choices of Cotton Candy and Green Apple. Fun characters are available in smaller handheld bubble wands or bigger bubble machines for endless hours of fun! It’s even fun for adults, like you’ll see in this hilarious video from Toy Fair ’17. Available at major retailers and Amazon.com. Made in the USA.

 

 

 

Fun Collectibles That Smell Yummy! #WhifferSniffers

Kids love collectibles and plush toys! Add dozens of delicious smells and you get Whiffer Sniffers! Whiffer Sniffers are amazingly scented collectible plush characters with personality and charm. Each character’s scent matches their appearance.  From strawberries to popcorn and even chili, these unique toys are perfect birthday gifts, party favors, rewards, and more! Kids love to collect and trade Whiffer Sniffers. Check out the review from Toy Fair ’17. 

Cool Coding Games for Kids from ALEX Toys

Coding is the buzz word for children these days. I found a line of excellent coding games from ALEX Toys at Toy Fair ’17. ALEX Toys is helping set the foundation for higher learning and expanding preschoolers’ horizons with four fun and unique STEM-based products from the all new Future Coders™ line, including Robot Racers™, Cube Stackers™, Bunny Trails™, and Poppin’ Pictures™. Each of the toys fosters coding skills like sequencing, problem-solving and logical thinking.Learn more at http://www.alexbrands.com/.

 

More ALEX Toys up next.

 

Pets + Cosplay = Pawzplay at #ToyFair17

If people can dress up as superheros, why not pets? I discovered a new line of collectible and cuddly critters who love cosplay. Pets + Cosplay = Pawzplay™! Just like people, these cute pets love to show their DC fandom and want to be involved in the exciting culture of cosplay. Get the scoop from my interview with Barry from Factory Entertainment about the debut of PawzPlay.

The world of Pawzplay™ launches in the Summer of 2017 with an assortment of kittens and puppies dressed as their favorite DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains.

 

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Toy Fair Finds: Soapsox and Yookidoo

With my MomTV mic in hand and a videographer in tow, I walked the aisles of Toy Fair ’16 looking for the hottest new toys and products for families. I found an amazing group of items, from Yookidoo and Soapsox for younger children to Shrinky Dinks and Lionel train sets for the older crowd. Take a look:

 

 

More Toy Fair finds coming soon.

 

Collect Connects at Toy Fair ’15

Check out Connects©, a fun toy that’s educational, too!  At Toy Fair ’15, I found these subtly colored, carefully designed chain link pieces that offer hours of creative play. Connects lets kids link pieces together to form colorful bracelets, necklaces or keychains that can be worn as jewelry, hung on backpacks, for decorating rooms and more. There’s no limit to the designs and imaginative ideas. A large tube of Connects (at a reasonable price) is perfect for a birthday party activity (guests can make and take their creation!), rainy day activity, travel and more. In various sizes, Connects tubes are terrific party gifts, Easter basket items and stocking stuffers at holiday. Available in fabulous colors at CollectConnects.com, Learning Express and Lester’s.