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Toy Reviews
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Hanna Honeybee review: A shared goal with a satisfying hive action
If your child likes putting something in a slot and seeing what comes out, Hanna Honeybee has an action worth looking at.
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Giddy Buggy Tunnel review: Measure the play route as well as the folded toy
A tunnel can look compact in a storage photograph while needing much more room during play.
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Melissa & Doug Let’s Explore Scavenger Hunt: three things to spot are enough
A walk can become an adventure when someone notices something small.
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Building Site review: Give the toy truck a shared construction job
A child who already enjoys carrying things in a truck may find a building game more inviting than a conventional board.
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Splash Patrol Sprinkler review: Choose the water-play setting before the toy
A sprinkler toy is only one part of a water-play session.
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Peaceable Kingdom Count Your Chickens: a shared job for the whole table
A first game does not need one person to beat everyone else.
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Forest Friends review: Choose a three-dimensional memory game for the hiding, not the promises
Peeking through a small opening can be more inviting than looking at a flat row of cards.
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Sand Baking Set review: A pretend kitchen built around mixing and sifting
If your child already likes scooping and making pretend food in sand, the Seaside Sidekicks Sand Baking Set gives that activity a kitchen theme.
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Peaceable Kingdom Where’s Bear?: where could the little bear be?
Hiding a figure under a box is a small idea with an easy invitation: have a look together.
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Go, Go, Little Penguin review: Decide whether your family wants a race
A race can make a short game exciting, but it is a different experience from working toward one shared goal.