Christmas Gift Ideas
The Toy Retailers Association top 12 toys for pre-school aged children at Christmas 2009 includes some familiar faces, soft and cute plush toys, educational toys and some new and innovative children’s entertainment ideas. The Hot Dozen – Girls – Boys – Construction – Creative Toys – Games – Pre-School Fisher-Price Lets Get to Work Manny [...]
The Toy Retailers Association Top 12 Games for Christmas 2009 includes a selection of fun games for children with some familiar names including Monopoly, Jenga and Rubik’s as well as a few innovative and promising newcomers. Bop It Bop It is an interactive toy which might appear to have no useful purpose until you start [...]
The Toy Retailers Association Top 12 Creative Toys for Christmas 2009 includes a selection of toys and activities which have a creative and educational purpose ideally suited for girls and boys of pre-school and junior school ages. Ben 10 Hero Identity Station Young boys will love this kit which allows them to create special Ben10 [...]
The Toy Retailers Association Top 12 Construction Toys for Christmas 2009 includes some familiar names along with a few new ones. Traditional toys such as LEGO, Tomy and Meccano are featured as usual; alongside a few names that might be new to you. K’Nex Amusement Park If they have ever wondered how a Ferris wheel [...]
Action and adventure seems to be the flavour of 2009 as far as boys are concerned as this years selection of predicted best sellers from the Toy Retailers Association demonstrates. Regular favourites including Barkugan and Ben 10 again make the top twelve alongside some familiarly themed futuristic toys. Tradition is represented singularly by the latest [...]
The predicted best selling girl’s toys for 2009 have a definite bias towards animals, dolls and role-play. The Sylvanian Family make their customary appearance in the list as do the Hasbro’s FurReal virtual pets, together with the Go GO virtual hamsters from Character Options. Animagic, Peanut the Playful Puppy Just like a real pet puppy [...]
The Dream Toys hot list for 2009 to be announced on 28th October 2009 is compiled by the Toy Retailers Association and is the official prediction of the toys and games industry of what are likely to be the most popular children’s games at Christmas time. The list, which is used by retailers, wholesalers and [...]
The tradition of writing a letter to Santa is well established. a typical letter will contain a ‘wish-list’ or ‘what I want for Christmas’ together with a declaration of good behaviour! There are many organisations offering to take care of these letters on your behalf for a small fee but there are some free alternatives. [...]
If you are buying a gift for a friend or relative’s new baby then there is a wide choice of lovely gifts you can chose from, no matter what your budget. Traditional gifts will include baby clothes, soft toys, mobiles and activity toys. There are also a number of specialist gift companies who offer specially [...]
Christmas gift ideas for teenage boys from electronics and gadgets to gaming chairs and driving experiences. Teenagers, and especially teenage boys, are often difficult to buy for and in many cases they are not even sure what they want themselves. The period between childhood and adulthood is confusing time where they’ll probably go through a [...]