 | Matchbox Compact Pop-Up Playset: Auto Center
Really any of the Mattel Matchbox Pop Up sets are good gifts. They are fun, portable, and clean up nicely since everything folds up into it's own suitcase. I've seen these sets range in price from $10 - 30. You can often find these on sale as well.
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 | Matchbox Pop Up Mini Car Wash Adventure Set - With Collector Booklet
Buy new: $13.71 |
 | Mattel Matchbox Pop Up Deluxe Construction Site Adventure Set
Buy new: $20.00 |
 | Mattel Matchbox Pop Up Deluxe Airport Adventure Set
Buy new: $20.00 |
 | Mattel Matchbox Dino Adventure - Adventure Set
Buy new: $51.95 |
 | Parents Pop Beads Snap
Buy new: $22.90 Pop Beads were a hit with the 3 year old crowd. My son's not as into these this year.
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 | Klutz Pop Bead Critters
Buy new: $9.71 The Klutz kits are great gifts.
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 | Sababa Snoopy Sno Cone Machine - Classic
Buy new: $30.44 A classic favorite - and still a hit with the kids. Great choice for a summer birthday
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 | Little Kids Dora the Explorer Sno-Cone Maker
Buy new: $14.99 |
 | Puzzle Castle (Young Puzzles) by Susannah Leigh
Buy used from: $1.70 These puzzle books are great for 4+ year olds. Each book tells a story and then each page within the story has a puzzle, maze, seek and find, or some other interactive game to figure out. For younger kids, the seek and find is entertaining and engaging. Then for older kids, it becomes a challenge to complete the puzzles. These books are inexpensive and a lot of fun.
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 | Puzzle Pirates (Young Puzzles) by Jenny Tyler
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.98 We paired this book up with "Pirate Jigsaw Book" and the 2 together make a great pirate themed gift
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 | Pirate Jigsaw Book (Luxury Jigsaw Books) by Struan Reid
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $0.50 |
 | Puzzle Dungeon (Young Puzzles) by Susannah Leigh
Buy used from: $3.88 |
 | Clothespin Cuties (Chicken Socks)
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.90 Klutz Chicken Socks book/kits are great. They are pretty inexpensive and there are so many different themes.
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 | Paper Fashions (Klutz)
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $4.97 I used to love paper dolls when I was a kid. Couldn't wait to get this for my niece. She had so much fun - and the best part is that you can bring these kits along for a long car ride or to a restaurant, etc.
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 | Fabulous Book of Paper Dolls (Klutz)
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $0.98 |
 | Friendship Bracelets (Klutz)
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $2.97 this was a hit with my 7 year old niece
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 | Foam Gliders (Chicken Socks)
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $1.79 |
 | Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $1.67 |
 | Painted Rocks
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.97 My son loves to collect and paint rocks. When we go on vacation to the beach, he always comes back with painted rocks as souvenirs for his grandparents
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 | Shadow Games (Chicken Socks)
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.01 My son loves making shadow animals. We paired this book with a kids flashlight (batteries can only be removed with screwdriver) that had an animal face.
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 | Build Your Own Monsters (Chicken Socks)
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $5.23 great rainy day activity (as are all of the Klutz/Chicken Socks line of craft books)
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 | Chicken Socks Melty Beads Activity Book
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $2.02 for some reason, my son is WAY into melty beads.
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 | Marbles (Klutz Chicken Socks)
Buy used from: $0.01 marbles are a good gift for 4+ years old. Any younger than that and it is still a choking hazard.
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 | Eye Find: A Picture Puzzle Book (Chicken Socks)
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.52 |
 | Fisher-Price Imaginext Systems Raider the Allosaurus
Imaginext has several lines of toys that are durable and fun. Some of the big hits with my son are the walking, roaring dinosaurs, the superheroes, and the pirates... but they have other toy lines as well
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 | Fisher-Price Imaginext Adventures Raider Trample the Triceratops
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 | Imaginext Adventures Dragon
Buy new: $17.49 |
 | DC Super Friends Delxue Figure Superman Space Crane
Buy new: $21.96 Sometimes it's hard to find superhero toys that don't have scary faces (even the good guys look fierce these days). These action figures by Mattel are durable and non-scary looking for a preschooler to play with. We have Suprman and Batman, and bought them when they were on sale for $10 for the pair. These things tend to fluctuate in price, so shop around
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 | Spiderman & Friends Little Adventure Set - Water Rescue
Fun tub toy for under $10. It really squirts water too!
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 | Guess Who? Board Game with Bonus
Great Board Game! It's a quicker game than candy land, so works better with a 3-4 year old's short attention span
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 | Original Memory
Buy new: $13.71 My son loves matching cards in the Memory game. You can also search Amazon for themed Memory Card Games (we've seen superhero theme, Dora, Disney, etc)
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 | LEGO Duplo My First Set
Buy new: $15.97 There are many different Lego sets to choose from. You can easily find a set for under $15. Even if you get duplicates of these, they can always be used... and never go out of style.
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 | Rescue Heroes Captain Cuffs & Buster
Buy new: $29.91 I'm only going to list one Rescue Hero figure here, but the Fisher Price line of Rescue Heroes are great fun. Each figure is a different "rescue" profession (police, fire, etc). The figures are durable and easy for 3+ year olds to manipulate. My son's favorites are the characters that come with rescue pets. Price range for these is around $12- 17
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 | Planet Heroes: Earth "Ace"
Buy new: $20.20 Again, I'm only going to list one of the Planet Hero Figures, but this is another great toy line from Fisher Price. These figures are slightly smaller than the rescue heroes. The great thing about this line is it teaches children about the planets. Each planet has it's own Hero who displays characteristics of it's home. Most range in price from $7-15
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