Gift Ideas for Children

2012 Gift Ideas for Kids

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LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet

The LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet is one of the hottest kids' gifts for 2011. One of the main reasons the LeapPad Explorer is so popular is because it's much more than an interactive toy.

This kids learning tablet is versatile and promotes learning in a fun way. The LeapFrog LeapPad tablet helps kids explore reading, math, geography, science, art, music and much more, in an interactive and fun manner. This LeapFrog Learning tablet is recommended for ages 4 to 9 years and is intuitive to adjust to match your kids' level of skill and pace.

Included with this LeapFrog tablet are 4 apps namely Pet Pad, Story Studio, Art Studio and you get to choose the fourth app. The LeapFrog LeapPad comes with a one-year limited warranty.

LeapFrog
Scribble and Write

The LeapFrog Scribble and Write provides a fun and interactive way for children to learn to write English alphabets in upper and lower case. The LeagFrog learning toy is recommended for children between the ages of 3 to 5 years.

This interactive Scribble and Write toy guides your child through easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions to help your child learn and write English alphabet letters. It comes with a kid-sized stylus and a built-in eraser which are easy to use.

The LeapFrog Scribble and Write has four learning modes and helps your child gradually progress starting with learning to draw basic shapes like lines, circles, etc. and then progressing to writing letters in upper and lower case.

Playskool Alphie

Alphie The Learning Toy Robot is a great learning tool for children over 3 years of age. This learning robot has a sense of humor and makes learning fun.

Your child will learn and discover a whole lot from Alphie, from vocabulary, to letter sounds, learning shapes and patterns, math skills special reasoning and much more.

With Alphie, your child can have fun on-the-go and encourage learning. More importantly, Alphie The Learning Robot portrays learning as a lot of fun.

Included with the robot figure are 30 double-sided cards like matching, ABC songs, color exploration, letters, number, shapes and a lot more.

Fisher-Price Kid-Tough Music Player
with
Microphone

Fisher-Price Music Player is a robust music player designed specifically for pre-schoolers. It's a great toy to encourage and promote singing with a microphone.

The music player comes with high-quality built-in speakers, sing-along microphone, headphone jack, USB cable and includes 5 songs.

It requires 4 C batteries and makes it easy to download songs from your computer in various formats.

It is compatible with PC or Mac and works on Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.

You will require an internet connection to download the music and it stores approximately 4 hours of music.

Sing-Along
CD Player

The Sing-Along CD Player is a combination CD player and karaoke machine all-in-one.

It includes twin microphones with on/off switch, LED display of track number, forward and backward fast track search function, repeat function and wide band loudspeaker.

It is designed in such a way to enable a 3-year old child to operate it with ease and sophisticated enough for children of all ages.

It includes a DC input and headphone jacks and requires 4 "C" batteries which are not included.

The Sing-Along CD Player is recommended for children 3 years and over.

Wow Wee Paper Jamz Guitar Style 2

Paper Jamz's Active Graphics TechnologyTM enables your kid to play the guitar like a professional by simply touching the paper surface.

This innovative, yet affordable musical instrument provides several modes for jamming.

Perfect Play: play guitar to the 3 included hits; Rhythm mode: control the guitar rhythm for each song; Freestyle: play real chords and create your own songs; Karaoke: sing and play along with the 3 included songs.

It includes a built-in speaker with volume control, line-out for earphones or speakers and three exclusive, licensed hit songs

Angry Birds 5" Plush Red Bird with Sound

Angry Birds Plush toys are hot gifts in 2011 with the popularity of the Angry Birds is one of the number 1 apps worldwide.

This officially licensed product makes authentic sounds from the online game and is a great toy for kids one year and older.

The Angry Birds stuffed toys come in different colors like the red, yellow, black, blue, white as well as the Angry Birds green piglet, king pig, grandpa pig and others.

Also, check Fisher-Price's Sing-A-Ma-Jigs for boys and girls below.

Fisher-Price
The Sing-A-Ma-Jigs

Fisher-Price's Sing-A-Ma-Jigs are unique interactive toys that chatter and sing their own songs as well as sing with other Sing-A-Ma-Jig friends.

They come in three modes: the chatter mode, sing their own song mode and harmonizing mode in which they sing with other Sing-A-Ma-Jig friends.

These cute little interactive toys make a great companion for children to play with that being laughter and excitement as they interact.

The Sing-A-Ma-Jigs come in several colors and are recommended for children between 3 to 6 years of age. PINK FOR GIRLS.

Fisher-Price
The Sing-A-Ma-Jigs

Fisher-Price's Sing-A-Ma-Jigs are unique interactive toys that chatter and sing their own songs as well as sing with other Sing-A-Ma-Jig friends.

They come in three modes: the chatter mode, sing their own song mode and harmonizing mode in which they sing with other Sing-A-Ma-Jig friends.

These cute little interactive toys make a great companion for children to play with that being laughter and excitement as they interact.

The Sing-A-Ma-Jigs come in several colors and are recommended for children between 3 to 6 years of age. BLUE FOR BOYS.

Alex Toys Bracelet Making Kit

Alex Toys Bracelet Making Kit makes a great Christmas gift for young girls. Bracelets are the traditional symbol of the circle of friendship.

This bracelet making kit includes a couple of styles, 8 patterns and beads which is enough material to create 22 friendship bracelets.

The kits also includes four color-coded looms 22 colors of floss, beads, beading needle and easy to understand instructions.

All the bracelet making material comes in a convenient carry suite case. Recommended for children between 8 to 12 years. May be a choking hazard due to small parts for children under 3 years.

Melissa & Doug Slice and Bake Cookie Set

This Melissa & Doug Wooden Slice and Bake Cookie Set is great for children between the ages of 3 and 9 years of age.

With this set, kids can learn and pretend to bake, decorate and serve cookies. They learn to socialize, share and help enhance their imagination.

This bake cookie set includes 12 wooden cookies, 12 wooden decorating pieces and toy wooden kitchen gear like dough tube, spatula, cookie tray, knife and over mitten.

The set is made from sturdy, high-quality material and non-toxic coatings that meet US toy testing standards.

Cra Z Art 4 In 1 Ultimate Wood Artist Easel

The Ultimate Wood Artist Ease is 4-toys-in-1: an easel, a chalkboard, a dry erase board and a storage center.

lt is double-sided: wipe off dry erase board on 1 side and chalk board on the other side.

It includes 35 feet of paper roll and five storage bins to fit all of your supplies.

For the artist in everyone this quality wood easel will give your children hours of creative fun while drawing and painting the world they see.

The Cra Z Art 4-in-1 is recommended for children between 36 months and 12 years of age.

Playskool Weebles Treehouse Value Pack

Playskool's Weebles Musical Treehouse playset will provide tons of fun to your kids in their very own playhouse.

The playset includes four friendly-looking Weebles that provide all kinds of wobbly fun for your kids to discover.

The Weebles can be sent up to the treetop by turning the crank and then bring them sliding back down via the curvy slide. Kids will enjoy the up and down fun.

Your children can even have fun playing hide and go seek with the Weebles as it plays fun music.

The Weebles Musical Treehouse playset is recommended for children 18 months and older.

Littlest pet Shop 10 pack of Pets

Littlest Pet Shop Collection is a "purr-fect" set of ten bobble-head pet friends.

The ten-pack of cute pets and accessories come in a handy and convenient zippered tote along with cool accessories.

The convenient tote helps your child carry them along wherever they go.

The pets included in the collection are numbers 622, 633, 634, 643, 648, 649, 651, 654, 874 and 875.

Due to small parts included in this set, it is not recommended for children under 3 years of age.

Fisher-Price
Little People
Animal Sounds
Farm

Fisher-Price's Little People Animal Sounds Farm is an educational toy which will teach your children, 12 months to four years, about farm life and animals.

They will learn what some of the animals feel like, as they feel the "cottony" cow, "hairy" horse, "woolly" sheep and the "squiggly" piggy tail.

The farm includes Farmer Jed, cow, sheep, horse and pig; the chicken stays attached to the barn. All figures store inside and are surface washable with a clean and damp cloth.

This playset also comes with a special free sampler DVD featuring three charming stories of the Little People friends. The playset requires 3 double A (LR6) alkaline batteries which are not included.

FIJIT Friends Willa Interactive Toy

FIJIT Friends Willa Interactive Toy, from Mattel, is one of the popular interactive gifts in 2011.

Figit Friends come with several interactive features some of which are voice recognition, beat detection, dance mode, and over 150 responses that are built-in.

There are a total of 4 Figit Friends, Willa, the purple one displayed on the left, Logan the blue sporty one, Sage the green adventurous one, and Serafina the pink sweetie-pie.

Figit Friends are recommended for kids ages six and over. To operate Figit Friends requires 5 AA batteries, which are included in the package.

Barbie A Fashion Fairytale Doll

The Barbie A Fashion Fairytale Transforming Doll is from the movie "Barbie A Fashion Fairytale" in which she stars as herself.

In the movie, Barbie's well-known fashion show, her dress transforms into a party couture outfit from a princess gown.

When you press the button, Barbie magically lights up, synchronized with music from the movie's fashion show finale.

This Barbie doll is recommended for girls between the ages 3 to 10 years of age and is not recommended for girls under 3 years because of small parts.

Savannah
Dollhouse

KidKraft's Savannah Dollhouse is an elegant, spacious 4-level mansion with six rooms designed for children from ages 3 years and over.

Included in the dollhouse are house walls, furniture, required hardware and step-by-step instruction guide.

The dollhouse is fully furnished with elegant, hand-crafted wood furniture. The beds have real linens as well as the couch and love seat come with cushions.

Standing at over four feet tall, this durable dollhouse will be played with for years, even as your child grows taller.

It is recommended for children from 3 to 6 years of age.

LEGO®
Bricks & More Deluxe
Brick Box 5508

The Lego Deluxe Brick Box is a delight to tap into the creativity of your child and will make an amazing Christmas gift.

There are over 700 Lego pieces included in this construction kit and it comes in a sturdy storage box that can be reused.

The Deluxe Brick Box includes the traditional Lego bricks as well as various special pieces such as mini-figures, wheels, doors, windows and much more.

This Lego construction set is recommended for children ages 4 and 18. It contains small parts, so it is not recommended for children under 3 years of age.

Fisher-Price TRIO DC
Super Friends Batcave

Fisher-Price's Trio Batcave is an adventurous and creative set for kids who are Batman fans as this is his secret headquarters.

The easy-click brick set contains over 100 Trio click bricks, panels, sticks and a Batman figure to get into the adventure.

The set is designed in such a way to allow Batman to drive his rolling Batmobile in and out of the Batcave.

Trio Batcave comes with step-by-step instructions to guide kids on ways to build and rebuild the sets.

It is recommended for children of ages 4 to 7 years.

LEGO® Star Wars Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter

Lego's Jedi Master Plo Koon makes a cool Christmas gift for Star Wars kid fans and allows them to capture the adventure of the Clone Wars.

With Jedi Master Plo Koon, you can lead the search for General Griveous. If the mission turns out to be too dangerous, Plo Koon can be ejected from his Starfighter.

The set includes over 175 pieces and 2 minifigures: Jedi Master Plo Koon and R7-D4 Astromech Droid.

Plo Koon's Starfighter measures 10" (26 cm) long and is recommended for children between 7 and 12 years of age.

Amazon.com
$10, $25, $50
Gift Cards

Gift Cards can be a great alternative to gifts, especially if you have a difficult time deciding on a gift for a friend or family member.

The good thing about gift cards is that they don't expire and you can allocate a dollar limit to them.

At Amazon.com you can get a variety of gift cards even from other retailers like Home Depot, Kohl's, Subway, AMC Theaters, iTunes, and many more.

You can send Amazon gift cards via email, print them from your printer, send them by mail or even via Facebook.

There are some limitations to gift cards, so be sure to check the terms and conditions.

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Updated: May 30, 2012