Christmas Gift Ideas For Kids 2009

The introduction of digital cameras into the marketplace turned ordinary people into serious photographers, because they could take a look at each picture and delete the ones they didn't like. For several years, this remained an adults-only activity, and children were restricted to only looking at the pictures their parents took. However, many children begged to take pictures. They wanted to be like their parents, but their parents didn't want to risk having their expensive cameras dropped by young hands.

Fisher-Price noticed that and developed the first kid's only digital camera, called the Kid Tough Digital Camera. This digital camera was made of a rough exterior that could withstand the abuse that young child put it through. This quickly became a best seller and children everywhere could take pictures just like their parents.

Fisher-Price, not one to stop innovating, just released the newest innovation to their line just in time for the holiday season: the Kid-Tough Digital Waterproof Camera! The Kid-Tough Digital Waterproof Camera is perfect for year-round picture taking and can withstand any abuse that a child can put it through, including submerging it in water!

Kid-Tough Digital Waterproof Camera boasts all of the same fun and kid-friendly features of the previous model, including the easy-to-use buttons, 1.5 inch LCD view screen, auto flash, 64MB of flash memory with the ability to save 500 photos, USB cable and unique two-eye view screen that allows children to take photos quickly and easily.

Be sure to pick up a Kid-Tough Digital Waterproof Camera for your children this Christmas! It'll help your children and their educational growth more than you ever thought possible. How? Well, for once, you're helping children develop coordination. Pictures can't take themselves and by learning to maneuver the buttons, their also aiding their cognitive development. It also helps that they'll be able to take photos of the fun events in their childhood years - holidays, vacations, pets, friends and family - that they'll be able to save and revisit years down the road. Don't you wish you had that ability when you were a child?

So pick up a Kid-Tough Digital Waterproof Camera for your children for a holiday gift. They'll thank you, and they'll finally leave your digital camera alone!

The board game of Monopoly has been a world-wide sensation for several decades. Chances are, you grew up playing Monopoly, and your parents grew up playing Monopoly. Now, it's time to introduce your own children to the fun game of Monopoly. But, don't just introduce your kids to just any version of Monopoly! Introduce them to the latest version of the iconic game, Monopoly Here and Now World Edition.

Monopoly Here and Now World Edition was introduced by Hasbro in summer 2008 and is the first international edition of the game. That's right, it's an international version that incorporates different cities from around the world into the game board. Hasbro conducted a worldwide vote to find out what cities people wanted to be included on the Monopoly Here and Now World Edition game board.

Nearly 6 million votes were cast worldwide to determine the winning cities. Montreal received the most votes and replaced the most expensive property, Boardwalk. Riga, Latvia came in second and takes the spot formerly held by Park Place. Voters were also instructed to write in cities that weren't included on the list that they'd like to see included. The cities with the most write-in votes were Taipei, China, and Gdynia, Poland. These cities took the place of the least expensive properties on the new Monopoly Here and Now World Edition game board.

Monopoly Here and Now World Edition also includes updated Community Chest and Chance cards to reflect different events from cities around the world. For example, people might visit Spain for the Running of the Bulls or New York City for New Year's Eye.

As a result of this update, Monopoly Here and Now World Edition is now a great way for children to learn about cities around the world that they might not know about otherwise. It's a great cultural and geography lesson disguised as a board game. That's why you'll want to pick up your very own version for Christmas this year. You'll be teaching your family about the world while spending quality time with them as well. It's a win-win situation!