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28 Last-Minute Gifts For Kids You Don't Have To Worry About Them Getting From Someone Else
But does the child in your life have a sleepy purple dragon, a robot that teaches coding, or a narwhal that plays music at bathtime?
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1.A set of Blockaroo magnetic foam building blocks sure to "click" with the young builder in your life. Plus they'll take a beating but come back looking nice and clean after bath time play or a run in the dishwasher.
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2.An Educational Insights plush vegetable garden for kids who show an interest in developing a green thumb (and parents who'd prefer them not to track any more dirt into the house).
3.A Fat Brain Toys Dimpl Digits toy with numbers in English on one side and Spanish on the other to pop and push while developing motor and (eventually) language skills.
4.An Uno "Nothin’ But Paper" card game made from fully recyclable materials (for the first time ever). Now kids can get as much enjoyment from helping Mother Earth as they do from dropping a Wild Draw Four card whenever they play.
5.A "Deep Sea Adventure" wooden activity center with sea creature gliders, springy coral flaps, spinning gears, bead runs, clacking clams, and a peek-a-boo mirror for toddlers to develop some fine and some gross motor skills "unda da sea."
7.A three-chord Loog Mini acoustic guitar so you can start teaching your little punk kid the entire Ramones catalog. Comes with flashcards of chord diagrams and full access to the Loog Guitar app. Hey! Ho! Let's go!
8.An "itsy pack" of Clixo building toys that combines origami, magnets, and building blocks for a completely new and unique way for kids to create and play.
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9.A Playmobil Back To The Future Advent calendar brilliantly constructed to look like the historic clock tower with 24 different doors hiding a whole bunch of surprises (including multiple Marty and Doc figures as well as Biff and Jennifer).
11.A Buddha Board for painting rich, inky, water-based images onto a "canvas" that will slowly fade as the water evaporates. We don't know art but we know it's not messy.
12.A Moving Creations with K'nex building kit for young STEM enthusiasts who'd love nothing more than to build working rockets, catapults, and multiple science-based experiments (that won't result in any damage to the home).
13.A "Learn-A-Lot Avocados" game, because one's love of guacamole's main ingredient should start at an early age. Plus this toy really helps with the old color identification and matching skills.
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14.An Educational Insights "Circuit Explorer Rover" for exploring the world of simple circuitry through buildable space-based vehicles and playsets. if your kid shows any interest in engineering or NASA then this is a must-get toy for them.
15.An indoor/outdoor Wack-a-Tag game that trades the squishy mallet you'd find at a Chuck E. Cheese for more hand-to-eye coordination and some actual exercise-based fun.
16.A Gund "Holiday Tinsel" stuffed Yeti, because look how cute and sparkly this fluffy guy is! He needs to come in from the cold and snuggle up in a new home.
18.An 18-piece Fisher-Price "S'more Fun" campfire play set that trades all the danger of wood-chopping, roaring-fires, and grizzly bear attacks for kid-friendly wood accents and soft fabric. Plus no marshmallow and chocolate stains!
19.A Learning Resources Botley The Coding Robot 2.0 activity set, because it's never too early to get the kids into coding. Botley can be programmed to follow a sequence of up to 150 steps including following plotted courses and avoiding obstacles. The best part, it's all screen-free!
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20.A 70-piece Plus Plus Triceratops construction puzzle set that can be turned into anything your child can imagine and also be combined with other sets to make even bigger creations. The best part: the pieces don't hurt when you step on them.
21.A Pillow Pets "R2D2 sleep-time nightlight" for casting a galaxy of stars not so far, far away but on the ceiling or wall of your little Padawan's room (or "the Child" if you feel so inclined).
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22.A 78-piece Learning Resources "Alphabet Acorns" activity set with a small toy inside each one that helps kids with their vocab on animals, plants, and other common words. Just don't let the squirrels in the backyard see these.
23.A five-stage, folding tricycle Doona Liki Trike S3 for 10–36-month-olds that (in normal times) is small enough to fit in a trunk or airplane overhead bin, but for these current times is a total lifesaver for entertaining a toddler around the home.
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24.A My Little Pony "Magical Kiss Unicorn" with a light-up horn and flapping wings that'll play music and move to the beat (dance party!!!). Comes with three surprise accessories and will even blow your kid a kiss!
25.A Hape "My First Blocks" 80-piece set made from "child safe materials and nontoxic finishes" to help little ones recognize colors and shapes and eventually get that engineering degree.
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26.A Learning Resources "Max The Fine Motor Moose" for building coordination, hand-strength, and color-matching skills in the tiniest of hands. And now we really know what antlers are for!
27.A 360-degree-rotating 3-in-1 LED globe, constellation map, and night-light to illuminate your child about not only the world they live in but the stars in the heavens above. And if that gets way too scary (or deep) that night-light will sure come in handy too.
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28.A 36-piece wooden pattern blocks animals jigsaw puzzle with patterns for creating animals, vehicles and whatever else your child's rampant imagination can come up with while "developing spatial awareness, color and shape recognition, hand-eye coordination, and problem-solving."
This is the reaction you're gonna want and it's gonna be the one you get with any of these gifts!
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