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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.

    Purple, red, and yellow Blockaroo toys turned into different creatures and vehicles

    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.

    Child model playing with colorful wheel of Dimpl Digits

    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."

    Split image of front and back of wooden activity center with underwater imagery

    6. A FurReal "Moodwings" baby dragon interactive pet toy with flapping wings and eyes and a tummy that changes color depending on its mood. So yes, this dragon is indeed a mood.

    Purple toy dragon with wings extended and fire crystals

    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!

    Child model playing a red, three-string guitar with note codes scattered about

    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.

    Clixo toys assembled into various shapes and animals

    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).

    10. A portable, waterproof, Bluetooth "Splash Pet" speaker named "Narmony the Narwhal" that pairs to a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth and brings the beats to bathtime no matter how much splish-splashing occurs.

    Blue plastic narwhal speaker with big cartoon eyes

    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.

    Child model playing with green plastic avocado

    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.

    A furry white stuffed yeti doll with blue horns and buttons

    17. A set of Sesame Street Cookie Monster's Shapes Magnatiles with multiple configurations including an oven (full of cookies, of course) and a birthday cake (also made of cookies).

    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!

    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).

    Child model with R2D2 light up pillow

    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.

    Child model with multi-colored toy acorns

    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.

    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!

    White My Little Pony toy with unicorn horn, wings, and blue mane and tail

    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.

    Child model playing with colorful building blocks

    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.

    A reviewer's split image photo of the globe in world map form and lit up in constellation mode

    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."

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