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Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Dachshund
$58.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Dalmation Dog 11.8"H
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - German Shepherd
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Gigantosaurus 21"L
$58.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Gorilla 11.2"L
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Green Turtle
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Hedgehog 12.6"L
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Husky Dog
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Jack Russell
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Mandrill Monkey 10.24"L
$58.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Pincher Dog
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Titi Monkey 18"L
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Wolf 17"L
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Yorkie Terrier
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet - Zebra 11.42"L
$54.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Puppet Alligator 13"L
$58.00Hansa Creation brand is internationally recognized for its handcrafted, true-to-life collection of realistic stuffed animals, plush toys, and puppets. The Hansa collection is created by skilled artisans working within Hansa's...
Hansa Creation Plush Realistic Animal Ride On Jacqua...
$1,050.00Family Equidae. Few mountain zebras are left in the wildlife in the mountain grasslands of southwest Africa. The pattern of their stripes is unique to individual human fingerprints. Zebras "s...
Noodoll Plush Toy Ricedapper
Ricecracker is everyone’s favourite monster and it’s not hard to see why! His bright yellow fur brightens everyone’s mood and he just wants to make you feel as happy as...
NL Find Plush Toy Set Farmhouse
$36.00Interactive so-soft plush farmhouse storage tote holds four sensory plush farm animals: chicken, horse, and pig feature kid-friendly crinkle noise and cow include a mooing sound chip for hours of...
NL Find Plush Toy Set Mermaid Friends
$22.00Interactive so-soft plush starfish tote holds four rattles and crinkle sensory plush mermaid friends. 5-piece set. Material: Cotton Dimension: Bag 10" x 10" | Mermaid 6" | Jelly 4 1/2" |...
NL Find Plush Toy Set My First Purse
$34.00Interactive so-soft plush tote with embroidery detail holds every girl's must-have purse essentials: sensory crinkle credit card, vinyl coin purse with three soft coins, cell phone with "ringing" sound chip,...
NL Find Plush Toy Set My Golf Bag Pink
$32.00Interactive so-soft plush golf bag holds plush golf ball, driver, putter, and putting green with kid-friendly crinkle and rattle noises for hours of imaginary play. 5-piece set. Material: Cotton Dimension: bag 9"...
Tegu Pocket Pouch Prism Magnetic Wooden Bl...
$30.00Tegu’s Pocket Pouch Prism is the perfect travel toy for your little builder to create any structure by magnetically connecting the colorful blocks, the ideal set for imaginative play! Dimensions:...
Vilac Police baby car with handle
$36.00A 1st age police car. Delivered in a pretty box, A unique design. Made of solid wood, durable toy. Wheels with anti-noise rubber. Manufactured in France in the Jura. Easy...
Play is essential for children because it contributes to their intellectual, physical, emotional and social development. When children play, they exercise their creativity, develop their imagination, master their dexterity, improve their cognitive ability and build physical strength. Experts agree that the best kinds of play allow kids to set their own goals, negotiate challenges, develop and share ideas, and make their own rules.
But how can we make sure our kids are getting enough healthy, unstructured play time when they’re growing up in an overscheduled and stressful environment, when parents are overly focused on producing high academic achievers, and safety concerns prevent us from letting our kids roam around freely and unsupervised? Perhaps the best thing we can do for our kids is to make sure they have the right kinds of toys at home to make play time most rewarding.
First and foremost is safety. Safe toys for young children are sturdy, without sharp parts or splinters, free of pinching hazards, and easy to clean. If the toy will be used by an infant, it’s important that parts aren’t small enough to become a choking hazard.
Toys must be made from non-toxic materials and coated with lead-free paints. You should steer clear of antique toys, second-hand toys and homemade toys that have not been tested and approved by a certified testing lab, or may have been produced before the current regulations governing toy manufacturing were in effect.
In addition to being safe, a good toy will match the child’s appropriate stage of development and abilities.
The best baby activity toys for infants between 0-6 months are things they can reach, grasp, suck on, shake, and make noise with. Some age-appropriate toys for little babies are squeeze toys, teething toys, soft dolls, textured balls, and board books.
Infants between 6-12 months are starting to crawl, sit up and pull themselves to a standing position. They are capable putting things in and out of containers and placing objects on top of each other. Some of the best baby activity toys for this age group are dolls, vehicles with wheels, bath toys, large beads, nesting toys, large soft blocks, wooden blocks, and push & pull toys.
As your child continues to grow, look for toys that will encourage them to explore, create, pretend, imagine, and learn from trial and error.