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Welcome to our gift ideas blog
featuring great gift ideas for everyone on your gift shopping list! This is where we spotlight
the best gifts we find while sifting n' sorting through all the riff-raff! Blog gift ideas range from classic time tested gifts to unique findings, even wild & crazy eclectic stuff, we just couldn't resist.
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Friday, November 4, 2011,
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Kids Gift Ideas
Kids Learning Tablet
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Leapfrog Explorer
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You know it's time to get your kid a tablet when you have to plead to get yours back! And here's the ideal learning tablet for kids from LeapFrog. It's the new LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet and it's a wonderful gift for boys and girls around the ages of 4 to 9 years old. If your not familiar with the new kids tablet from Leapfrog, let me fill you in. There are over a hundred games, videos, books and apps available for the kids tablet (so... Continue reading ...
Friends-4-Ever Friendship Bracelet Making Kit
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| Friendship Bracelet Kit |
Friendship bands were started by Indians in Central and South America. According to tradition, you tie a bracelet onto the wrist of a friend who may wish for something at that moment. The bracelet should be worn until it is totally worn-out and falls off by itself, at which moment the wish is supposed to come true!
Remember when you were a young girl, you and your best friend made those BFF friendship bracelets? The... Continue reading ...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Friday, December 31, 2010,
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Game Gift Ideas
The Settlers of Catan Board Game
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| Settlers of Catan Board Game |
The Settlers of Catan is a popular game of strategy in which players collect resources and use them to build roads, settlements and eventually cities. One of the features that sets The Settlers of Catan apart from most board games is that each game is different from the last because the game board is different each time, making every game unique.
The object of the game is to lead your brave settlers to victory by using cleve... Continue reading ...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Friday, December 17, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
The Sing-A-Ma-Jigs
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| The Sing A Ma Jigs |
In the valley of the rainbows the Singamajigs live and play and their special magic when they start to sing each day. They sing to make us happy and bring bright and sunny weather but their magic is the strongest when they all sing together! Each different color SingAMaJig sings a different song!.  For kids, and kids at heart, The Sing-a-ma-jigs are free-spirited, offbeat characters that set off unexpected laughter and excitement with every interactio...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Wednesday, December 15, 2010,
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Girls Gift Ideas
Girls Gift Idea - Hair Jeweler
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| Girls Hair Jeweler |
Add some razzle dazzle to your girls hair style with the new Conair Quick Gems Hair Jeweler. It's fun and so easy to use. Just press a button to attach sparkling jewels to hair and then take them off to use again later. More gems in more sizes let you add gemmy crystals wherever and whenever she likes, she'll absolutely love the freedom and flexibility. Even is cannot wear hair clips because her hair is too thin or fine. I bought this b... Continue reading ...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Friday, December 10, 2010,
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Game Gift Ideas
Perplexus is the most fun ever with a maze!
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| Perplexus Maze Game |
Perplexus is a challenging maze enclosed within a see-thru ball in which players maneuver a marble around 100 barriers to complete the maze. Players use gravity and carefully turn, flip, and twist the sphere to guide the marble, anything it takes to get that metal ball down the correct track!. In addition to it's entertainment factor, Perplexus is also an educational toy, assisting in child development. It is a great toy f... Continue reading ...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Monday, December 6, 2010,
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Game Gift Ideas
Loopz
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| Loopz Game |
Loopz is a skill and action music memory game that really gets kids moving! This interactive device consists of 4 semi-circular rings. The “loops” flash with ever-quickening patterns of light and music which players must mimic by waving their hands through the corresponding loops. Motion sensors in each loop read the action to ensure each sequence was repeated correctly.  The longer you play, the faster it gets! Stay alert—miss 3 times and you're out! An internal c...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Tuesday, April 27, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
Kids Keyboard Mouse and Mouse Pad from Crayola  | Crayola Computer
Bundle | This is the most awesome keyboard and mouse set I've seen for kids. The oversized buttons feel comfortable for kiddie typing and gaming. Also, the WASD keys are lined up for any games your child may play that require use of the the keys are OVERSIZED. This keyboard is for ages 4+ but may be more suitable for younger children still learning their alphabet, numbers, and basic reading skills too. The mouse is very adorable. ... Continue reading ...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Monday, April 26, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
Fascinations Celestial 8" Globe
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| Celestial Globe | This globe with a split personality looks like the a normal globe of the Earth while in lit surroundings but switch off the lights and it transforms into a likeness of the night sky. How? An advanced optical sensor automatically activates a beautifully illustrated constellation display as the room darkens, revealing an awe-inspiring representation of the night sky. The Celestial Globe is an ideal gift idea for kids or anyone with a sense of won...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Saturday, April 24, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
Top Toys from Fisher Price
Who do you think of when it comes to well thought out toys with an educational theme? Nobody does it better than than Fisher Price toys. You can count on a fine gift that's safe for children. The Fisher Price Shop at Amazon features all the best gifts from Fisher-Price. From Playschool to Fisher Price Kid-Tough products like the Rainbow Forest Baby Gym, Musical Tea Set and Smart Cycle a baby, toddler or kids gift from Fisher Price will please parental units and ki...
Kids Crafts Bead Chest
 This gift really brightens up the girls room and it's a particularly nice present for girls that enjoy arts & crafts projects. These attractive Bead Bazaar Bead Chests
are hand-crafted wooden chests featuring very pretty colors with whimsical patterns like heart's, flower's and dragonfly's on the sides, and big knobs on it's 3 drawers, which are lined for a lovely touch. Each bead chest comes with a nifty carrying case so she can bring it with. The artsy chest also come...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Tuesday, April 20, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
Go Fly a Kite!
 The XL sport is a really nice beginners sport kite for kids and adults. Featuring a wingspan of nearly 6 feet, even the novice will be performing loops and dives with this stunt kite in no time at all thanks to dual control lines. The XL Sport Dual Control by X-Kites has a 72" wingspan, durable fiberglass frame and is made of ripstop polyester for many hours of hi performance flying fun! This Kite is a wonderful gift idea for kids and works well in a wind range of 7 to 20 mp...
Happy Birthday Barbie Doll
Celebrate her special birthday with Barbie. The Barbie Happy Birthday Doll is a delightful way to say happy birthday to the girl in your life. Certainly Barbie, will be the prettiest girls gift of all. This Birthday Barbie doll features one of the prettiest gowns ever, which is decorated with festive glitter, ribbons and confetti. Happy Birthday Edition Barbie also comes with a special tiara for the birthday girl to wear. Great Gift Idea for any Barbie Fan!
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Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Friday, April 16, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
Toy ATM Machine for Kids
 
Wouldn't it be cool if there was an ATM machine styled bank for kids that really worked? Look what I found, it's an awesome automated teller machine bank, especially for kids, from Hammacher Schlemmer. This Toy ATM Bank Machine is a kids gift that helps children learn money management as they maintain a savings account. The kids ATM machine accepts real coin and bill deposits up to a thousand dollars and displays accurate, up-to-date account information on its scree...
Kids Golf Club Set for Junior Golfers
Did you know that young golfers should be fitted for the proper sized equipment about every 6 months for proper swing development. Clubs that are too heavy, too long, or have the wrong sized grips, can all contribute to the development of bad swing habits. This is a great time of the year to buy kids golf clubs because fitting a new junior golf club set now should get them through this upcoming golf season. Plus you know how it is, there's nothing lik...
Teddy Bear Plays Happy Birthday
Here folks is the cutest birthday gift around. It's a plush teddy bear dressed up in his birthday t-shirt, sporting his birthday hat and all. And you'd never guess what he's got? It's a birthday cake with candles that plays the song Happy Birthday to You. This is such a cute birthday present for girls.
For toddlers and children 2 years and up there's the Happy Birthday Elmo from Fisher Price. Kids just squeeze Elmos hand and Elmo sings the Happy Birthday so...
Eggling Plants Gift Idea for Kids  This kids gift idea provides children with springtime delight. This charming little Eggling garden brings springy Easter style to the room in a refreshing new way. The precious, little Eggling looks and feels like an extra large egg, but crack its top and discover a garden ready for growing! Little plants spring up from a cute ceramic egg and grow for up to 5 months in the Egglings fortified peat mixture, then the Eggling may be planted right in soil. All pl...
Music Box Gift for Girls
 The soft whimsical theme of this lovely jewelry box inspires girls to ride like the wind and chase their dreams. This large musical jewelry box gift for girls features 4 unique corner drawers for storing jewelry and other valuable findings. A wonderful gift for the horse lover in your life, this is a gift she'll cherish for years to come.  If the girl on your gift list loves horses, this is probably perfect for her. It's velvet lined, has mirror for trying on earring...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Thursday, March 18, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
Fluffy Bunny Zhu Zhu Pet
Zhu Zhu Pets were the big hit toy of the 2009 Christmas Season and guess what, they've got a bunch of cute new Zhu Zhu Pets out now including a new limited special edition Zhu Zhu Easter bunny with big pink ears and nose, that's just as adorable as can be!
Fluffy loves to spend her days hopping around Zhu Zhu town. This social little bunny loves making friends and is always going out of her way to be nice. One of her favorite things to do is read, and she recently ... Continue reading ...
Easter Yahtzee Game
 W hat does everybody do after the Easter feast? I have a wonderful idea, how about a game of Peanuts Easter Beagle Yahtzee! This isn't your run of the mill version of Yahtzee here, this is the special Easter Collectors Edition featuring Collectible Easter egg-shaped dice cup, five collectible dice each featuring an Easter Egg, Charlie Brown, Sally, Linus, Lucy and Snoopy. Plus, a Custom Peanuts Characters Easter score pad. You still roll dice combination's like full house... Continue reading ...
Hide and Seek Monkey Gift for Kids
 H ere's an award winning toy that's a new twist on the age old game of hide and seek. Simple have one person go out and hide the hide & seek monkey, then set out with the magic wand to go locate the monkey. When you get close to the monkey an LED lights-up, the closer you get the more LED's light up. When your right on top of the monkey a beeper will signal for you, can you find the monkey?
I highly recommend getting multiple wands if you have more than one... Continue reading ...
Pink Fur Headphones Gift for Girls
 Gotta love Skullcandy for making these sweet headphones, for girls. The coolness factor is very high, they're pink, girlie and just plain gorgeous! Plus, these quality headphones are really comfortable, and offer superior sound quality too. In addition to the excellent sound she'll love the convenient volume adjustment dial
halfway down the cord which makes it quick and easy to turn it up on songs she really
wants to jam out to!
Ucreate Music Gift for Boys & Girls
 H ere's one of the hottest gifts out right now for kids that love music. The UCreate Music allows young DJ's (8+) to layer beats, riffs, licks and
runs along with mp3 samples and their own vocals to create original music compositions all their own. As if that’s not enough, the whole system can be linked to a computer and kids can add samples from their own computer or other mix in music files from the UCreate Music website.
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 For the young crafter, Heart and Crafts from Alex Toys comes with 25 lovely projects with everything needed, card making, scrapbooking, sewing, embroidery and beading. It includes materials and instructions to make a stuffed bear, treasure box, brooch, a heart garland and more. This Valentines card kit for kids comes in a colorful, printed heart-shaped keepsake box. Kit contains face painting organizer tray with built-in mixing palette, face paints (white, red, yellow, blue, pink, and black)... Continue reading ...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Saturday, January 30, 2010,
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Game Gift Ideas
 The Simpsons fan (and who isn't) on your gift list will be pleasantly surprised when they open this Special Edition Simpsons Boxed Gift Set! You get the Simpsons UNO card game in a deluxe collector's tin, and the Simpsons magic 8 Ball. UNO features the entire Simpsons family & show characters. The magic 8 ball features 20 favorite Simpsons phrases like Homer-isms such as, "That's un-American" and "You'll have to speak up. I'm wearing a towel."
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Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Tuesday, January 26, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
 One kid does elusive maneuvers to keep from getting shot down with the radio control duck which actually flies around with real flapping wings, and the other kid attempts to shoot the duck out of the air with the gun that shoots a safe infrared beam of light, three hits and down comes the duck. Includes cool sound effects. Duck Hunt Extreme can be played indoors or out and pits two players against themselves in head to head duck hunting competition. R/C Duck flies up to a maximum height of a... Continue reading ...
 Agift for the ages. A thoughtful and appreciated gift today, they go on to make a contribution for generations to come.
When I discovered this program, I felt this is one of the best gifts I've ever seen, but what would you expect from someone whose last name translates into "tree garden" right? lol Anyway's the Arbor Day Foundation has 2 programs I like. Through the Gift Tree program, you can give hardy ready-to-plant trees to your family, friends, customers, guests, employees etc. or the ... Continue reading ...
 Video game consoles, games and accessories have been at the top of many gamer gift wish list's for quite some time. Especially with Nintendo's Wii System which revolutionized the video game industry when it launched in November 2006. Nintendo’s philosophy for the Wii is for it to cater to non-gamers by featuring a unique new concept, a game controller with motion sensing capabilities. All of a sudden you didn't need to be a talented gamer to enjoy playing a video game! I expect it to be on... Continue reading ...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Thursday, January 21, 2010,
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Home Gift Ideas
 M ade with a traditional Mason jar is a highly efficient solar cell, with rechargeable batteries and low energy LED lamps. Now you can store light in a jar with this high tech energy efficient solar light, When the weatherproof jar is placed outsiide in DIRECT sunlight, the solar cell in the Solar Moon Jar charges the rechargeable battery over a several hours. This energy is then used at night to power the three LED lamps inside the jar. The light is diffused by the frosted jar and gives i... Continue reading ...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Wednesday, January 20, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
 U create Music is an easy-to-use digital music-making system that allows kids to mix music just like a music producer. Kids can express themselves through creating their own songs, performances and re-mixes with the fun and innovative interface. They can record samples, mix and match loops, share creations with friends and update and explore new content on the music website at myucreate.com. Build from a collection of tracks, special effects and filters from the huge online library. For ag... Continue reading ...
 O ne of the most wished for gifts the iPod touch is awesome, it's not just a music player, it's a great pocket computer, and a great portable game player. Listen to a mix of songs automatically put together by the new Genius Mixes feature. You can even watch a movie, surf the web, check email, find your location and get directions with Google Maps, plus play games and apps you're sure to love.
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Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Thursday, January 14, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
 I t's an out-of-this-world game of catch! This talking ball knows your throws - the trick is to keep up with its commands. Cosmic Catch includes one electronic ball and six hand tags. There's four fun and engaging games in all: Pass Around, Reverse Catch, Elimination and Code Buster. Great fun for out door play. This
outer-space-themed game is available in six colors: red, blue, green,
yellow, white and purple. For 2-6 players. A great gift for active kids 7 - 10 years old. Continue reading ...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Thursday, January 14, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
P ersonal finance education needs to start young. How young? With the same universally loved childhood toy, the piggy bank....but with a 21st century twist! The Money Savvy Pig piggy bank has four chambers, one for each of the
four money management choices a child should be taught from the time they are small. They are SAVE, SPEND, DONATE, and INVEST. This learning tool teaches kids how to set goals and helps them to develop a sense of delayed gratification. Continue reading ...
Posted by "flowski" Brandon on Tuesday, January 12, 2010,
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Game Gift Ideas
 S ure to be a family favorite, Bananagrams is fast, portable fun word game for anyone who can spell. Bananagrams requires no pencil, paper or game board, all you need is a table. It's quick too, you are rewarded for speed and flexibility in making your own crossword..One round can be played in as little as five minutes. It is a great for family fun as well as being educational. Bananagrams portability makes it perfect for travel. Just grab the pouch and go, Bananagrams fits in a tote, backpa... Continue reading ...
Posted by flowski Brandon Baumgarten on Wednesday, January 6, 2010,
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Kids Gift Ideas
 Each Zhu Zhu Hamster has its own unique personality & whimsical
sounds. In Loving Mode: pet them, love them, hear them chatter. In Explore
Mode: let them scoot, scamper, across the floor. Provide them with
their Hamster Habitat.
Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters took the world by storm this Christmas. The combination of broad appeal, high demand and short supply. Made it the trendy Christmas gift
this year. Hamsters and
accessories are selling like hotcakes and they can't keep up with the
demand. This is j...
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