The Toy Box: Universal for Kids

Every Child Needs a Toy Box

Wed. Nov. 19, 2008

Owning a toy box is probably the inalieable right of most children in North America today.

Many a toy box is simply practical while others are decorative, but they are all an 'essential service' in the bedroom of a child.

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Mozart Magic Cube
Music stimulates the brain and encourages early learning skills. This interactive cube lets children choose from any combination of five different instruments--harp, French horn, piano, flute, and violin--to collaborate on eight Mozart tunes. A solo flute might play an excerpt from "Ah! Vous Dirai-je, Maman (Twinkle, Twinkle)," or a French horn intone a theme from The Marriage of Figaro. Other choices include "Country Dance #5," "Come Sweet May," "Der Vogelfanger" (from The Magic Flute), "March in D," "Landler," and "L
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Apples to Apples Game Party Box
$22.95 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Apples to Apples: Apple Crate Edition
$27.95 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Jester In A Box
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Apples to Apples Jr
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Backyardigan: Pirate Tub Time Adventure
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Apples to Apples Junior Game
Apples to Apples Junior is the young version of the Apples to Apples original game that's been hailed as a national competition winner by Mensa, the high-IQ society. In both versions, players are dealt five red apple cards and try to make the closest match possible to a word on the judge's green apple card. In Apples to Apples Junior, if you're holding a quintet consisting of, for example, Winnie the Pooh, Farms, Swimming, Bumble Bees, and The First Day of School, you play one of the five to match Loud. If the judge selects your card as the best match, you keep the green apple card; if you win four you're king of the orchard. Apples to Apples Junior includes rules for a couple of tasty variations, too. Crabapple play awards the card to the player with the worst match, while Quick Picked Apples rewards speedy card selection by eliminating from consideration the last card played to a green apple card. Fast and easy to learn, Apples to Apples Junior is a bushel and a peck of fun. --Tony Mason
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Melissa and Doug Band in a Box
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Password Journal
$44.95 Click here to order Usually ships in 2-3 business days

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Blink Game
$9.98 Click here to order Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Cutting Food Box
$19.95 Click here to order Usually ships in 3-4 business days

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MiJam Guitar
$39.99 Click here to order Usually ships in 2-3 business days

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Beach Fun Barbie Doll
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SUDOKUBE
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Play Date Strawberry Shortcake
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Crayola Ultimate Portable Art Studio - Red
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Jumbo Sequence - Box
Jumbo Sequence is a game of strategy played on a colorful, cushioned vinyl playing mat (32 by 27 inches). Each player or team tries to score the required number of five-card sequences before their opponents can. To begin the sequence, a player discards one card and marks that card on the playing mat with a colored crowning chip. The player or team then attempts to mark a sequence of five cards up, down, across, or diagonally on the playing surface. Jumbo Sequence is an easily understood game for two pals or a crowd playing on teams. Includes 104 playing cards and 50 crowning chips in each color: red, blue, and yellow. --Margaret Quinn
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#18 Hottest
LEGO Exo-Force Gate Assault
In the Exo-Force storyline, humans are at war against robots that have malfunctioned and are now bent on total domination. The Gate Assault set comes with 402 pieces and a full-color, illustrated instruction booklet that diagrams construction of the robot attack tank in 13 steps, robot mech in 15 steps, the human mech in 16 steps, and the gate defenses in 20 steps with several ministeps along the way. The instructions also show images, though not diagrams, of alternate models Swift fighter and Blockade Bulldozer. This set comes with two human pilot minifigs and two Devastator robot pilot minifigs. Humans have spiky, anime-style hair that cover the back of their head and hides the fact that the head parts have two expressions to choose from: angry and berserk. Inside the box you'll find four gate pieces, four numbered part bags, sheet of 37 decals, and the instruction booklet. Numbered parts bags make it easier to build the set in stages since the numbers correspond to discreet sections of the building diagrams. Also included is an illustrated block inventory with part numbers, in case you ever need to re-order a replacement block. Parents should note that a blunt, rubber, spring-loaded missile shoots about five feet from the completed model. It's not enough to do anything but pretend damage, but in the wrong hands, it could be used to make a younger sibling cry. --Porter B. Hall
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Puzzle Storage Box with Puzzles, 6 pieces
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Shut-The-Box Bookshelf Edition
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After all, if a child didn't have a toy box, what else would he ignore when it's time to clean up his room? :)