Finding arts and crafts activities that will appeal to both boys and girls can be challenging since so many kits are so gender-specific.
Here are three from our Platinum List that will appeal to everyone!
Creativity for Little Kids Finger Paints (Creativity for Kids)
Love this activity table just right for toddlers! Read our full review.
We’ve listened and listened and the results are in…read our reviews of this year’s Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum and Gold Seal Award Winners. Congrats!
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We’re huge fans of these skirts from Acting Out that come with a motion activated music box. Our six year old tester got inventive with the music box and played musical chairs with her parents. Click here to see our full review. We’ve added this one to our Platinum List for 2009.
We just tried out the new Cir*kis from Hasbro. Much like the strategy game Blokus (originally with Educational Insights but now distributed by Mattel), Cir*kis has a grid platform and you play with plastic pieces. Blokus is much more straightforward and fun to play. See our full review. Cir*kis is more complicated–you’re not blocking your opponent but making your own circles and stars and keeping track with pegs. It’s just not as elegant a game.
Given what we do at the toyportfolio.com, I rarely buy toys. But this little wind up guy had me at the first twist. So I’ve adopted him as our mascot for this season. My kids love to make fun of the way I mispronounce robot…comes out robutt. In anycase, he’s a very happy little guy. You can watch his first dance here.
If word games are your thing, you’ll enjoy the new twist provided by Word on the Street by Out of the Box. Read our complete review. We’re giving this one an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award. Loads of fun for the 12 and up crowd.