Best Shopping Carts, Baskets & Cash Registers
Our mini grocery wagon is easy to maneuver, fun to fill, and built to last for years of pretend play! A folding seat for your childs' favorite shopping companion.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I returned home with the plastic grocery cart (and a boatload of other things) and proudly showed my wife what I had accomplished all by myself! As soon as I saw the M&D option, I realized how comprehensively I had failed my child, my wife, and probably everyone who had ever offered me a kind word or the time of day. But lo and behold, the grocery cart smugly emerged, fully assembled, and was of such high quality that I almost puked."
"The shopping cart is the best on the market as far as realism and function...the only flaw is the the handle slides back and forth and has pinched my daughters hand really bad a couple of times..I fixed it by putting a bead of 100% clear silicone on both ends all the way around..."
"Very nice the kid enjoyed it very much."
"It is VERY sturdy and made of metal like the real ones!"
"I wanted a realistic looking shopping cart because I thought it would be something she would easily understand because we go shopping all the time, and she does. She makes the shopping cart noise (vrrrrooom - we say this together when leaving a store) when she sees it so I know she comprehend what it is used for. I am hoping that she will grow into using this more and more and hopefully by the summer time be able to take this outside and walk around the block."
"This shopping cart is amazing."
"Yes, it will scratch up your walls and furniture if your brutal little monster powers it into things all day, but, really, a normal kid with even a little self control and parental discipline/supervision should do just fine with it."
"Now, she is not giving her cart up, she said she will use it until she is big enough to see over the regular carts, and that is ok with me, but beware that while the cart is durable, adorable, and well made, if your child is over the age of 4 it is most likely to small."
A perfect addition to any pretend store, this talking cash register helps teach basic math and money skills through creative play. Filled with engaging activities and a drawer stashed with life-size (make-believe) cash, the Teaching Cash Register helps kids make sense of currency with a coin reader that identifies both real and plastic coins. Winner of numerous awards, including an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, the interactive Teaching Cash Register develops logic, reasoning, and coin recognition skills, and helps animate lessons about addition, subtraction, counting money, making change, and decimal usage. 73-piece set helps children practice early math and money skills through pretend play.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Some had micro phones...last thing I needed was another way to make it more loud in my house...anyways, after looking I settled on this one. It teachers the names of the coins...does money math and has options to do practice activities. I bought it for my soon to be three year old...she could care less about that, but I think it's great that this toy can grow with her and even give her a challenge."
"Fortunately before attempting too much I went on Amazon and read a few other reviews and found one that stated to simply make sure the yellow coin bank was properly closed."
"This cash register has been in countless backyard restaurants, mini kitchens in the living room, and an all around fun toy in the playroom."
"It has the scanner, card swiper, scale, play money, cash drawer, digital display, and build in basic math games. Best I can tell, this is being caused when my daughter presses multiple buttons at the same time or in quick succession. This is a huge design flaw, a single failure in one of those two switches will render the entire thing useless! Other more minor complaints are that the cash drawer flies out at such speed that if you don't hold it with your hand to slow it down the coins get shot out of it."
"The tabs that are supposed to make contact with the batteries are recessed too deeply to make contact with the plus side of the battery."
"I will say that the money, both paper and coin, was accurate and easy to see what it was so I think it would be really fun to play with and a good learning tool. Even though this one was still sitting in our living room and she had been trying madly to play with it, she didn't even glance at it on Amazon but went straight to the pink and fun colored ones."
Though only about 2 feet high, the red-and-yellow cart is designed to resemble a grownup's cart. It even includes a fold-up space with leg holes near the cart's handle--Mommy usually sits baby there in a real cart--where tots can place a tiny doll. Storage underneath basket provide plenty of space for a child's favorite things.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a very sturdy little shopping cart. We keep various toys at our home for our two little grandchildren, so when they visit there are always toys to keep their imaginations enticed and for them to have fun with as well."
"Directions are only pictures so I had to have my bf help but once put together it's so nice!"
"But you'll need both a hammer and screwdriver to make it."
"Baby loves throwing her toys out of the cart, but we are hopeful that she will also learn, with much encouragement, to put her toys IN the cart. When my girls were toddlers so many years ago, we had a grocery cart and would play the "pick up" game every evening before bath/bed time, zooming around to gather up all the loose toys and put them back in the toy basket."
"Let me tell you this...of all the electronics, gadgets, toys, battery suckers, and other stuff we've had for these kids, this toy has been the most popular, bar none, for all the kids, boys and girls, of all ages. Buy this toy."
Best Toy Cash Registers
73-piece set encourages children to learn basic math and money skills with this real-working cash register.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great product."
"Bought this as a gag gift to wrap my 21 year old son's Christmas money in and I must say for the price, it was an excellent deal!"
"Lots of fun for playing store!"
"The first one we got that was a gift didn't work so that was pretty disappointing."
"Grandkids love to play store and use it with all kinds of other toys."
"Looks like it would be a good learning tool and recommended for this purpose by school."
"Purchased this item for my grand daughter who wanted a cash register (which I found a bit surprising)."
"Cash register is a great toy for young children."
Best Toy Shopping Carts
Our mini grocery wagon is easy to maneuver, fun to fill, and built to last for years of pretend play! A folding seat for your childs' favorite shopping companion.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I returned home with the plastic grocery cart (and a boatload of other things) and proudly showed my wife what I had accomplished all by myself! As soon as I saw the M&D option, I realized how comprehensively I had failed my child, my wife, and probably everyone who had ever offered me a kind word or the time of day. But lo and behold, the grocery cart smugly emerged, fully assembled, and was of such high quality that I almost puked."
"The shopping cart is the best on the market as far as realism and function...the only flaw is the the handle slides back and forth and has pinched my daughters hand really bad a couple of times..I fixed it by putting a bead of 100% clear silicone on both ends all the way around..."
"This is a high quality, sturdy cart. It's very much like a real shopping cart, but much smaller."
"We kept some white foam cushions for the front bottom racks so my toddler won't runs into furniture. It will hurt if toddler runs over toes."
"All I can say is, when my 2 year old grandson opened it, I was a big hero!!! The little guy is going through a cooking pretend play phase, and this was the ticket."
"My two year old loves it and like to put her dolls in the seat in the front."
"Sturdy, doesn't tip, holds lots of play groceries, stuffed animals or whatever she is "shopping" for."
"My four year old niece lost her mind when she opened this."
Best Money & Banking Play Toys
73-piece set encourages children to learn basic math and money skills with this real-working cash register.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Great product."
"Bought this as a gag gift to wrap my 21 year old son's Christmas money in and I must say for the price, it was an excellent deal!"
"Lots of fun for playing store!"
"The first one we got that was a gift didn't work so that was pretty disappointing."
"Grandkids love to play store and use it with all kinds of other toys."
"Looks like it would be a good learning tool and recommended for this purpose by school."
"Purchased this item for my grand daughter who wanted a cash register (which I found a bit surprising)."
"Cash register is a great toy for young children."
Best Paper & Magnetic Dolls
From classic wooden toys to crafts, pretend play, and games, Melissa & Doug products provide a launch pad to ignite imagination and a sense of wonder in all children so they can discover themselves, their passions, and their purpose. Wooden magnetic doll to dress in eight different outfits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Classic Melissa & Doug product made with care."
"Older kids can go the extra mile creating their own stories and imagining."
"This is a lovely toy for the grand daughter."
"I thought it was neat and would hold their attention more (3.5 yo boy and 20 month girl) but it went over so-so."
"A girl dress up doll with a chef, artist, fire fighter, doctor, and other awesome outfits."
"Great sub for paper dolls of the past."
"My granddaughter loves it."
Best Magnet & Felt Playboards
Children can acquire strong sense of color, geometrical shapes including 3D forms numbers counts, magnetic polarities & architectural design at early age. CREATIVITY BEYOND IMAGINATION - Magnet Building Tiles Clear 3D color Magnetic Building Blocks Playboards for preschool, pretend play and more.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The colors are beautiful and the magnets work well enough to hold most structures together."
"My granddaughter received her first magnetic building set (the Magna-Tiles brand) a few months ago and she enjoyed building with them so much that I bought an additional set."
"He’s learning his shapes, he gets to make garages for his cars, they keep him entertained for about an hour at a time."
"I purchased a set of these tiles for my grandson as a Christmas gift."
"We've played with this literally every single day since it was purchased."
"We had another set, I can't remember the brand - I can see they are slightly different but they work just fine together."
"We especially love building castles with these and you can remove tiles to make "windows," which just tickles my son to pieces!"
"We have magna tiles and decided to buy these to build on our set."
Best Toy Home Cleaning Products
This cute Dyson vacuum is a direct replica of the life size Dyson Ball Vacuum to help your little helper tidy in style! This Dyson Ball upright vacuum cleaner has been specially designed to be true to life, right down to the last detail so your little helper will really feel part of your world while developing essential life skills. Realistic role play for exploring imagination and developing social skills, Replica design with bright colours for visual stimulation, Play encourages the development of hand-to-eye co-ordination, Working suction and cyclone action for understanding cause and effect, Manoeuvrability of toy develops problem solving and motor skills, Independent play encourages exploration and discovery, true to life sounds for added realism and aural stimulation, Pre-schoolers learn by acting out and copying what their parents do, making the range of role-play toys from Casdon Toys ideal learning vehicles for youngsters wanting to emulate their parents. A direct replica of the latest Dyson “Ball” model, this creates realistic role play for exploring imagination and developing social skills.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Our son, 1 1/2-years-old, is OBSESSED with vacuums and carpet cleaners. He has nearly broken my vacuum a few times because it's a bit too large for him to maneuver."
"My 18m old loves to help me around the house, so this is perfect for him to vacuum while I am using my own vacuum."
"The first is a small red button on the front, that makes the little foam beads swirl around. Which doesn't bother me since it's a play vacuum, but they do advertise that it has a mild suction."
"We got this one so that we could have 2 vacuums, and now they fight over who gets the "yellow vacuum." As an adult, I would give it 4 stars, but I based my rating on what my boys think, because they are the target audience."
"This button does not work the suction and while using this mode, it won't pick anything up. Still haven't had to change the batteries after a month and a half (on the red button mode). The only problem we have had is that the screw holding the battery cover in place stripped the first time I put batteries in."
"You'll know what LOL really is when you see your little one searching for bits of anything on the floor just to vacuum up and empty the bin again, repeat, repeat..."
"You have to click it into position a certain way, otherwise the back wheels will pop up when you pull the vacuum backward."
"My one and half year old loves to clean but my stuff is still quite too big for him."
Best Toy Medical Kits
Get your kids the Kidzlane Doctor Toy Kit, and relax while they keep entertained for hours. This toy makes a great tool for familiarizing kids with any medical procedures, and alleviating typical fears of the doctors office. 12 PIECE DOCTOR KIT: 💉 Help children learn about the human body and calm doctor-related fears as they engage in doctor/patient role play. The cell phone features a range of exciting tones, and the stethoscope produces an authentic real-life heartbeat and coughing sound.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I also purchased separately a pedi cuff and cheap stethoscope - the kids used these two items with the glasses and phone from this kit and they had an absolute blast playing doctor."
"I bought this for my granddaughter to help her with her anxiety with doctor's, she totally loses it. when she see the doctor with all their instruments."
"This was my son's favorite Christmas gift."
"My 4 year old loves this set."
"Nice teaching toy for my granddaughter who has had ongoing medical issues."
"This was a sturdy fun kit and the shot needle was the winning item."
"This is a cute set the blood pressure pump is kind of cheap and hard to work."
"She's played with the kit multiple times this week, using it with family members and doll babies."
Best Toy Kitchen Products
KidKraft Uptown Espresso Kitchen. Refrigerator, freezer, microwave, oven and dishwasher doors all open and close.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"We made ours more realistic by adding battery operated led touch lights to the microwave, oven, refrigerator, freezer and above the range (see photos)."
"We teamed up with family to purchase several big "play" items for our daughter's birthday/Christmas in 2015, and this is without a doubt my favorite of everything she got! We ended up buying the Learning Resources basket meals to go with it because it had a nice variety and was fantastic quality."
"The kitchen was packaged and shipped very carefully. I will admit putting this kitchen together was a little overwhelming at first and it took several hours. No matter how frustrating it is believe me, it is worth it!.I really love how this kitchen doesn't have any stickers. The graphics on this kitchen are painted on which is awesome in my book! The counter height of the kitchen is 22 inches. The counter length is 32 inches. The inner width of the freezer and fridge is 10 inches. The overall height of the kitchen is approximately 40.5 inches. The play food and play pots and pans in the photos are by Learning Resources."
"The color of the screws does matter as there are brown ones for use on outside pieces and silver for inside pieces, so be aware of that!"
"It might be a bit more expensive than some of the others, but it's SOLID and wood, not plastic and cardboard like so many other products these days."
"The faucet has come out, but that might be due to our boys or our install."
Best Toy Construction Tools
They're made with superior quality materials and are rigorously tested for quality, leading to a toy unmatched in quality and durability. Kidzlane toys are fully tested and certified according to the highest international standards for toy safety. 19 PIECE TOY TOOL SET (+Case) Our toy tool set for children includes everything he or she needs to channel his or her inner mechanic, contractor or handyman. GREAT GIFT IDEA FOR KIDS: This toy tool set for kids makes a fantastic gift idea for toddlers ages 2-5!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I bought this tool set for my grandson for Christmas."
"The reason for 3 stars is in less than 6 months the drill stopped working; even after replacing the batteries it still wouldn't work (yes I had the batteries in correct)."
"This was a gift to my 3 yr old grandson and he LOVES it, especially the drill!"
"Super fun for pretend play and for my twins to be like Daddy."
"The tool set is durable and includes the right amount of tools and they're the right size for him to use."
"Loved seeing my great grandson's face when he opened it."
"I highly recommend this to go with the Black and Decker Junior Power Tool workshop; great set of additional tools and screws which works well with (and was generally missing from) the existing bench."
"My grandson loves his tool set."