They’re too big for baby toys, but still a ways from teeny LEGO and 100-piece jigsaws. Here are momstown’s picks for toys and books that keep up as your preschooler grows in leaps and bounds
By momstown staff
By momstown staff
TOYS
Crocodile Creek Trains Floor Puzzle, $19.99
Easy to grab and gorgeous to look at, Crocodile Creek's floor puzzles make for a great transition from wooden baby puzzles to actual jigsaws.
Disney Frozen Anna or Elsa Dress, $23.96
Need we say more?
LEGO Duplo Deluxe Brick Box, $49.86
Duplo offers the perfect happy medium between "babyish" giant blocks and Lego for the extremely dexterous. They are also slightly less painful to step on in the dark. Only slightly, though.
Tin Tea Set, $29.99
For full efficacy, extend pinky while sipping daintily.
My Little Pony Flip and Whirl Rainbow Dash Pony Figure, $24.99
These '80s superstars have made a huge comeback, wooing a whole new generation of pony-crazy girls and boys [aka bronies].
Sands Alive deluxe indoor sandbox set with sand toys, $79.99
or Sands Alive indoor starter set, $19.99
So much cooler — and seasonable — than a sandbox.
Thomas and Friends train table wth playboard, $249.99
Keep little engineers busy for hours, creating or adding on to existing track systems, rail yards and routes.
BOOKS
Dashing Through the Snow: A Canadian Jingle Bells, $8.49
The team that brought us A Porcupine in a Pine Tree put a delightfully Canadian spin on another holiday classic.
The Book With No Pictures, $14.43
Who needs pictures when you have to read preposterous and fantabulous words like BLORF and BLARGLE?
Little Blue Truck’s Christmas, $13.70
Beep Beep! Everyone's favourite cheerful little pickup is back to deliver Christmas trees.
