Unlike shopping for older kids, shopping for babies and toddlers comes with one built-in problem: they can’t TELL you what they want. Luckily, as long as you select a gift for the right developmental stage, they’ll almost certainly enjoy it...
“Make the vegetables themselves taste good, and you won’t have to bribe kids with chocolate,” writes Annie Murphy Paul, author and consultant, writing about educational games for kids. The right educational toy or game won’t appear “educational” to your kid...
Build it bigger! Stack it higher! Make it more complex! Construction toys give kids great practice with motor skills, and challenge their creativity. Add moving parts and problem-solving challenges, and you can take a simple play concept to the next level...
Are you ready for Black Friday? This is when millions of families nationwide will be starting their holiday shopping, and trying to snag the best deals while they’re at it. Magic Beans should be central to your shopping strategy with...
While designating a toy as “new” can suggest all sorts of tech bells and whistles, most of what’s new is actually what’s old: variations on play themes that have kept kids busy and happy for time immemorial. The latest top...
Expectant families have a pretty set list of items that they need: the stroller, the car seat, the crib, the bouncer… all of these items can really stretch a growing family’s budget, so they’re automatically fantastic gifts for family and...
Our holiday gift guides are pretty thorough, so we’ve decided to go through our top toys of the year category by category here at Spilling the Beans, so we can explain in detail why these toys are the best! Also,...
Today, we’re going to start with the holiday gifts that get the biggest reaction from kids when the wrapping paper comes off – the gifts that really make them say “wow!” Part of what makes a “wow” gift is simply...
