{"id":6400,"date":"2011-12-12T08:50:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T13:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=6400"},"modified":"2016-08-14T13:37:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T18:37:11","slug":"fisher-price-holiday-gift-guide-ages-2-to-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/fisher-price-holiday-gift-guide-ages-2-to-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisher-Price Holiday Gift Guide: Ages 2 to 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">A<\/span> while back, I posted my thoughts on some great <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2011\/11\/24\/fisher-price-holiday-gift-guide-part-1-ages-6-and-up\/\">gift ideas for the six-years-and-older <\/a>demographic based on my experiences this year with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisherpriceplay.ca\/\">Fisher-Price Canada<\/a>.  I&#8217;m a little later than I wanted to be with this follow-up, but I hope it&#8217;s helpful for your holiday buying!<\/p>\n<p>If I were to choose any one demographic that was perfect for some Fisher-Price love this Christmas, it would be the two-to-five year old category.  I mean, who doesn&#8217;t think of chubby little hands clutching Little People figures when you say &#8220;Fisher-Price&#8221;?  There are so many great choices for this age group that this post practically wrote itself!  <\/p>\n<p>I started writing out a long-winded description of each toy, but the post got longer and longer and I kept thinking of things I wanted to add, so I&#8217;ve cut out the fat and am giving you a quick list of my top ten favourites.  I mean, that&#8217;s the beauty of Fisher-Price toys &#8211; we know most of the best ones already because we&#8217;ve been playing with them since we were kids!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5493895561\/\" title=\"fisherprice by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5220\/5493895561_cf26739e04.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"251\" height=\"257\" alt=\"fisherprice\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s ten terrific toys for two-to-five year olds from Fisher-Price:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Any and all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/fp.aspx?st=280000&#038;e=littlepeople\">Little People <\/a>sets<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/fp.aspx?st=280000&#038;e=product&#038;pid=58015\">Viewmaster <\/a>(every kid needs one of these!)<\/li>\n<li>Fisher-Price <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/fp.aspx?st=280000&#038;e=product&#038;pid=58007\">Corn Popper <\/a>(I have never met a kid who didn&#8217;t love these things, from my own childhood forward!)<\/li>\n<li>Any of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/fp.aspx?st=280000&#038;e=thumbnail&#038;keyword=trio\">Trio <\/a>building sets<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/fp.aspx?st=280000&#038;e=product&#038;pid=58021\">Chatter Telephone <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Laugh and Learn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/fp.aspx?st=280000&#038;e=product&#038;pid=59548\">Learning Kitchen<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thomas and Friends (or Barbie) <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2011\/06\/03\/fisher-price-tough-trikes-to-celebrate-springing-into-summer\/\">Tough Trike<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wheelies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/fp.aspx?st=280000&#038;e=product&#038;pid=59874\">Stand and Play Rampway<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anything from the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/fp.aspx?st=280000&#038;e=thumbnail&#038;keyword=brilliant+basics\"> Brilliant Basics <\/a>product line<\/li>\n<li>Anything from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/fp.aspx?st=280000&#038;e=thumbnail&#038;pcat=img&#038;from=subsite\">Imaginext <\/a>line &#8211; dinosaurs and superheros in particular!!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You know why these toys make my top ten list? Because my kids actually play with them.  I hate to admit, when we moved last year we found toys that had been played with once or twice and abandoned, and even if we put them out, they don&#8217;t get used.  The toys in this list are favourites around our house with the kids and grownups alike because the kids play with them over and over again, and they&#8217;ve been handed down up to three times and still have lots of play left in them.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5580085033\/\" title=\"99:365 Cameraphone TTV by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5094\/5580085033_6803d2c9e1_m.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" alt=\"99:365 Cameraphone TTV\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of smart phones (*wink*) Fisher-Price has just launched a free new app for Blackberry, Android, and iSO devices. Here are a few things that the <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/moms-helper\/id480727135?mt=8\">Mom&#8217;s Helper <\/a>app can do to make your life easier:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find the perfect toy based on your child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s specific needs<\/li>\n<li>Keep track of your child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s age, height and weight<\/li>\n<li>Receive recommendations for the best toys and gear based on your child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s developmental stage<\/li>\n<li>Build a toy wish list to share with friends and family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clever, eh?  And have you seen those new Fisher-Price ads that are running on TV?  I absolutely love them, and that sweet song lyric, &#8220;you are exactly one of a kind&#8221; gets stuck in my head in the most endearing way.  Those are real families, not actors.  Fisher-Price treated us to a sneak peek of the new campaign just as it was launching at Blissdom Canada this year.  I think they&#8217;re terrific.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping to cram in one more post with some recommendations for great Fisher-Price gifts and gear for babies, but Christmas is coming up rather quickly!  Yikes!!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Disclosure:<\/strong>  I am part of the Fisher-Price Play Panel and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group.  However, I wrote this post on my own initiative and the opinions on this blog are my own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, I posted my thoughts on some great gift ideas for the six-years-and-older demographic based on my experiences this year with Fisher-Price Canada. I&#8217;m a little later than I wanted to be with this follow-up, but I hope it&#8217;s helpful for your holiday buying! If I were to choose any one demographic that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/fisher-price-holiday-gift-guide-ages-2-to-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fisher-Price Holiday Gift Guide: Ages 2 to 5&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6400"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6417,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6400\/revisions\/6417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}