Santa gift ideas; FIJIT Friends Willa Interactive Toy

Willa, a smart, fun, and funny Fijit Friend, is an interactive toy that'll become your child's new best friend. With supple skin that enables amazing movement, this trend-setting purple Fijit Friend has several interactive features, including voice recognition, beat detection, dance mode, and over 150 built-in responses. Recommended for ages six and up, Willa will be a fast and lasting friend that chats, dances, jokes, and performs.

Product Features

• Girls can poke and squeeze Fijit's soft, tactile skin that enables lifelike movements and fun surprises
• Fijit can respond more than 100 built-in phrases and jokes!
• Recognizes different types of music and perform different dance moves
• Features voice recognition, beat detection capabilities, and includes her own original songs too!
• The 5 AA batteries included (the "try me" batteries) inside your Fijit Friend upon opening are for demonstration purposes only. Please remove these batteries and replace with 5 new AA batteries so your Fijit Friend is ready to interact with you at optimal performance.

Willa

Meet Willa, the Trend-Setting Fijit Friend
Willa is always a step ahead of the latest and greatest, whether it's fashion or whatever's new and cool. She's confident, stylish, and a natural leader. Like all Fijit Friends, Willa was created when a gooey science experiment was brought to life by the power of music. She loves to laugh until her sides hurt, dance until she's dizzy, and be herself with her one true bestie.
The Fijit Friends Interactive Toy Collection consists of four different Fijit Friends (sold separately), each with their own different personalities and jokes.

Review

Just a few additional comments for clarification,
There was no problem with the toy responding as long as it was commanded with a normal, clear voice. Shreiking or yelling at it didn't cause any response or an incorrect one. As an adult, I did find some of its actions amusing and I did laugh out loud over some antics. I still never found it too loud. Again, it was a gift for an 11 year old girl. In terms of the content of the jokes and much of its other interaction I think from 9 up would be the appropriate ages for kids to 'get' the jokes.

Fijit Friends Are Robotic Friends For Girls From The Future
I was a little apprehensive about purchasing the Fijit Friends after reading the reviews but am glad I did. I must admit, when we first got the Fijit Friends we were disappointed. It didn't respond to anything we were saying. Then we noticed it says on the package that the "batteries included are for demonstration purposes only, change batteries immediately". It takes 5 AA batteries. We swapped out the batteries and everything worked as advertised. You have to also make sure that you switch the button underneath to the on position instead of the try me mode. If you have done that correctly Willa will say "What do you want to do now?" This is the home mode.

Santa gift ideas; Mattel Monster High Toralei Stripe Doll with Pet Sweet Fang

Monster High Toralei Stripe Doll The ghouls from Monster High are freakishly fabulous. The kids from Monster High are the coolest ghouls in school with their fashions, accessories and scary cute pets.

Features of Mattel Monster High Toralei Stripe Doll

- The ghouls from Monster High are freakishly fabulous!
- Toralei Stripe is the daughter of The Werecat
- Doll is fully articulated so she can be posed in many different ways
- Includes doll, pet saber-tooth tiger Sweet Fang, diary, doll stand, brush, and accessory
- Collect all your favorite Monster High dolls!



Review of Monster High Toralei Stripe Doll

Toralei Stripe, Monster High's Catgirl
All in all, if you are a fan of the show, or this line, you will probably be really thrilled with her, even if she is a "bad guy", her doll is simply lovely.

In your FACE brick and mortar stores!
Just as my title states, in your FACE brick and mortar stores! After driving to the four corners of the earth looking for this doll, Amazon.com comes through in a pinch. I ordered it Tuesday morning and received it Wednesday evening. WTF?! WTF indeed!! Needless to say, I can sit at home and relax while everyone else is clawing at each other at the department stores to get this.

Santa gift ideas; Monster High Abbey Bominable Doll With Pet Wooly Mammoth Named Shivver

Monster High Abbey Bominable Doll With Pet Wooly Mammoth Named Shivver

Monster High Abbey Bominable Doll: The ghouls from Monster High are freakishly fabulous. The kids from Monster High are the coolest ghouls in school with their fashions, accessories and scary cute pets. And now there is a new ghoul at Monster High, Abbey Bominable who is making a scary good impression. Abbey Bominable is the daughter of the Yeti and an exchange student from up north. Abbey would be lost in the snow without her best friend and pet, Shiver a sweet and loyal Wooly Mammoth. Abbey Bominable doll is fully articulated so she can be posed in many different ways and includes pet Wooly Mammoth Shiver, doll stand, brush, diary and accessory. The teenage children of the legendary monster menaces have gathered together under one roof to attend high school at Monster High. These ghouls are wild, they're fierce and they're totally trendy. They've left their parents' outdated haunting habits behind to form a killer style all their own. When you see them you'll just have to gasp "Drop dead gorgeous". Collection all your favorite Monster High Dolls. Each doll sold separately.

- The ghouls from monster high are freakishly fabulous.
- Abbey Bominable is the daughter of the Yeti.
- Doll is fully articulated so she can be posed in many different ways.
- Includes doll, pet Wooly Mammoth Shiver, doll stand, brush, diary and accessory.
- Collection all your favorite monster high dolls.

Recommended Ages: 6 years - 12 years


Review Monster High Abbey Bominable Doll


This is a beautiful doll but DON'T pay a crazy price for it!Abbey is yet another beautiful addition to the Monster High doll family. She is the daughter of a Yeti and she is a very unique looking doll. She has light blue, slightly glittery skin and white hair that has pink and blue streaks. She is dressed in furry boots and a matching hat and her dress has a white accent on the hemline. She is supposed to be from the freezing cold mountains in the Himalayas, so her tiny little dress probably would not be the warmest outfit...but the outfit is cute and fun and it is a toy so whatever.


Abbey Monster High Doll-----Be PatientBe patient with buying one of these dolls---I found her at Target for only 20 dollars; so be sure to check your local stores. They seem to be just coming out slowly but in time there will be a lot. She is a wonderful doll and I am very pleased with her. I just wanted to let others know not to make the mistake I made with the original Goula we paid almost 40 dollars for her on-line, and now she is everywhere for only 20 dollars).


Status: Only 1 left in stock--order soon. Just order now for Christmas.


Monster High Doll Abbey Bominable Review

Santa gift ideas; Crayola Glow Book

The Crayola Glow Book, crayola colour explosion glow board pens lets kids create glowing, moving, animated art. Glow draw with Six glow marker colors and four removable drawing surfaces allow kids to draw, layer, and arrange images, and then light them in sequence with your crayola design so that the images appear to move. And since glow marker drawing surfaces wipe clean with a damp cloth, kids can create new images as often as they like. Young artists aged 6 years and up will delight in designing cartoons, multi-message signs, and sequential drawings. Let's make color explosion!!!

Crayola Features

• Create 5 different surfaces
• Limitless animation combinations
• The plastic plates open like a book.
• Variable lighting effect options to maximize the glowing contents
• Makes creative time more playful

Price $14.99 (discount from $29.99)

Review Crayola

If you are looking for this type of product, choose the glow board

My kids enjoy art type things, so we try several crayola products a year. This is one I would probably skip. It indicates that it is a "book", but the pages don't turn like a book. It is 4 panels of plastic that you pull out to color on and then put them back in to be held by a red binder. These are clever because your kids work in layers to color a whole picture. It gives it a 3D feel. I like that because it makes them think differently, and more creatively.

All in all we like this type of product. I wouldn't chose this type of thing as the only thing your child would get for Christmas. Additionally, I would mention that we own similar products, the glow dome, and the glow board. If you are looking for this type of product, go with the glow board over the others. It is way easier for the kids to manage on their own for some solo play. Although there are only 2 panels, it is easy to pull them in and out, and fun to use for little hands.

Great Way to Engage Kids Whose Fine Motor Skills Have Lagged

I never really thought I would be calling any toy a godsend, but the Crayola Glow Book has done something for my ten-year-old son that none of his school teachers (and certainly not his art teacher) has been able to do. I've tried, too. I've tried asking, showing, cajoling, ordering, limiting privileges, exaggerated sighing, and using his full name, but my child's penmanship is abysmal and his art skills mostly stink.