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Category: Product Reviews (Toddler)

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Product Review: Hot Wheels City Robo T-Rex Ultimate Garage

Posted on 30. January 20224. February 2022 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Today is Lyons Cub’s 4th birthday!!! He had been watching YouTube videos of kids playing with the Hot Wheels City for a…

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Product Review: Pop It Fidget Toy

Posted on 8. January 20229. January 2022 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Do you have an active kiddo who doesn’t know what to do with his/her hands? To calm down, he/she could play with…

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Product Review: Bowling Set for Toddlers

Posted on 31. December 202131. December 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Bowling is one of Germany’s popular indoor sports, often available in restaurants (but you can play it outside, too). My father went…

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Product Review: Wooden Tetris for Kids’ Strategic Skills Development

Posted on 31. December 202130. April 2022 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. As a child of the 80s, I loved to play Tetris (invented 1984 by a Russian software engineer) on my gameboy (invented…

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Product Review: Hot Wheels Toxic Gorilla Slam

Posted on 26. December 202127. December 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Lyons Cub had this one big wish for Christmas: The “green slime gorilla” from Hot Wheels! He had seen it on his…

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Product Review: Matching Dinosaur PJ’s for Christmas

Posted on 23. December 202123. December 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Have you jumped on the band wagon yet and gotten matching pajamas for yourself and your kiddos? I have to admit I’m…

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Playmobil Christmas Manger

Product Review: Playmobil Advent Calendar Christmas Manger Yellow

Posted on 18. December 202123. December 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Lyons Cub’s first Christmas manger, when he was a year old, was from the Little People nativity scene. It was really cute…

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Product Review: I am Your Dino Friend

Posted on 4. December 20214. December 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. The Mix and Match-a-Saurus from VTech was a big hit with Lyons Cub last Christmas. It comes with a big, orange egg…

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Product Review: Carter’s Baby & Toddler Clothes

Posted on 26. November 20212. December 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Which mommy doesn’t think her kiddo is the best dressed in the world?!? Well, I was surely proud of the way I…

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… Make Friends With a Porcupine?

Posted on 14. November 202119. November 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. There are so many cute porcupine children’s books out there, and guess what they’re teaching about? You’re right: befriending a special person…

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Product Review: Lego Marble Run

Posted on 13. November 202114. November 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Do you also have a kid who loves marble runs of any kind??? Lyons Cub has a marble run made of wood,…

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Product Review: Magnetic Building Blocks

Posted on 30. October 202130. October 2021 by lyoness

Right next to bristle shapes, I would recommend magnetic building blocks as an educational toy for toddlers and preschoolers. They train the hand and brain, because kiddo has to assemble structures with the understanding of magnetic forces, which is not an easy task. (Although, once your kids find out that the fridge and the range…

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Product Review: Playdough Barber Shop Set

Posted on 23. October 202123. October 2021 by lyoness

Lyons Cub wanted to cut hair today–no, not his or mine, thankfully, but that of a little plastic doll that grandma lion found in an old box of her bigger grandkids’ stored play things. She brought a bag of playdough and utensils for play time yesterday, and my son excitedly stuffed the little dolly with…

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Product Review: Haba Marble Race Track Table

Posted on 22. October 202126. December 2021 by lyoness

Okay, so here’s something for the big builders among you: Feel inclined to spend many hours crafting a super-duper cool wooden marble race track table for your child? The one Lyons Cub and I found was in a Mall, but you can put one together at home with spare building blocks from eBay and an…

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Product Review: Bristle Shapes

Posted on 10. October 202110. October 2021 by lyoness

Looking for a great educational tool for your toddler builder? Next to Duplo, MegaBloks, and Lego, I discovered bristle shapes. Lyons Cub received a package from a dear friend for his second birthday. I remember them vaguely from my childhood in the 1970s and 80s as “Nopper Steckbausteine.” Curious, I looked them up and found…

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Product Review: Toddler Dino Pants for Fall

Posted on 3. October 202126. November 2021 by lyoness

Does your toddler also have the problem that the pants slide down his butt all the time? It’s important to me that my kid is well dressed. My son has short legs and is slim around the waist. This means that jeans and most types of trousers without an elastic waistband don’t fit him, since…

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Product Review: Dinosaur Sweaters

Posted on 5. September 202126. November 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Do you also have a kid who loves dinos? In his Montessori kindergarten, Lyons Cub was allowed to wear only uni-colored, character-free…

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Product Review: Mega Bloks First Builders Build ‘n Learn Table

Posted on 21. August 202121. August 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Duplo and Mega Bloks are great toys to let your little one practice fine motor skills and thinking logically. Lyons Cub loves…

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Product Review: Toy Kitchen and Accessories

Posted on 15. August 202119. November 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. When Lyons Cub was 1.5 years old, he got his blue, wooden toy kitchen. At that time, he was too young yet…

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Product Review: Jurassic World Lego Duplo Fun

Posted on 14. August 202114. August 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Lyons Cub has been fascinated with volcanoes, lava, and dinos since he was a year old. To celebrate his first day of…

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Product Review: Radio Flyer Inchworm Ride-On Toy

Posted on 10. August 202110. August 2021 by lyoness

As a German kid, I had never encountered the inchworm, although I’m a child of the 1970s… It was invented in the early 1970s by Joseph M. Burck and produced by Hasbro. Burck fabricated his model with his old dryer hose and tested it on his own toddler 😉 It apparently worked, and kids love…

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Product Review: Slime for Toddlers

Posted on 2. August 20216. August 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. Kids love slime. Parents and grandparents probably less so (well, they are the ones left with the clean-up!). But nothing compares to…

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Product Review: Plush Rocking Horse

Posted on 30. July 202130. July 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. When Lyons Cub was a baby, he used to have a dinosaur rocker, and with the continuous help of Early Intervention and…

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Product Review: Trihorse Wooden Ball Track

Posted on 27. July 202131. July 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. The Trihorse “Marble Run” (“Kugelbahn“) is actually not for marbles, but for big wooden balls and figurines, and it would make a…

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Product Review: Banana Blast

Posted on 22. July 202123. July 2021 by lyoness

Do you have a toddler who hates to lose, too? Lyons Cub definitely needs to win all the time. Also, he didn’t quite understand that the person with the most bananas wins–he gave away his bananas to the other players freely. But dang, if anybody DARED to catch the jumping monkey before he could get…

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Product Review: Playdough for Toddlers

Posted on 11. July 202111. July 2021 by lyoness

It’s self-explanatory–playdough is one of the best sensory toys that helps children grasp different shapes, textures, colors, and names of their constructs that I can think of. It exists since the 1930s and was originally a cleaning substance for wallpapers, and its popularity as a children’s toy rose dramatically in the 1950s through television ads….

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Product Review: Fisher-Price Little People Work Together Construction Site Playset

Posted on 10. July 202121. September 2022 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. This birthday gift has been an instant hit with Lyons Cub. I don’t care so much about the music and voice parts,…

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Product Review: Pink Minnie Mouse Ride-On Plane

Posted on 7. July 202110. July 2021 by lyoness

Do you have a kiddo that likes planes? If he or she loves Minnie Mouse, that’s a plus. Lyons Cub was fascinated with the rotating, color-changing propellers on this little ride-on plane, and although he’s a bit too old and tall for it, he still enjoys zooming through the house on it. One can ride…

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boy playing with LED car on race track

Product Review: Race Track Cars with LED

Posted on 30. June 202129. August 2021 by lyoness

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. As a mom, you have to get replacements for certain things your toddler loses. Otherwise, there will be big crocodile tears. (Well,…

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Product Review: Kerplunk!

Posted on 27. June 202129. June 2021 by lyoness

Lyons Cub has so many marbles now from his marble runs that I was thinking, how could I possibly spice that up a little? Fellow moms, did you play “Kerplunk” in your childhood? I certainly did. I found it intricating to insert the sticks into the tube, pour the marbles over them, and then carefully…

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