Holiday Gift Guide 2010

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: K Nex Sesame Street Fire Truck and School Bus

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Product Description: Your child can build the firefighter Elmo – dressed in his uniform and firefighter’s hat – along with his fire truck! A “Play & Learn” activity sheet filled with educational fun for parent and child, plus additional building ideas, is also included. This 19-piece building set pairs perfectly with the Neighborhood Collection Fire Station Building Set. Look for all the Neighborhood Collection Building Sets so your child can build his own SESAME STREET Neighborhood!

Product Description:  Elmo’s ready for school! Your child can build Elmo and the school bus and take him to school! A “Play & Learn” activity sheet filled with educational fun for parent and child, plus additional building ideas, is also included. This 19-piece building set pairs perfectly with the Neighborhood Collection Schoolhouse Building Set. Look for all the Neighborhood Collection Building Sets so your child can build his own SESAME STREET Neighborhood!

**** My son loves two things cars and building, This is the best of both. The  Sesame street fire truck is the perfect addition the Sesame Street fire station, and neighborhood collection.  The bus and fire truck kept my son busy f Read more

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Things Remembered Personalized Playing Cards

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Product Description: Texas Hold ’em. Blackjack. Bridge. Whatever his game, a Game Night will definitely be in order after he receives this gift. The handsome case is elegantly presented in brilliant silver plate, with sophisticated weave texturing on the lid and lots of engravable space for his name or a playful message. Inside he’ll find two decks of durable, silver plastic cards. It’s a gift guaranteed to make any poker face crack a smile.

****This is the perfect gift for any man, who loves to play cards. The personalized tin comes with 2 sets of beautiful silver cards. My husband was immediately fascinated when he saw them. (Yes I was going to try and save them for Xmas, but there are no good hiding places in my house).  The personalization gives it a loving touch, and you can have it say anything. This is a great gift for the Dad, Husband or Brother.

Retail: $30.00

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, A product was received for this review.

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Cusinart deep fryer

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Product Description: Cuisinart presents a deep fryer that takes up less counter space. Designed to fry batches up to 3/4 of a pound in just 1.1 litter of oil, this is great deep fryer even for spur-of-the-moment snacks and meals. The compact design allows creative cooks to prepare fried calamari to top a salad, and moms to fry up mozzarella sticks for kids. Temperatures up to 375F and a die-cast frying bowl maintain selected oil temperatures for restaurant-quality results. Easy to use, easy to clean, and simple to store, it could make deep frying an everyday event!

**** I know frying food is not very healthy, but after living in the south it’s something hard to deter away from.  Specially since my husband introduced me to Buffalo style chicken finger subs, which are so delicious.  When you bake french fries or chicken strips in the oven it doesn’t taste the same as frying them. The Cusinart deep fryer is very small so it will fit anywhere in your kitchen.  It helps with portion sizes since it only fits 3/4 pounds of food.

Retail: $90.00 but you can get it on Amazon for $49.94

My rating: 9

Disclosure: I did not recieve any compensation for this post, a product was provided for my review.

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Cusinart 7 Speed Electric Mixer

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Product Description: The Cuisinart Power Advantage 7 Speed Hand Mixer, flawlessly and easily mixes even the heaviest ingredients. From dense cookie dough to whipped cream, the powerful motor with automatic feedback can perform any mixing task. And the slide control easily shifts speeds with just one touch!

**** This is so powerful and easy to use. You can adjust the speed with the touch of a button, and there is a little handle you pull for the beaters to pop off. It also comes with a whisk and spatula. This is great for making those holiday treats, or mashing potatoes.

Retail: $90.00 but you can find on Amazon for $46.50

My rating:8

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensaion for this post, a product was provided for my review.

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Cars Toon Frightening McMean

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In the center ring, weighing in from the popular Cars Toon, “Monster Truck Mater” comes Frightening McMean! He’s big, he’s bad and he’s ready for kids to push him around. With a raised chassis, oversized, monster truck-worthy wheels and a cool custom paint job, little hands will love maneuvering Frightening McMean , plus whenever he gets knocked on the hood, he’ll say phrases straight from the Toon!

**** My son is a big fan of cars and monster trucks, so receiving this he was so excited. He hasn’t stoped playing with it.  My son loves making him crash so he will talk. When his hood is touched he says different phrases. This is a great addition to any Cars lovers christmas list.

Retail:$19.99

My rating:10

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a product was provided by Mattel, all opinions are my own.

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Red Rover Game

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Red Rover is a memory-matching game combined with run-around play. It features an adorable electronic talking dog and 12 bones with color and number, shape, or letter. The object of the game is to collect the most bones. The game is set up by placing the 12 bones randomly around a space. The game starts when preschoolers press the Red Rover nose and he calls out which bones he wants. Preschoolers run to find the right bone and feed it to Rover, if they’re right, they keep the bone, if they’re wrong, Red Rover encourages them to go back and find the right one. Whoever helps Rover the fastest, wins.

****This game is great for preschoolers. It gets them up and moving and having fun. Plus its a good memory, color and number game.  Red Rover calls out a color or number and the kids need to go find the correct bone and feed it to Rover. who ever gets the most bones wins. My kids had a blast playing this game, and my son  even learned some more colors.  This is a fun get up and play game.

Retail:$19.99

My rating: 9

Disclosure: I did not receive compensation for this post, a product was provided by Mattel for my review

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Barbie Made for Each Other Set (Toy Story 3)

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From manufacturer: Barbie and Ken have been sweethearts forever. This gift set celebrates their romance in the movie, Toy Story 3. Includes special kissing feature by pressing Barbie dolls back and shes ready to pucker up and give Ken a kiss. Also includes lipstick to leave a lasting impression.

****This Barbie and Ken set is so fun according to my daughters. Although we haven’t seen Toy Story we’ve seen clips and trailers, Barbie and Ken are so funny. It’s the perfect toy for any girl. My daughter loves that Barbie can kiss Ken and it even leaves a kiss mark on his cheek.  Barbie even comes with a gym bag and towel.

Retail:$26.99

My rating: 10

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a product was provided by Mattel, all opinions are my own.

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Play doh Cake Making Station

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The fun really starts to stack up as you create layer after layer of fun and fabulous Play-Doh modeling compound “cake” creations. Use the molds to create layers for your pretend “cakes” and then load up your cake makin station tool to add all kinds of amazing decorations on top. Use your “frosting” tool to add “frosting” to the top of each “cake”. When you’re done with your “bakery” masterpiece, set it on the plate accessory to “serve” to your friends so you can celebrate.

****My Kids love Play Doh, I hate the mess they make but it fun and helps them learn how to sculpt and be creative.   My daughter made me a Play Doh cake for my birthday and it was so adorable. I always let someone borrow my camera when there is cute moments, dang.  The one thing I hate about this set is the Play Doh got mixed up, and to me it ruins the Play Doh. My kids didn’t mind though, they were having so much fun, they cried when I had to put it away.

This would be a great addition to any childs Christmas list.

Retail:$16.99

My Rating: 8

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a product was provided by Hasbro for my review.

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