Gifts That Go The Distance: Episode 28

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Gifts for babies & toddlers

• Sarah loves Fisher-Price Little People – the Fun Sounds Farm, and Builders sets like this one are a great precursor to Duplo and LEGO
• Little Tikes Cozy Coupe
• A crawl-through play tunnel like this one from Melissa & Doug
• Play kitchen (Sarah has one from Step 2 similar to this)
• Standing easel (Meagan loves this one from One Step Ahead)

Gifts for preschool & little kids

• The expensive-but-so-worth-it Magna Tiles
• LEGO Duplo starter sets like this one
• Schleich plastic animals like these dragons
• Inexpensive knock-offs of more expensive brands, like Li’l Woodzeez and Our Generation
• Doll house (Sarah loves this one from Melissa & Doug)
• Play silks from Magic Cabin
• Puppet theater

Gifts for big kids & teens

• Chomp Card Game
• Drone with HD Camera
• $49 Kindle Fire
• Big-kid and adult-sized footie pajamas

Other great stuff we talked about

• 7 ways to survive playing board games with your kids (Meagan for The Happiest Home)
• Meagan’s interview with Sarah Mackenzie on the Read Aloud Revival podcast
• The Overdrive app that connects you to your local library for digital lending, and the Kindle Lending Library for Amazon Prime subscribers
• Rebrickable, the site for LEGO lovers that provides instructions for new creations based on the sets you already own

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