{"id":317,"date":"2009-11-27T20:01:27","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T20:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/?p=317"},"modified":"2014-11-15T16:10:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T16:10:07","slug":"hot-toys-for-christmas-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/hot-toys-for-christmas-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Toys for Christmas 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t forget to check out our yearly <a href=\"http:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/articles\/holidaygiftguide2009.html\">Gift Guides for Children and Families: Holiday Edition 2009<\/a>. We have top ten (and more) toys, games, books, music, and more for each of these categories:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/articles\/childrensgiftguidebabies.html\">Top Gifts and Toys for Babies &amp; Toddlers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/articles\/childrensgiftguidepreschooler.html\">Top Toys and Gifts for Preschoolers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/articles\/childrensgiftguidekids5to8.html\">Top Toys and Gifts for Kids Ages 5 to 8<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/articles\/childrensgiftguidekids9up.html\">Top Toys and Gifts for Kids Ages 9 and up<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/articles\/familygiftguide.html\">Top Gifts for Families: Holidays edition<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see the top toys for Christmas (and other holidays of the winter season) here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b\/?node=370899011&amp;tag=edutainingkid-20\">Amazon&#8217;s Top Picks in Toys 200<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b\/?node=370899011&amp;tag=edutainingkid-20\">9<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=edutainingkid-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Hyperdash<\/strong> has been selected in many toy lists each year, and it&#8217;s no wonder. We love the game that has kids thinking on their feet&#8211;literally. It&#8217;s an Edutaining Kids Top Pick as well, as it fits perfectly into our expectations for a quality &#8220;edutaining&#8221; toy. Hyper Dash puts a new spin on the term &#8220;active learning&#8221;&#8211;it promotes listening, memory, and math skills, as well as giving kids a little workout. Intense fun! For more information about this fun and educational toy, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000TTPEXU?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=reviewcorner-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000TTPEXU\">Wild Planet Hyper Dash<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=edutainingkid-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000TTPEXU\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255F0%255F3%26field-keywords%3Dzhu%2520zhu%2520pets%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dtoys-and-games%26sprefix%3Dzhu&amp;tag=edutainingkid-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\">Zhu Zhu Pets<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=edutainingkid-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> are one of the most wanted toys this Christmas, but their scarcity has led to toy stores upping the prices. There are many other alternatives to be found, thankfully.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the toys that appear on both Amazon&#8217;s list and our <a href=\"http:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/articles\/holidaygiftguide2009.html\">Edutaining Kids Holiday Gift Guides<\/a> include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00296PCBU?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidsandpcscom&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00296PCBU\">Crayola Glow Dome<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=edutainingkid-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00296PCBU\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> which allow kids to draw on a dome and have their drawings projected onto the ceiling in full glow in the dark glory, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001W30D2O?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=edutainingkid-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001W30D2O\">LeapFrog My Pal Scout<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=edutainingkid-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001W30D2O\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001W35I8I?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=edutainingkid-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001W35I8I\">LeapFrog My Pal Violet<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=edutainingkid-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001W35I8I\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> (cute little stuffies that actually say your child&#8217;s name after they&#8217;re programmed, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000ETRENI?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=edutainingkid-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000ETRENI\">LeapFrog Learn &amp; Groove Musical Table<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=edutainingkid-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000ETRENI\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>, and more.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255F0%255F3%26field-keywords%3Dzhu%2520zhu%2520pets%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dtoys-and-games%26sprefix%3Dzhu&amp;tag=edutainingkid-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t forget to check out our yearly Gift Guides for Children and Families: Holiday Edition 2009. We have top ten (and more) toys, games, books, music, and more for each of these categories: Top Gifts and Toys for Babies &amp; Toddlers Top Toys and Gifts for Preschoolers Top Toys and Gifts for Kids Ages 5&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/hot-toys-for-christmas-2009\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hot Toys for Christmas 2009<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,41,31,55,9,33,21,49,83,4,26,27,45,3],"tags":[89,90,54,87,88,42,91,92],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-toys","category-building-toys","category-digital-cameras-for-kids","category-dolls-playsets","category-educational-toys","category-for-kids-ages-10","category-hot-toys-for-the-holidays","category-music","category-nintendo-dsi","category-nintendo-wii","category-toys-for-boys","category-toys-for-girls","category-video","category-video-games","tag-2009-best-toys","tag-best-toy-list","tag-best-toys","tag-best-toys-for-christmas","tag-christmas-toys-2009","tag-holiday-toys","tag-hot-toys","tag-most-wanted-toys","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edutainingkids.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}