Holiday Gifts for Kids

If your kids liked the Wall-E movie, they will love the Ultimate Wall-E robot. Designed for children ages 8 and up, the robot stands 16" tall and uses 10 motors and 2 microprocessors to play music, dance, talk to you, follow you around, explore, and more, all using the programmable remote control. If it also ran errands and washed dishes, we'd buy one in a heartbeat.

Kota is a life-sized baby dinosaur who comes to life to create a magical experience for preschoolers. Measuring over 40" long, Kota reacts to touch by moving his head, tail, and horns or giving a friendly dino roar when spoken to. Kids can even "feed" Kota leafy greens and listen to him munch. Kota runs on 6 "D" batteries.

Don't just stand there; bust a move with U-Dance, a plug-and-play motion-sensing dancing system that Chris Brown calls "the best dance game out there." Using wireless foot tags instead of a dance mat or game controller, you can see your moves appear on the TV screen as "virtual footprints" while you dance.

A light wand and glow canvas has replaced traditional crayons and paper in the Crayola Glow Station. Kids use the wand to draw on the glow canvas - either freehand or using the included stencils to make various shapes and scenes. The drawings magically disappear over time, so kids can make new light art over and over. For ages 6 and up.

Designed for kids ages 3-6, Animal Scramble is an electronic toy that gets kids moving, thinking, listening, and learning, all while having fun. The giraffe is the center of the game, asking questions and calling out instructions for games that involve the monkey, parrot, tiger, and elephant. Kids have run-around fun while they build coordination and learn colors, numbers, and animal sounds. In early levels the giraffe calls out the name or first letter of the animal to tag. More challenging levels involve sequence-building memory modes, hide-and-seek treasure hunts, and cooperative team play.

Disney teamed up with Techno Source to create these toys with Clickables technology, so that girls can click on these charm and friendship bracelets to unlock unique gifts at PixieHollow.com, thereby combining online and offline fun. Shown here is the Fairy Friendship Bracelet in pink.

CNN had an article on the Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker, where a toy industry analyst is quoted as saying this new product could give the classic Easy Bake Oven a "run for its money." Designed for girls ages 8-10, the set comes with everything you need to make 4 batches of cupcakes: Cupcake maker, froster, microwave container with cupcake holder, four mixes, four frostings, four cupcake cups, sprinkles, bowl, measuring spoon, spatula, recipe cards, and instruction sheet. Best of all, we hear the cupcakes take all of 30 seconds to cook.

According to dailypress.com, "Bakugan has taken the world by storm, with a craze not seen since Pokemon." Bakugan is at once a game, a TV show, and a large assortment of toys, from the official Bakugan Battle Arena to individual Battle Brawlers, trading cards, and accessories. Red Nova 12 Pyrus Dragonoid shown here.

This big rig holds the ultimate spy adventure! The evil Dr. Inferno is a prisoner in the gigantic rolling Mobile Command Center - but his henchmen have arrived with their hover-jet to break him free! Your mission: alert all the LEGO Agents and prevent his escape. Fortunately, this big truck is full of super-spy surprises, from a computer center with light-up mission projector, tool shop, loading crane, high-tech prison, and weapons bay to a jet-boat, stealth plane, two cars, hidden missiles, and blasters, and more. Set includes 1154 pieces. For kids ages 8-14.

Kids ages 1-3 will love learning letters, numbers, colors, songs, and more on the Sit to Stand Alphabet Train. It comes with 26 double-sided letter blocks, a book with six turning pages, five colorful number buttons, one movable elephant character, a motion sensor, a ride-on carriage and a drop-space for sending the blocks from the train to the carriage. Use alone for floor play, push along as a walker, or attach to the carriage as a ride-on toy!