Spring will be here soon and we all will be looking for some
new and interesting toys for the season.
In our family that also means finding something interesting for Easter
baskets. I am a fan of Easter baskets without
too much candy. I always put a great
deal of thought into this for my kids and now I am thinking about it for my
grandson, Zach who is almost four years old. In the recent past there have been Trash Pack
eggs and a Dinosaur Train egg that had to be left in water and Buddy emerged
after a few days. Zach loved both of
these.
This year my “Easter Basket” giveaway is great for a very
young child and as I learned from my grandson, Zach, three year olds like it
too. I saw the Peek ‘n Peep Eggs by
KidOozie at Toy Fair in NY in February at the International Playthings
booth. I immediately knew it would be my
favorite for an Easter Basket idea giveaway.
This is my third year for such a giveaway so I guess it’s a feature of
The Grandma Chronicles now.
This cute, compact, inexpensive toy has a lot going
for it. The package says 12 months plus,
but I think any child who can sit up will enjoy it and so will four year
olds. The package wisely has a picture
of the toy and not a child so it doesn’t scream that it is for a certain age. Here’s the description that my pictures help
describe better than my words can.
It is a bright yellow, pliable six pack egg carton with
faces peeking through the top.
Each egg shell opens to a colorful egg which
squeaks when you press it. Each egg has
a different shape bottom so it only fits in one space properly. A young child can enjoy the colors and
hearing the sounds and then fitting the top shell on just right.
An older child learns the shapes by fitting
the eggs into the right holes and enjoy counting the eggs. Three and four year olds will want to match
the facial expressions of the colored eggs with the white shells. This was easy for my grandson but he enjoyed
the multilevel matching aspects of the Peek n’ Peep Eggs.
I wasn’t planning on giving Zach this toy because I thought
he was too old for it. I had left it
next to my computer because it just came in the mail and I planned to review it
for today’s blog post. He came to visit
and he and my husband found it and they opened it together. Later when he was in my office with me, he
showed me where he had already found a place for it with his toys, opened it, and demonstrated how it worked. Zach loves transformers and rescue bots so how
things transform and work is what interests him. My husband weighed in with this when he
emailed me the pictures for this post: “I really like this toy. And clearly Zach likes it too. It has
several cleaver and attractive things about it.”
Extras from a
Grandmother’s perspective:
1) No
batteries! This simple toy does not
light up or talk and sing, but it will hold the attention of children because of
its simple challenges and ability to master it.
2) It’s lightweight and easily thrown in the bag going to Grandma’s
house. Or if you keep it at your house,
it’s compact and easy to store.
3) It’s
cute – grandparents love cute.
So… I highly
recommend finding non candy things for your Easter baskets. This is especially important for very young
children. And they really do have enough
plush animals – really. Peek ‘n Peep
Eggs is a great item to feature in your holiday celebration – even if you
don’t celebrate Easter.
Giveaway Details
It is easy to
enter and there are multiple ways.
Remember I need to be able to contact you if you win.
1 Leave a
comment here on the blog and email me with your email address at marion@grandmachronicles.com. I will not use your email address for
anything except to notify you if you win.
Grandmother’s Honor.
2 Like The Grandma Chronicles facebook page here.
If you do both,
you will have two entries. Deadline
to enter: March 21, 2013 at midnight. The winner will be selected using
random.org.
Full Disclosure: I received a complimentary Peek ‘n Peep Eggs. This review is completely my own opinion and I was not reimbursed for it.
Full Disclosure: I received a complimentary Peek ‘n Peep Eggs. This review is completely my own opinion and I was not reimbursed for it.
Check
these non candy ideas at Amazon.
3 comments:
After following my daughter in laws Mommyblogs, I grew curious about blogs for grandmothers. Interestingly, I have been struggling to come up with a non candy, non "fluffy bunny" Easter gift for grandsons aged 1 to 3 years old. What a find, all at one time! An intelligent grandmother blog and a gift idea that can be mailed to grandsons. Many Thanks.
Carla Irene,
Thanks so much for your comment and entry in the giveaway. Grandmothers do have a different perspective than parents and I enjoy writing about things from a grandparent perspective.
If you are on facebook, and you like The grandma Chronicles, you will see when I have a new post as I always post it there.
Here's the link:
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Marion
It's so helpful to have someone else review an item - someone in the same situation as you. Namely, being a grandparent that wants to buy a clever, fun, cute gift for their grandchild, as opposed to another plush animal or candy.
My grandson is 18-months and I think this item would really "hit the spot" with him.
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