Kid Gadgets

News, reviews and articles about kid gadgets, toys and accessories.

As seen on TV: Wow Cup spill free drinking cup review

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I don’t have any little ones running around at my house, but I’ve seen enough kids to know that when cups and beverages are near them, a mess is bound to happen. When the sippy cup was invented, I bet parents all over the world cheered. Sippy cups definitely can help prevent messes, but they […]

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REAL piano sound for your mini Mozart

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Do you remember that toy piano you used to play when you were five years old?  It might have looked like the real thing (except for the color), but the sound completely missed the mark. Korg has updated this toy favorite with REAL piano sound in its new product, the tinyPIANO. This 25-note (2 octave) miniature upright

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Captain America will protect your child through the night

captain america night light

If you have a kid who’s a big fan of Marvel’s Captain America, this nightlight is the perfect accessory for his or her room.  The nightlight has an LED bulb and is powered by three AA alkaline batteries.  It’s shaped like Captain American’s shield, and it comes with a wall decal that makes it look

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A kit for the next Indiana Jones

explorers case for kids

If you have a budding explorer in your family, he or she will need some equipment.  The Moulin Roty Explorer’s Kit contains everything a budding scientist and explorer needs during their field trips.  The sturdy cardboard case looks like it’s well-traveled, as evidenced by the stickers.  Inside are “functional cardboard pocket binoculars, a compass, string

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Woodmobiel – Life-sized wooden building set for kids

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Woodmobiel kits are wooden building sets for kids that they can use to build life-sized toys. Instead of snapping little plastic bricks together to make tiny cars and motorcycles, kids can construct large toys that they can actually ride. The sets include pre-drilled pine beams, wheels and plastic boards. Steel cap nuts, bolts and combination

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Timbuk2’s newest bag is for the young crowd – very young

timbuk2 stork diaper bag

Timbuk2 says their newest bag is in response to customer requests for a diaper bag that doesn’t look like a typical diaper bag.  The Stork Diaper Messenger Bag is one of their medium-sized messengers that has been outfitted for baby gear.  It has a waterproof, wipeable liner and is equipped with hot and cold internal

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Ostrich pillows now for the whole family!

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What started off as a “concept piece” apparently found a niche somewhere, as the oddly shaped and worn Ostrich pillow has now produced an offspring: Ostrich Pillow Junior.  This pillow is exactly the same as its big daddy, just sized smaller and in two “kid friendly” interior lining colors – red with white polka dots and

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Disney introduces a second-screen app to complement the return of The Little Mermaid to theaters

little mermaid second screen app

Firmly in the “what in heck were they thinking camp”, Disney has released a second-screen app that complements The Little Mermaid.  You may be wondering what’s so bad about that, after all, lots of TV shows have second-screen apps to increase your involvement with their shows.  Well, this Second Screen Live: The Little Mermaid app

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Jawbones – not a Bluetooth headset, but a cool construction toy

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Are your kids (or maybe yourself) bored with LEGO? Tired of TinkerToys? Do they even make TinkerToys anymore? Here’s an alternative construction toy system that I just discovered. They are called Jawbones and they feature pieces that swivel, ratchet and snap together in all sorts of creative ways. They are billing it as The Buildable

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Read a bedtime story to your child, even when you can’t be there

sparkup reader

When you have a child, you know how important it is to read to her.  Reading time fosters a love of reading and encourages his imagination, and the time together is important for maintaining a close bond with the child.  Sometimes you just can’t be there for story time – you’re at work or away

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SkyTrix combines your favorite flying toys into one

SkyTrix from Daydream Toy is an all in one flying toy that combines some aspects of a paper airplane, kite, frisbee, boomerang and yo-yo into one battery-free waterproof toy. It can glide like an airplane (up to 200 feet), soar like a kite, performs tricks like a yo-yo and plays catch like a frisbee. You don’t

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Geomate.jr – GPS preloaded with geocaching info

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If you’ve ever had an interest in geocaching but thought it would be too expensive to buy a handheld GPS and then too hard figure out how to load cache coordinates into it, here’s a GPS device for you. The Geomate.jr from Brand 44 Colorado comes preloaded with 250,000 geocaches covering all 50 states (or

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Your child is an animator with the SquiggleFish app for iPad

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The SquiggleFish iPad app combines drawing on paper and iPad apps to entertain your child.  Your child draws and colors a fish on a piece of plain paper, then uses the iPad’s camera to scan it in to the SquiggleFish app.  The app then animates the fish, making it seem to come to life.  It’s

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