A Fountain of Bargains - Kids
This section of aFountainOfBargains lists online shops for kids. The section includes toy stores, discovery stores and clothing stores.
NOTE, on 6/12/2009, I moved stores with items for the littlest ones to the new Baby category.
Kazoo Toys has a selection of fun selection of quality toys. You can find educational toys, crafts, musical instruments and fun games. The site lets you shop by age or toy category.
Naartjie Kids brings vibrant natural colors to a fresh line of kids clothes for sizes 0-10. The site has fun clothes for newborns, babies, toddlers and kids including lines for boys and girls. The clothes are made of natural fibers, pre-washed and pre-shrunk for easy care.
HobbyTron is a site for the serious hobby enthusiast. It is filled from the top to bottom with cool toys. The store's strongest point is in delivering goods to serious hobbyists. Yes, they have all the fun RC racers. The store also carries the osciloscopes, chips and mother boards for the hobbyist building their own robots. The magic store has the intro kits for playing magic games, along with some really serious supplies for magic shows. HobbyTron is not just a toy store, they are a serious site for the serious hobbyists. (more bargains)
Puppet.com has a large troop of fun lovable puppets waiting for a child's hand to give them animation. You will find hand and finger puppets of people, animals and fantastic creatures. It is a great place to find gifts for the puppeteers in your life.
This packet by Travel Kiddy is full of fun activities for those long stretches of roads with the young ones.
The Discovery Channel Store has a great selection (over 2000 items) of quality educational material, toys, games and DVDs. The store includes serious optical equipment for watching the skies, science kits, kid toys and great gifts for him or her. This is a great place to find toys and DVDs that spark the imagination.
Celebrate Express offers a fun online shop with costumes and themed party supplies. You can host movies themed parties, fun costumes for masquerade parties, cute as a button products for baby parties and for the boring adult world they even have campaign themed products for political parties.
Constuctive Playthings carries toys, equipment, books, records, tapes, videos, art supplies, and teaching aids to have fun and aid early childhood learning. Categories include building blocks, creativity, fun, novelty, space themes, trains, music, judaic, cooking, Christmas, puppets, pretend and more.
It takes a steady stream of books to raise a literate child. The Children's Book of the Month Club is a club that lets you select a quality age appropriate book for you child. Joining the club gives you special gifts and discounts on your first books.
Childrens' minds develop quickly. The secret to successfully raising children is to fill their minds with the best possible information. Britannica offers an online encylopedia edited by teams of scholars in all major fields. The kids version is ideally suited to introducing children to the wide world of information. This link gives a free trial subscription. [ends 11/11/2011]
Axl's Closet carries cool clothes for kids. The store carries hoodies, boardshorts, rashguards, swimsuits, t-shirts, jackets and jeans from top top brands. It is a good place too find cool styles at affordable prices with free shipping.
As recent economic turmoil indicates, our schools have done a poor job in teaching basic financial education. Money Savvy Generation offers a multislot bank and other tools to help raise finacial awareness.
Find diecast models for all major makes and models of cars, trucks, construction equipment and fun model accessories to build a diecast garage.
ChessHouse.com carries items for chess players including books on strategy, chess sets, computer chess programs, robots and other items to help chess players master the game.
TOOBEEZ creates giant tinker-toy style toys that allow kids to play, think an build on a grand scale. The toys have become populare with business coaches who've found they can be used in team building exercises.
Play, Learn and Connect. All Aboard Toys carries the largest selection of Thomas the Train toys along with a selection of other fun toys including the lovable Disney Pixar Cars, Sesame Street, Curious George, Transformers and Bob the Builder. This is a great place to find toys based in positive role models for learning and play fun.
Personalized gifts are fun. Kids Personalized makes books and DVDs with the images you upload. I like the personalized cartoon DVDs. With this gift, you upload an image and your child becomes part of the cartoon action. View compressed samples.
Funetics offers programs for helping children learn to read the fun way. Funetics has been in the business of helping children learn to read since 1969. Learning to read early can dramatically improve a child's success in school.
The Crayola Store is a fun site featuring a colorful collection of crayons. You can make your own collection of crayons. They also carry finger paints and other creative supplies. One of the most popular items at the Crayola store is the four crayon super packs. These are great for parties, and places with lots of kids. For $6.99 you get 24 packs with 4 crayons. The boxes let each kid at the party have their own toy.
The Silly Putty Store invites kids to get creative with Silly Putty. Like the Crayola Store, the store is a fun web site for kids. You can learn about tricks with silly putty and order a nest of Silly Putty Eggs to see what you can hatch. Silly Putty enthusiasts can purchase five pound blobs of this curious matter, or purchase eggs in bulk. The Silly Putty Store is part of the Crayola Store.
MyTwinn offers a fun product: The site lets you order a doll with similar complexion, hair and features of your daughter. You can then order matching outfits creating an adorable miniature twin. MyTwinn is a fun way to create memorable photographs.
Category Specials
- Barnes & Noble Classic Children's Literature at BN.com [ends 10/10/2010]
- KMart Online Only! Save 50% off Disney Lights Hannah Montana 3D Magic Image Lamp $14.99 on sale 7/5-9/4 (more bargains) [ends 09/4/2010]