Holiday Picks from Props & Pans – TOYS!

Pedz Pedometers
What better way to encourage your youngsters to get moving outside instead of staying on the sofa inside then with Pedz. These easy-to-use and frog-shaped pedometers come in vibrant colors and help children track steps taken and calories burned. Children can create their own online accounts and track progress, play games, set goals and compete with their friends (it’s like Webkinz, but for fitness!). They retail for $12.99 and are available in select stores and online.

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Wild Planet Hyper Dash
Hyper Dash is an award-winning fast-paced race course game from Wild Planet that encourages kids to be active and think on their feet. Designed to improve listening, coordination and math skills, this exciting game is easy to set up and is an ideal way to help kids aged six and above to practice addition and subtraction while exercising and having fun. It’s four games in one and costs around $25.

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Crayola Glow Board
With the Crayola Color Explosion Glow Board, kids can take their creations to a whole new level of fun. The glow board comes with six vibrant neon markers, which can be used to draw on either of the board’s two drawing surfaces. Once their drawing is complete, kids can illuminate the colored inks with the touch of a button, as the board’s lights give the ink an intense glow.

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EyeClops Bionic Eye
See your world as never before with the EyeClops Bionic Eye! With this fun and easy-to-use electric magnifier, kids six and up can view everyday objects at up to 400 times their regular size. The simple, hand-held bionic “eye” displays magnified images on any TV, providing hours of fun entertainment for the entire family. The hand-held EyeClops magnifying “eye” is made of brightly-colored, lightweight, durable plastic and features an ergonomically shaped handle that fits comfortably into small and large hands alike.

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Mozart Magic Cube
A true breakthrough in music education, the Munchkin Mozart Magic Cube will be music to your baby’s ears. Providing hours of interactive play for budding young composers of all ages, this award-winning toy is the perfect musical foundation for little ones. Fun, creative, and inspiring, the Magic Cube teaches how sounds combine to create eight Mozart masterpieces.

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Wii Music
When it comes to music and rhythm games, Wii Music stands in a class of its own. Unlike other music games, which penalize players if they don’t play perfectly, Wii Music is a musical playground where there are no mistakes. Here anyone can pick up and master the huge array of instruments available, through simple motions like strumming and drumming. Musicians in your band jam by simply playing their instruments to the beat of a song or by improvising to their heart’s content. Play faster. Play slower. Skip a beat, or throw in 10 more. No matter what you do, Wii Music automatically transforms your improv stylings into great music.

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Disney Wheel of Fortune
Disney Wheel of Fortune includes such classics as Cinderella, The Lion King, Snow White, Ratatouille, Monsters Inc. and Toy Story. It is a combination of two all-time family favorites. Combine the puzzle-solving fun of Wheel of Fortune with the magic of Disney-Pixar movies and you get a game that’s entertaining for the whole family. Spin the Mickey Mouse wheel, and then ask for a letter to the puzzle. Categories include: Heroes and Heroines, Villains, Movie Titles, Song Titles and more. All this family fun for under $25.

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Zero Gravity Air Hogs
The ultimate in indoor RC racing! Zero Gravity Micro is a full function RC car that drives on the floor, up wall, sand, even upside-down. Outstanding scale speed performance on any smooth surface. Working headlights also act as charge level indicators. 2 power settings – floor mode with venturi fan off, and suction mode for vertical and upside-down action! (Prices vary by models.)

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You’ve Been Slimed!

Now kids at home can take part in the in the fun with the introduction of Nickelodeon’s first line of SLIME products! These safe, non-toxic, washable and water-soluble toys will be one of the hottest toys in 2009 and you can give them this Christmas and be a bigger hit. Some of the new products include: the Super Slimer that shoots 25 feet, the Slime Ball that hits a wall and oozes down, cans of Slime in six different colors and a Slime Bucket of course to hold all the gross stuff.

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Goldilocks & the 3 Bears Show DVD

Get ready for a very good time as Unstable Fables presents The Goldilocks & the 3 Bears Show. When Goldilocks, a sassy reality TV star decides to film her next show at the humble home of the Bears, she gives them a taste of the celebrity sweet life they’ve never had before. But the bears will teach her something even more important: what it’s like to be part of a family. Tune in for all the fairytale action in this funny, heartwarming movie, featuring the voice talents of Tom Arnold, Brooke Shields and Jamie Lynn Spears. It’s just right for a night of family fun!

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