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2009 Tillywig Award Winners

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Expedition Ship Back to top
Expedition Ship
Price $ 54.99
By Playmobil USA Inc
Age
4 & Up
Brain Child

Playmobil consistently creates products with a meticulous level of detail, and Expedition Ship is no exception. The ship comes with a variety of accessories, including binoculars, detailed human figures, and a treasure chest, Once assembled, the ship floats on water. As with other Playmobil products, for us, at least, putting it together was half the fun and added greatly to our enjoyment of it when finished....Read more

Eye Can Art Printmaking Kit Back to top
Age
4 & Up
Brain Child

Each Eye Can Art kit provides a kid-tested project to delight your child's imagination, and includes enough materials to experiment. Make dramatic-looking collograph printed images, multiple-layered drawings on melted wax, Japanese-style brush paintings and accordian-style books-in-a-box....Read more

Family Talk 2 - Game Back to top
Age
3 +
Brain Child

Engaging family members in stimulating, meaningful, or entertaining conversation can seem a challenge if for know other reason than that we think we already know everything about those closest to us. That's where Family Talk 2 comes in. The game-play is simplicity itself. Pick a card, ask a question. When we played, our biggest problem was that we couldn't get people to stop talking, which of course is not a problem at al...Read more

FeltTales - Pretty Princess Back to top
Age
3-7
Sterling Fun

It's time to get dressed for the royal ball - did we mention that you're the guest of honor? Fortunately, there's no shortage of finery at your disposal with Pretty Princess, one of a series of felt storyboards from Babalu Inc. that act as a springboard for your child's imagination. The felt board itself contains a colorful background, the canvas on which children build their stories, arranging and overlapping delicious...Read more

Friends Forever Girls Kristina Doll Back to top

Kristina is one of the newest additions to the Friends Forever Girls Dolls. The thought and care that went into her evolution and design will be evident to anyone the moment they lay eyes on her. This 18 inch, high quality vinyl doll comes stylishly dressed right out of the box and is of Asian American heritage, in keeping with the manufacturer's focus on diversity and inclusiveness. Each of the Friends Forever Girls Doll...Read more

Fruit & Veggie Color Bingo Back to top
Age
8 & Up
Brain Child

Fruit & Veggie Color Bingo is not just fun - it also teaches players to name 95 fruits and veggies by color! A chart at the bottom of each playing card helps players become familiar with the health benefits associated with eating each of the various colors of fruits and vegetables. Includes a highly educational nutrition Information Sheet, charts, and a coloring activity sheet, all geared towards expanding the players' aw...Read more

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Funny Business Game
Price $ 27.99
By Gamewright
Age
12 & Up
Laugh Out Loud

Funny Business is Fun with a capital 'F!' Presented with a randomly selected pair of business cards, players score points by creating and/or voting for the best name for a merger between the two businesses. For example, a Laundromat and a Sushi Bar, or a Golf Course and a Butcher Shop might merge. Players have 45 seconds to create and write a name for the merged business on their personal write-erase board. After the name...Read more

Gather 'Round Restaurant Game Back to top
Age
5 & Up
Sterling Fun

This quick, fun game is perfect for families on the go. While intended for play while waiting in restaurants or on the road during travel, the 132 easy games included here are well-suited to any family occasion. Each of the 11 circular game cards contains 12 games apiece. Game cards fall into one of three categories: While You Wait, While You Eat, and Travel Games. Select the card you want to play and place it on top insi...Read more

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Gentle Giraffe
Price $ 28.00
By Cloud B
Age
All
Brain Child

Bed-time has a new best friend! Gentle Giraffe is a huggably soft plush toy that plays soothing jungle-based sounds, as well as a mother's heartbeat, to help children sleep better. Select the sound of your choice, close your eyes, and it's Zzz-time. Gentle Giraffe comes with a built-in timer that can be used to automatically turn off the sound after either 23 minutes or 45 minutes. Comes with storybook, adoption certifica...Read more

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Gentle Giraffe On The Go
Price $ 24.00
By Cloud B
Age
All
Brain Child

Gentle Giraffe On The Go is a travel-size plush toy that plays jungle-based soothing sounds to help children sleep when away from home. There is a built in timer that allows you to set the sounds to turn off after 23 minutes or 45 minutes and a velcro strap for easy attachment to car seats and strollers. Made with hypoallergenic bamboo fabric. Comes with storybook, adoption certificate, and 2 AA batteries....Read more

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Giant Timeline
Price $ 49.00
By Charlie's Playhouse
Age
4-10
Brain Child

Kids will love walking, hopping, and playing their way along the Giant Timeline, a highly durable walk-on play mat that unfolds to a whopping 18 feet long. Taking us from 600 million years ago to the present, the timeline advances in 20-million-year increments and is richly illustrated with a host of bizarre and amazing creatures from our evolutionary past. There is a wealth of information accompanying the illustrations...Read more

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Haba Stacking Quartet
Price $ 30.00
By Haba
Age
6 mos - 3 y
Brain Child

The stacking quartet is composed of a little house and three fabric figures stimulating babies to clutch and put together. Each of the four elements emits a different sound. Includes kaleidoscope and magnetic flap....Read more

Intellitoys Smart-e-bear Back to top
Age
2 - 6 yrs.
Brain Child

Smart-e-bear is soft and cuddly, entertaining, and loaded with soft-ware that enables the bear to sing songs, tell stories, and play countless educational games interactively with your child. Squeezing Smart-e-bear's hands or feet lets you to start and stop programs, respond to questions, and otherwise interact with this very intelligent bear. While Smart-e-bear comes bearing a fair amount of fun and games right out of t...Read more

Jishaku - The Game of Magnetic Action Back to top

Jishaku is a unique and fascinating game that has players place magnetic stones, one at a time, into indentations in an egg crate-like structure. Your objective depends on which of the three included games you are playing. Regardless, as the first few stones are placed, things typically remain where you put them. But as available space fills up, the chances that two or more stones will jump together suddenly as you atte...Read more

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