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2017 Tillywig Award Winners

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Poof Ninja Flyer
Price $ 8.00
By Alex Brands
Age
5+
Top Fun

So abundant is the visual appeal of these soft, foam throwing stars that kids instinctively spring into action at the mere sight of one. Each of the three angular fins jutting symmetrically from the ball-like center provides a handhold with which to grasp and throw the Poof Ninja Flyer. Thus launched, the Ninja Flyer emits a rhythmic whistling sound as it zips through the air, following trajectories whose unpredictable sp...Read more

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Poof Star Toss
Price $ 20.00
By Alex Brands
Age
6+
Best Family Fun

This new excellent new variant of the classic game of horseshoes is as fun as it is fresh, in part due to the playful, high-performing design of the stars players toss on every turn. Each lightweight star has 5 rounded edges to grasp and goes airborne like a flying disc, easily covering the 40-foot distance between the ground stakes players target with every toss. There are multiple ways to earn points, the highest-scorin...Read more

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Age
12-36 mos.
Brain Child

One of the wonderful things about the Pop-a-Balls Push & Pop Bulldozer is how thoroughly rewarding its physical and electronic features are in and of themselves. Seamlessly blended in one colorful, interactive push toy, they provide youngsters with exciting experiences through which they learn and grow through play. The physical features alone are a marvel. The push toy allows kids to drop colorful balls into the bulldoze...Read more

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Poplings
Price $ 2.99
By Cassidy Labs
Age
3+
Top Fun

These brightly-colored, endearingly quirky critters have suction cup feet (and other appendages) with which they can stick to any smooth surface. Making a chain of Poplings that dangles, suction cup to suction cup, from a door, table, or window is a simple matter. Pluck a Popling from its sticking place and you'll hear the satisfying pop! from which they get their name. And while each of the different Poplings has a disti...Read more

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Portable Cooker
Price $ 49.95
By Bigjigs Toys LLP
Age
3+
Best Creative Fun

This wooden toy is so well-crafted and designed that one can only marvel at the time, care and ingenuity that surely went into bringing it to fruition. More importantly, kids thrive on the imagination-stirring environment it provides. When set up for play, Portable Cooker presents a two-burner stovetop setting with a miniature kitchen wall ascending from its back. Notches at the top of this wall offer a place for the set'...Read more

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PrettyPro game
Price $ 25.00
By Decker Sisters LLC
Age
6+
Best Family Fun

It is increasingly uncommon these days to come upon a board game as abundant as PrettyPro, the impressive sight of which signals good times ahead for those who grab a seat at the table. As play gets under way, the pleasurable sights and sounds only multiply: the click-clack of rolled dice, the tat-tat-tat of game pieces along the board, the silky sounds of cards being flipped and pencils coloring on sketchpads. Each pad d...Read more

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Age
12-36 mos.
Parents Favorite Products

Even grownups laugh and smile when they see the Pull & Discover Activity Elephant led across the floor, purple ears flapping all the while. Little ones flock to this dazzlingly adorned elephant as they would to a candy store. Part of the attraction resides in the rich array of manipulative features - a springy canary atop the elephant's back, the rolling ball in the tip of its trunk, a spinning flower, sliding caterpillar...Read more

Puzzle Doubles - Find It! Dinosaurs Back to top

Puzzle Doubles - Find It! Dinosaurs features two excellent play features in one outstanding product: a giant, full color floor puzzle combined with a word and object recognition game. It all starts with putting together the gloriously illustrated 50-piece puzzle one piece at a time, a highly gratifying and engaging activity in and of itself. The prehistoric scene is chock-full of kids' favorite dinosaurs, which appear bot...Read more

Puzzle Doubles - Find It! Friends Back to top

This delightfully interactive multi-play and learning experience combines the timeless pleasure of putting together a jigsaw puzzle with exciting visual and verbal game activities. The 52-piece puzzle displays a joyous scene showing dozens of children happily engaged in many different forms of outdoor play. The colorful, densely populated imagery helps youngsters develop a discriminating eye as they sort through and conne...Read more

Puzzle Squares Animals of the World Back to top
Age
3+
Brain Child

Each of the six vividly illustrated 9-piece puzzles in this set reveals a different animal from around the world. There are 27 double-sided pieces included, so the first step is to sort them by color before placing 9 of them in the puzzle tray and arranging them to form a unified image. The tray eliminates the need for a separate surface, an excellent feature that makes play possible in any environment at home and on the ...Read more

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Q-bitz Jr.
Price $ 19.95
By MindWare
Age
3-8 yrs.
Brain Child

Q-bitz Jr. is an exceedingly enjoyable game that plays well across a range of ages and keeps players deeply focused and engaged. It's fast-moving fun in which everyone is in on the action from start to finish. In addition to its considerable entertainment value, Q-bitz Jr. is a marvelous educational tool. Players utilize and develop a host of skills that include enhanced spatial reasoning, pattern matching, problem solvin...Read more

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Qwitch
Price $ 11.99
By PlayMonster
Age
7+
Top Fun

When it comes to highly engaging, fast-moving entertainment, Qwitch can't be beat. It's a delightful card game in which players employ nimble-fingers and quick minds in a race to get rid of all their cards. Face up on the table at all times are two cards, a Qwitch Card displaying a letter and a number, and a direction card that displays one of three symbols: + (up), - (down), or = (same). If the Qwitch card shows, for exa...Read more

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Rainbow Pebbles
Price $ 32.95
By Edx Education
Age
3+
Top Fun

Rainbow Pebbles is a construction toy and early mathematics manipulative that powerfully inspires children to build and investigate. Kids react to the sight of them as if they've stumbled upon treasure, which, from a play and learning standpoint, they have. Shape-wise, Rainbow Pebbles strongly resemble natural pebbles and stones one might find along the seashore. But their vivid colors and stunningly smooth surfaces conve...Read more

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Age
5+
Top Fun

Reindeer on the Roof creates a magical holiday tradition that lets kids celebrate the December countdown to Christmas by interacting with Santa! The set includes a lovely plush reindeer and 3-D reindeer house, a full-color journal, Santa's Official Christmas List, and a 32-page hard-bound story book. There's also a special code that provides access to Santa's interactive website, where children can name their reindeer, cu...Read more

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