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his past week, Borders was nice enough to provide our family with a $100 gift card to Boarders books, and now toys, movies, and more. This was a chance to go and check out the new toy and games section at Borders. I haven’t been into Borders all year and I am surprised by how much they have added. It’s not your average bookstore anymore and they carry much more than just books.
Borders new toys and games section has a wide variety. They carry popular brands like Lego, Melissa and Doug, Alex Toys, and many more. They also have a wide assortment of games and science experiments. Kaila loves puzzles, so we like the wide variety they carry for children of all ages. Your average box store toy store isle doesn’t carry a wide selection of puzzles so if your child is into puzzles, I highly recommend Borders. Other game brands include Creativity for Kids, Thinkfun, Scientific Explorer, Blue and Orange Games, again with many more brands. All of these brands are recognized for their ability to foster cognitive skills.
Borders also has a wide variety of books, and they do different activities for children different times of the week. Last weekend was a Fancy Nancy party, which was complete with parade around the store. And right after Thanksgiving is a Polar Express pajama party! I love that the store is doing activities for kids, and especially on cold winter days it would be nice to have a place to take the kids especially living here in the Pacific Northwest.
Since they recently expand toy and game isles in 500 of their stores there is bound to be one near you! Plus they’re playing Christmas music which really helps to set the festive “mood.” One of our local Boarders store was having a buy two get one free deal on all toys so we got Kaila some toys and cool craft kits. They do have all kinds of toys for both boys and girls and from young to older.
Because of the buy two get one free deal on toys we were able to get all these toys and a giant coloring book for only $100. Honestly I really love the wide variety of craft kits, and since Borders has a wide variety of these kits we picked out some really fun ones for Kai. The Alex toys craft bucket is perfect for preschool crafting, it even comes with wiggly eyes! Water works bathtub set and the fishing bathtub set will give Kaila time of fun. The Fairy Garden Kit really grows small plants, plus Kaila will get to create a small little fairy cottage. We also got a Butterfly Decorating Kit for her room and a PlayFoam Set. All this for $100!
Check out your local Borders today for all these kits and more!
Borders has so kindly offered TWO of my readers a $100 gift card.
- Visit Borders and tell me what games and toys are of interest.
- THEN: Tell me what game you played with as a child, and why its a good gift still today.
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I like the Sorting Shapes Cupcakes game. My favorite game growing up that is still good fun is Scrabble.
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I like their Rush Hous game. It is good for children becuase it is an educational game. Form the brands they carried I played with Lisa Frank stationary as a child. My daughter loves it as well and lieks to create cards for family members with it.
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I like the What’s Gnu? game.It looks like it would help with reading as well as be fun.Thanks!
We play a lot of Yahtzee.
I like the Dinosaurs! Matching Game at Borders. I used to love to play checkers, It would be a great gift because it is fun and easy to play.
I think my kids would enjoy the Rush Hour game. I love playing Boggle growing up and I think my kids would enjoy it today as they play very similar games online.
The Paper Bag Puppets looks like it would be fun. Would encourage creativity while using things readily available at home.
My all time favorite is a simple deck of cards! They are easy to carry and store – and you can play so many different games with them – either with a group or by yourself.
I always enjoyed checkers, and that’s a classic that all ages have enjoyed through the years! I think simple games like checkers have lasted because of the good strategy and gameplay.
On the Borders site, I liked the sorting shapes cupcakes! Thank you for the giveaway!
I like the make your own sock puppets. I believe children need to be creative instead of glued to the television all the time.
I like the Farm Finger Crayons. I played with legos and they are still great for creative play today.
I would love to get the planet earth series and of course some audiobooks and oh yea Twilight series for my friend’s daughter.
Thanks so much for the giveaway.
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I see they have a couple of different memory games. I used to play those when very young. Still a good game, as it teaches memory and can be played alone.
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I would like the Mix, Stack and Beep for my little boy. I used to play with tea parties and board games such as “Life” and “Aggravation”.
Hello Kitty Big Roll Bingo and Place a Face look cute! When I was younger, we played a lot of Clue and Uno! I still think they’re good gifts because they are a lot of fun and many people like many them!
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I like the Sorting shapes Cupcakes
My favorite kids game is Trouble. the game is simple and the dice stay in place.
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Would love Sorting shapes Cupcakes had something like them in my preschool classroom Would like them for home now
The Sorting shapes Cupcakes look very nice! I played with Legos as a child. They’re still a good choice because they’re fun and educational.
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The Tub Tunes Water Piano looks pretty neat. Fun in the tub while being a musical genius? Yes please!
My favorite toy growing up was Elefun. The electronic elephant shot colorful butterflies through its trunk while I scurried to catch them! I really wish I still had it.