Products We Love
Toys:
Gentle play
Baby Einstein Discover and Play Color Blocks
Colors, textures and sounds make these soft blocks a delight for developing minds. Children will enjoy the bright animals on each block, and the size is just right for small hands.
For birth to 12 months.
$10.99-$14.99
Most major retailers in Yuma
A little nature
Vegetable grow kids
Sometimes, you need to bring Mother Nature inside ... especially during Yuma's hot summers. Help your children learn a little bit about gardening with these tomato or strawberry kits. Just add water and a little sun!
$5.99
Toys R Us
Messy, messy fun
Washable paints by Crayola
Unleash your child's inner Picasso without worry. These paints are washable, so your home (and your furniture and clothes and walls ...) should be safe. And, you can buy it in packages of six or 10.
$2.99-$5.99
Most major retailers in Yuma
Stuff:
Splish, splash
Reusable swim diapers
One of the best things about summer is the swim time, but with a toddler, those disposal swim diapers get expensive. But these reusable swim diapers are economical and environmentally friendly, and they are also available in swim trunks and skirts. Available in sizes 12 months to 4T.
$9.95-$18.95
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Bye-bye, bathtime battles
Shampoo rinse cup
This cool cup features a soft plastic edge that forms to your child's forehead. As she tips her head back, the water flows to the back, keeping the soap out of her eyes. Pretty ingenious, and it makes bathtime a breeze.
$5.49
Toys R Us
Yummy AND healthy
Graduates snacks
For all the parents with not enough time in the day, Gerber has a great, tasty line of snacks to keep your tots going. This line of dried fruits, yogurt melts and fruit strips are healthy and easy for those trips in the car.
$2.50-$2.99
Most Yuma retailers and grocery stores
Books:
What really happened?
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Finally, the wolf gets to tell his side of the story in what really happened with those Three Little Pigs. It's not his fault he had a cold, causing him to blow down that house ... Appropriate for children ages 4-8.
$7.99-$14.99
Yuma bookstores
I see a ...
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
Fun phrasing and brightly colored animals keep children riveted to each page. What do I see? I see a happy baby looking at me! Appropriate for ages infants to preschoolers
$7.95
Yuma bookstores
Reuse, Reduce
What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe? by Anna Alter
With rhymes about things we throw out every day, children learn how to turn a worn-out shoe into a planter, an orphaned flip-flop into an art stamp and a torn T-shirt into a pillow. Appropriate for ages 4-7.
$16.95
Yuma bookstores
